JASC is a multiracial, grassroots organization led by concerned seniors in Chicago: http://seniorcaucus.org/ Jane Addams Senior Caucus has about 500 members from diverse background fighting for social justice.
We know that seniors are valuable to our community and that seniors coming together can improve their lives and be active in civic life.
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Watch today as the People's Action #HomesGuarantee delegation introduces legislation with Sen Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Cori Bushto Keep Renters Safe and End Evictions!
Take action to make sure your Elected Officials are Signed on: https://p2a.co/gwbzvNO
Come Work with us! JASC is hiring a Housing Justice Organizer to build power with seniors living in subsidized housing to further the work of JASC’s housing justice campaign teams.
https://www.seniorcaucus.org/apply
Jane Addams Senior Caucus is hiring a Housing Justice Organizer to build power with seniors living in subsidized housing to further the work of JASC’s housing justice campaign teams.
Join tenants, public housing residents, and unhoused leaders (including JASC members Marsha + Debra) from the Homes Guarantee Campaign in launching our historic stepping stone campaign for a National Tenants' Bill of Rights. We'll spend time discussing what it means to be a tenant in America and how we can set the stage for a century of radical tenant organizing for the world that we deserve.
Register here: https://ppls.ac/june10
Join tenants, public housing residents, and unhoused leaders (including JASC members Marsha + Debra) from the Homes Guarantee Campaign in launching our historic stepping stone campaign for a National Tenants' Bill of Rights. We'll spend time discussing what it means to be a tenant in America and how we can set the stage for a century of radical tenant organizing for the world that we deserve.
Register here: https://ppls.ac/june10
THREE days until the state budget passes and we need you to take action to make sure that communities are funded and NOT CUT!
Billionaires grew their wealth by $931 billion in 2020 -- meanwhile, human services, public education, and other critical services have suffered. We need the people’s plan, a package of 8 bills that would raise billions of dollars in revenue to fund long-term solutions for our communities - and we need YOU to help us get this done!
Take 1 minute to email your representatives and the budget negotiators, then 5 minutes to call them:
Take action here: p2a.co/rux0kyz
To email them, fill out your information and click send. To call, navigate to the right hand corner and click the telephone icon. Once you provide your phone number, you’ll receive a call - pick up and you will hear instructions and be patched through to legislators’ offices.
Four days until the state budget passes, which will determine funding for schools, housing, social services and more for the next year. Seniors demand that our communities not be ignored!
We need Springfield to know: now is NOT the time to cut budgets! If our communities will ever recover from the many crises we're facing, we need big long-term investments - and we need to go beyond the one-time federal aid. No cuts, close corporate tax loopholes!
Jane Addams Senior Caucus has been working with Raise Up IL to ensure that funding goes towards expanding the Community Care Program; a program that allows seniors to age in their homes/communities by providing long term services and supports. The pandemic has hit our communities hard, and more than ever Illinois needs an economy that works for the people, not corporations!
Thank you to the elected officials that are in support of the People's Plan!
Senator Robert Peters Lakesia Collins Mike Simmons Kelly Cassidy. We are looking forward to hearing from you State Senator Patricia Van Pelt
The People's Lobby ONE Northside Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Grassroots Collaborative @jcua Chicago Coalition for the Homeless @chicagoteachersunion @workerscenterforracialjustice SEIU
Seniors from Jane Addams Senior Caucus talk about what they would tell their elected officials if they could.
Every single person should have access to affordable care without having to jump through hoops to survive or paying expensive out of pocket co-pays and deductibles.
Take Action: Tell Blue Cross Blue Shield Association affiliates it's time to put #CareOverCost. ➡️ https://p2a.co/o1hJMxO
Join People's Action for a teach in on Asian Hate and Vision for Safety! May 18th @ 6pm Central:
We will dig into the origins of anti-AAPI racism from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to anti-South Asian violence after 9/11, through the Atlanta shootings this March, and we will discuss actions we can take together to keep our communities safe.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/stop-asian-hate-teach-in/register?link_id=2&can_id=88051a434f62c0f88b7c2827343e1eb5&source=email-tomorrow-stop-anti-asian-hate&email_referrer=email_1178582&email_subject=tomorrow-stop-anti-asian-hate
Register now for People's Action's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Tuesday May 18, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus leaders joined Raise Up Illinois for today's Tax Day really at the Chicago Board of Trade to demand the passage of 8 bills that raise billions of dollars by ending tax breaks for big corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals. The state budget passes in only 3 weeks! Our communities are struggling and we need big investments in housing, schools, services and more. This Tax Day, the rich should pay up!
