Advancing Equity in Emerging Industries: Creating Wealth and Opportunity in Disinvested Communities
Shawnee Dez & Left Jones teaser | The Power of Connection June 3
Chef Erick's Favorite Black & Brown-Owned Chicago Eateries
Our poll workers are essential - they allow for voters to have access to safe, in-person voting.
Sign up today at www.powerthepolls.org and help ensure that every voter in your community is counted. #PowerThePolls #ProtectTheVote #COVID19
Hideout High School: Redistricting
And we are back in the Q&A session of our cohosted event, “Rolling out Cannabis in Chicago”!
BlackRoots Alliance, Cabrini Green Legal Aid, People United for Racial Equity in Cannabis Legalization, and ourselves have joined together to talk about how cannabis is rolling out in Chicago.
BlackRoots Alliance, Cabrini Green Legal Aid, People United for Racial Equity in Cannabis Legalization, and ourselves have joined together to talk about how cannabis is rolling out in Chicago.
And we are back with our discussion of urban agriculture and zoning with Advocates for Urban Agriculture!
We are here with Advocates for Urban Agriculture talking about Urban Agriculture and Zoning!
Watch our Young Leaders’ Network event, Crucial Conversations: Chicago’s Fight for Education Equity, live from The Bronzeville Incubator.
Speakers include: Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Elisabeth Greer, parent of students at National Teachers Academy CPS and chair of NTA’s local school council; Rosie Simpson, longtime Chicago activist from the Englewood neighborhood who joined the 1963 boycott of Chicago Public Schools to challenge what she coined as the “Willis Wagons”; and moderator Candace Moore, member of YLN and a former attorney at Chicago Lawyers' Committee who was recently named as the city's first Chief Equity Officer. #YoungLeadersNetwork #CrucialConversations
Today, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee joins Grassroots Collaborative, IL Raise Your Hand, and National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to announce our motion filed for an injunction to freeze the creation of the TIF for Lincoln Yards. #TIFreform
Call 866-OUR-VOTE for immediate help on Election Day!
Tomorrow is #ElectionDay in #Chicago, and we'll have over 100 volunteers watching the polls and answering the phone at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Call us if you have problems with long lines, machine breakdowns, improper requests for ID, intimidation or electioneering, registration hurdles, or language or accessibility issues.
Mayoral Forum on Civil Rights, 1/28
Election Protection Hotline: Call 866-OUR-VOTE
Looking for an opportunity to help #voters this election?
Volunteer with Election Protection, the nation’s largest non-partisan voter protection coalition, and we'll train you to monitor and respond to problems as they arise at the polls in a targeted location in #Illinois. Sign up at https://electionprotection.wetheaction.org
If you have questions about voting or trouble at the polls Nov. 6, just call:
➡️ 866-OUR-VOTE (English)
➡️ 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Spanish)
➡️ 888-API-VOTE (Asian & Pacific Islander languages)
➡️ 844-YALLA-US (Arabic)
#BringJusticeHome
Last night, we screened this short film about the communities and activists working with us to secure racial and economic equity in Chicago and Illinois in 2018.
While it's only a small piece of a large movement, we are so grateful for R.A.G.E - Resident Association of Greater Englewood, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, BIG: Blacks in Green, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, and Alliance of the Southeast - ASE for your participation and your partnership. Video produced by the talented Chris Hoerdemann @PRIME.
#BringJusticeHome
Apply for our 2019 Legal Fellowship!
If you are a rising third-year #lawstudent or a recent graduate who expects to complete a clerkship next summer, you may be a perfect fit for our post-grad legal #fellowship!
We are looking for strong candidates to sponsor for Skadden, Equal Justice Works, and other post-graduate fellowships to begin August or September of 2019.
Please send in proposals related to #HateCrime, #Housing, or #EducationEquity. If you need help formulating a project proposal, no problem! We’re here to help.
To apply, just submit your resume, an academic transcript, a brief writing sample, and a cover letter specifying your area of interest to Julie Justicz, [email protected], no later than August 21, 2018.
Find more information here: https://www.clccrul.org/career-opportunities-and-more/ #CivilRights
Join us for a panel starting in 2 minutes with journalist Natalie Moore, housing expert Allison Bethel, and poet H Melt: Fifty Years Later, Now What? #OurChicago #FairHousing50
Dr. Dan Koonce speaking on alternative settings and the need for restorative justice. #SB100ConveningIL #transformschools
Election Protection in Illinois March 20
Have you voted yet? If you have questions about voting or problems at the polls, call 866-OUR-VOTE toll-free for live assistance from lawyers at Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection group. #ElectionProtectionIL #ProtectOurVote
Election Protection in Illinois March 20
Hey Illinois - Election Day is Tuesday! Are you prepared to vote? #ElectionProtection has your back at 866-OUR-VOTE. #ProtectOurVote #ILElection
Chicago Lawyers' Committee Testimony on Proposed Boundary Change for National Teachers Academy
"In a district that overwhelmingly under-serves low income black students, why close this over-performing level 1+ school? These children are exceeding all their standards and expectations, and they should be able to continue to do so."
-Education Equity Project Staff Attorney Jessica Schneider testifies at last night's CPS hearing on the National Teachers Academy (NTA) school plan, alongside Staff Attorney Candace Moore, Niketa Brar of Chicago United for Equity, Kate Gladson of LAF, and many more fighting for #EducationEquity in Chicago. #WeAreNTA
Thank you Village Leadership Academy for hosting us at Mr. Wadie's 7th & 8th grade class! Together we learned about source of income discrimination, institutional racism, and housing segregation in Chicago. #FairHousing #RacialEquity
Democracy Fights Back
At a time of rising hate crimes in Illinois and renewed attacks on the right to vote, our Hate Crime and Voting Rights projects are working to combat violence and protect the voice of every voter.
Look who's got the moves! CLC Executive Director Jay Readey dancing with Estelle at last night's kick off event for the Lawyers' Committee 50th Anniversary celebrations!
