Grassroots Collaborative

Chicago is a city far from broke. 💸 The media perpetuates the narrative of scarcity & pressures Chicagoans to vote for budget cuts. Meanwhile, hotels and businesses are making more $$$ than ever before! 🧵 Learn more about progressive budget demands 🔗 bit.ly/chibudgetdeficit

Happy May Day: International Workers' Day ✊ JOIN US TODAY: 📅 Thursday, May 1, 2025 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM 📍 Location: Union Park, 1501 W Randolph St. ➡️ Let’ us know if you're coming: buff.ly/4zRTBgp

✊ ✨ Join us this Thursday, May 1st, for the May Day March in honor of International Workers' Day! 📅 Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM 📍 Location: Union Park, 1501 W Randolph St. ➡️ Let’ us know if you're coming: buff.ly/4zRTBgp

🌹 Why is May Day Important—Especially Now? Join us this May Day for International Workers' Day! 📍 Union Park, 1501 W Randolph St ⏰ May 1, 2025 @ 11 am ✊ We are the workers, we are the movement.

TOMORROW 📸 Free portrait day! Join us + Chicago Creatives for Justice Fellow Tonal Simmons for #PictureThis: Community Care—highlighting support for community-led mental health care. 🗓 Apr 17 | 🕡 6:30–8:30PM 📍 4410 S Cottage Grove 🔗 bit.ly/picturethisTNT

Happy Tax Day! 💸 We’re united to demand Springfield step up and fund services by taxing billionaires! We’re tired of footing the bill. What do we want? #TaxtheRich When do we want it? Now! 📣

🎉 BIG congrats to @ctulocal1 & the City of Chicago! We're thrilled to celebrate a new contract that reflects the values of educators and the broader Chicago community. 👏 A win for us all! 👀 Check out our full statement #Solidarity #Chicago #CTU #GrassrootsPower

🚨Join us on Tax Day, April 15!🚨 We demand state legislators and Governor Pritzker close tax loopholes exploited by billionaires and big corporations. Reject the Trump-Musk agenda—fund the services our communities rely on. 👉Register bit.ly/4ijJmXo #TaxTheRich

We’re Grassroots Collaborative, a community-labor coalition united for racial, economic and environmental justice for all Illinois Families. ✨ 🗣️ @actionnowchi @afsc_org @chihomeless @ctulocal1 @jcua_chicago @palenquelsna @onenorthside @seiuhciimk

#PeoriaParentsProject ➡️ Learn more about us at our Facebook page 🔗 buff.ly/abPVwaD

🚙 💨 TOMORROW: Join us in supporting rideshare drivers as they fight for the right to choose their own union representation! We’ll be gathering at Uber headquarters at 10:30 AM (401 S Canal St). Let us know you're coming by signing up at 🔗 bit.ly/313uberhq

$6 BILLION for Illinois 💰 Big corporations and the wealthiest Illinoisans should contribute their fair share—and we have a plan to make it happen. The Illinois Revenue Alliance is done with communities being pitted against each other. 🔗 Learn more buff.ly/27VLShe

The Illinois Revenue Alliance urges ILGA to pass progressive revenue solutions to invest in our communities & prevent harmful cuts! Our plan raises $6B by ensuring big corporations & the wealthiest pay their fair share.🔥 Voices from @onenorthside @seiuhciimk @peerillinois

Kicking off press conf in Springfield with legislators and Illinois Revenue Alliance calling on ILGA to pass new progressive revenue to avoid cuts and invest in services that improve the lives of everyone in IL

See the latest on our Green Social Housing campaign? Mayor Johnson’s $1.25B plan for affordable, sustainable housing was featured in WBEZ. It proposes a self-sustaining model where rent & loan repayments fund more units amid uncertain federal support. 🔗 buff.ly/4jYfSA7

We rallied at City Hall to tell Alds. Lopez & Tabares: we won't stand for any attacks on the Welcoming City Ordinance. This vital protection ensures undocumented residents can access city services safely & keeps local law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement.

Join us to fight back against efforts to let local police cooperate with ICE, risking over-policing in Black & Brown communities. The Welcoming City Ordinance protects immigrant families & keeps local law enforcement independent. 📅 Wed, Jan 15, 8:30 AM 📍 121 N LaSalle, 1st Fl

Applications are now open for our 3rd Arts Fellowship Program, launching Spring 2025! 🌟 This 10-week fellowship aims to empower emerging movement artists while boosting the capacity of our member organizations. 💰 $2,000 stipend 📅 Apply by Jan 27 🔗 bit.ly/GCartfellows2025

It’s not too late to help us send a love letter to our incredible coalition. 💌 For the next 24 hrs, all donations will be evenly distributed among the community orgs that make our work possible. Will you help empower our movement? 🎁 Donate here: bit.ly/donategc24

✨ Thank you for a great year! Our office will be closed Dec 23, 2024 to Jan 5, 2025. We look forward to coming back in the new year to continue organizing around the issues that matter most to our communities!