JASC is fighting for the expansion of the community care program so seniors can receive the long term care support they need to age with dignity in their homes and communities.
We are here on #TaxDay at the Chicago Board of Trade with #RaiseUpIL coalition to demand Progresive revenue from the wealthy and corporations! We need to fund important programs for our communities!
We hold the family and community of George Floyd in our hearts. A guilty verdict for his killer is not the same thing as justice. In the brief moment of relief of hearing the guilty verdict, we were then saddened and angry to learn about the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, by the Columbus Police Department in Ohio yesterday. We mourn for her. It is time to end this chapter in our history by defunding the police and instead investing in living wage jobs, housing for all, health care, mental health support, and other essential community services that actually keep seniors, our families and communities safe.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus Reaffirms: Black Lives Matter, Brown Lives Matter, Defund the Police
Jane Addams Senior Caucus is deeply saddened and enraged by the murder of 13 year old Adam Toledo by the Chicago Police Department and Daunte Wright by police in Brookylyn Center, Minnesota. We mourn their lives.
In a country that continually reinforces white supremacy, justice can only be achieved when we confront and repair the anti-Blackness that is woven through every aspect of society—in our homes, schools, communities, and government. For too long, Black people have been silenced and killed under the physical and mental violence of our criminal system — built by, and for, the preservation of a patriarchal, racist world view. Each of us must act now to demand that real steps are taken to end the undeniable racism and injustice in the United States that defines Black lives as expendable.
It is time to end this chapter in our history by defunding the police and investing instead in living wage jobs, housing for all, health care and other essential community services that actually keep our families and communities safe.
JASC stands with Black Lives Matter in the affirmation of Black lives and vow to work with all who envision a world free from the institutions and violence perpetrated by racism.
In response to the continued police violence against Black communities, Hollaback has organized an online Bystander Intervention to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment training. You can register for it here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0FpG_2QMQRi58ErShEcVvg?fbclid=IwAR17NHRlJgbx9TJlUZriNxe_7UQTLIKvaqY2tAqpsSWfJhrC6yG8G5BsVNA
In response to the continued police violence against black communities and the recent murders of Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, we are offering this free, one-hour, interactive training to train people on how to safely intervene in the face of police violence and ant...
#BlackLivesMatter
CW: police violence
We mourn #DaunteWright & his life cut violently short by police. We send love & solidarity to his family & friends now left in his absence. As we grieve, we recommit ourselves to fighting for a world free from state violence, repression & policing where all people can thrive.
Please see the Change Agents The Podcast event here!
Today was the powerful Raise Up IL campaign launch. We had a full house demanding Springfield raise over a billion dollars by ending tax breaks for big corporations and wealthy individuals and spending that money on the Community Care Program, housing, childcare, schools and more in this year’s state budget!
Join me at bit.ly/raiseupaction to email your state legislators
and at bit.ly/raiseupscript to call your state legislators
#RaiseUpIL #MeetTheMoment
Reggie speaking today at the #RaiseUpIL launch. Reggie is a home care worker. He and others seniors from the Senior Caucus are asking that Springfield #MeetTheMoment and pass progressive revenue to add $1.1 Billion to this state budget to improve care for 100,000 seniors already using the community care program and expand it to 10,000 more seniors this year. This is critical so seniors are able to age with dignity in their homes rather than in nursing homes!
Today JASC leaders including our very own caregiver & retired home health social worker met w/ Congressman Chuy García
to share why #CareCantWait. We're looking forward to working together in this vital moment for care!
Sign our petition with Caring Across Generations to Urge Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan by significantly investing in America's care infrastructure.
Show your support: https://go.caringacross.org/a/care-cant-wait?sourceid=1073797
#CareIsEssential #BuildBackBetter
Today JASC leaders including our very own caregiver & retired home health social worker met w/ Congressman Chuy García
to share why #CareCantWait. We're looking forward to working together in this vital moment for care!
Sign our petition with Caring Across Generations to Urge Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan by significantly investing in America's care infrastructure.
Show your support: https://go.caringacross.org/a/care-cant-wait?sourceid=1073797
#CareIsEssential #BuildBackBetter
Jane Addams Senior Caucus is heartened to see the progress on vaccines for seniors, but we know that there is more to be done. Only 50% of seniors in Chicago have been vaccinated so far--and there are many barriers that seniors still face. The city must do more.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus is heartened to see the progress on vaccines for seniors, but we know that there is more to be done. Only 50% of seniors in Chicago have been vaccinated so far--and there are many barriers that seniors still face. The city must do more.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago's statement perfectly articulates what we must do in response to the horrific racist, anti-Asian violence that occurred in Atlanta.
AAJC has anti-Asian racism bystander intervention training series. Make sure to go to their website for more information: https://www.advancingjustice-chicago.org/
AAJC also has created a virtual Healing & Processing space for any Asian/American Pacific Islander folks in need of community today. Register at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpc-CrqDMvH9VKi_8PCZyQosdh6BubkV_9?fbclid=IwAR3xCm7AhmUUrRUbgpf7_4iMwJz6iGDVkHD6f6dw82PWbIDdZjuD6POT5RY
Press Release - Georgia’s Asian American Leaders Call for Community-Centered Response After Six Asian Women Are Murdered
During this time of crisis for our AAPI community, we call on our local and state government to provide robust and responsive crisis intervention resources, including in-language support for mental health, legal, employment, and immigration services. It is time for Georgia to invest in transformative justice that begins with cross racial dialogue and community-building that address the root causes of violence and hate.
See our full statement here: https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/news/communityresponse
IT’S TIME FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL: The Medicare for All Act of 2021 is transformative legislation that guarantees health care to everyone in America as a human right. Today, Representatives Jayapal and Dingell are introducing this vital legislation and, with their colleagues and allies, making a strong case for it. The United States is the richest country in the world, but millions of Americans still can’t afford health care. #MedicareForAll will change that – it’s time for a bold change. (via act.tv)
Exciting news! On March 17th, U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) will be introducing the Medicare for All Act of 2021 in the 117th Congress.
COVID 19 pandemic has made it clearer then ever that we need a health care system that leaves nobody out – regardless of their income, race, zipcode or age. More than 143,000 American died from COVID 19 over the last year because we prioritized the profits of insurance companies over guaranteed health care for everyone.
Join JASC and thousands of activists on March 17th as we celebrate the launch of the Medicare for All Act of 2021 with Reps. Jayapal and Dingell, patients, doctors, nurses, business owners, civil rights leaders and more.
JASC will live stream The Medicare for All Town Hall Introduction from our JASC page on March 17th!
We are hiring a housing justice organizer -- come work with JASC!
https://www.seniorcaucus.org/apply
JASC is one of the only grassroots senior led organizations in the country and over the past forty-four years, JASC’s organizing has won groundbreaking victories to allow seniors to age with dignity. Through tenant organizing we have preserved thousands of affordable units for seniors, including m...
Congregate facilities such as nursing homes have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents have contracted and died from COVID-19 across the country. In Chicago, thousands have contracted and died from COVID-19.
Why did Mayor Lightfoot refuse to fully staff the department protecting health and safety of nursing home residents?
Despite having $403 million in discretionary federal COVID-19 relief funding, Mayor Lightfoot left the city's ombudsman program short-staffed - she refused to hire ombudspersons exactly when it was needed the most.
Instead of hiring staff that would at least reduce the danger to those most likely to die, she sent $281 million, 60% of the discretionary federal COVID-19 relief funds Chicago received to the Chicago Police Department.
This means that, not only did Mayor Lightfoot do nothing to get facility residents out of danger, she added to the danger.
Send a letter to Mayor Lightfoot calling for the ombudsman program to be fully staffed - immediately! Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hire-ombudspersons-to-protect-and-support-congregate-residents?clear_id=true&referrer=group-institutional-rescue-and-recovery-coalition&source=direct_link
Facility residents depend on the 'Long Term Care Ombudsman' programs for help with a wide range of health, safety and abuse concerns. According to the US Dept of Justice: "all too often, we have found nursing home owners or operators who put profits over patients."
Ask Mayor Lightfoot to protect the health and safety of residents in congregate care facilities. From the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic (which is NOT over), advocates warned that people that live and work in congregate facilities (nursing homes and other institutions) had by far the highest....
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JASC rallying for health equity!health justice now!! #blm
Our Walking the Road to Justice Virtual Fundraiser is just around the corner! Register here today: https://seniorcaucus.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=49
While the coronavirus may prevent JASC from hosting our Walking the Road to Justice Annual Luncheon, we can come together to support Jane Addams Senior Caucus! Donate and register for one of our events here: https://seniorcaucus.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=49
Together over 50 seniors were joined by Alderwoman Maria Hadden, Alderwoman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Alderman Matt Martin - 47th Ward, Alderman Byron Sicgho-Lopez and Rush University Medical Center to call on Alderman Sawyer to hold a Health and Human Services Committee so that we can pass the Senior Safety Ordinance! Seniors cant wait! #ProtectCHIGrandparents #RightToRecovery
We’re all doing our part to take care of ourselves and those closest to us through this pandemic. It’s time to take our collective care to the next level! Join People’s Action and our special guests this Saturday at 3:30 pm ET for our livestream event Collective Care in the Time of COVID! Individual action and social distancing–while critical–aren’t enough. Hospital treatment for coronavirus costs tens of thousands of dollars. People are already delaying treatment due to costs, and some have died after being turned away due to lack of insurance. The number of uninsured and under-insured will likely exceed 100 million people in the U.S. during the pandemic, while people of color and women are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Only collective, public action can solve these problems. We’ll discuss and celebrate the ways we’re all taking care of each other through this crisis. Hear from experts about how we got here and discuss what we can do to get through this in a way that helps us build a better future! At the end, we’ll collectively take action to demand a Health Care Emergency Guarantee! https://peoplesaction.org/campaigns/health-care-for-all/ The Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act would guarantee medically necessary health care, including prescription drugs, to everyone at no cost to individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caring for one another is how we get through this! Join us! Featuring Guest Speakers Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. He is the Chair of Southpaw Michigan and Political Contributor at CNN. He is the author of the book Healing Politics, calling for a politics of empathy to cure our epidemic of insecurity. He is the host of “America Dissected,” a podcast by Crooked Media, which goes beyond the headlines to explore what really matters for our health. Stephanie Kang Stephanie Kang is the Health Policy Advisor for Congresswoman Pramila Ja
Join us for “Not Me, Us: A Livestream for the Revolution.” We’ll be joined by key leaders and surrogates from the Sanders campaign. Together, we’ll discuss how we can build momentum for the ideas that unite us: - Health care as a human right, ensured by Medicare for All. - Housing as a human right, ensured by a Homes Guarantee. - Keeping fossil fuels in the ground and winning a Green New Deal. - Making sure the wealthy and the powerful pay their fair share. You can participate in the live stream directly at https://peoplesaction.org/not-me-us/
Congressman Mike Quigley, support #MedicareForAll!! Community organizations delivered Valentine boxes full of 1000 postcards from Quigley's constituents in support of Medicare for all! Chicago Democratic Socialists of America Physicians for a National Health Program People's Action
Last week, JASC seniors confronted Congressman Mike Quigley about #MedicareForAll. He chose to eat pizza rather than respond to Mary's story about her daughter's high healthcare bills for her cancer treatment. Call Congressman Quigley today to demand he sign on to #MedicareForAll
JASC Member Linda Armitage on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's #HomesForAll Act which will fulfill the promise of a #HomesGuarantee by building 12 million new public housing and private, permanently affordable rental units - vastly expanding the available affordable housing stock, driving down costs throughout the market and creating a new vision of what public housing looks like in the United States of America! People's Action
Linda Armitage speaks about the need for a Senior Bill of Rights to ensure that seniors have safety and dignity in their homes. Today we introduced this ordinance in City Council with more than 100 members!
Mary Ellen Winkelman speaking about JASC's Long Term Care Resolution. The resolution was introduced and passed in City Council today!
Pastor Sutton giving powerful testimony at City Council about the importance of the Senior Housing Bill of Rights. JASC is here with over 100 seniors to demand that seniors rights are taken seriously, and that their homes are safe places to live!! #sbor #seniorpower #seniorhousingbillofrights #SeniorHousingPlatform
CHA senior residents with limited english speaking abilities organized with Jane Addams Senior Caucus to conduct a research analysis of language access throughout CHA senior buildings. On Thursday September 5th, JASC and CURL Loyola released a report that details the Chicago Housing Authority’s failure to implement their language access plan. Read the full report here: http://www.seniorcaucus.org/language-access-report
Our member Debra Miller speaking about the Our Home Chicago platform and the need for more affordable housing across the city!
Medicare for all!
Mary Ellen told Representative Daniel Lipinski to open his eyes and listen! Stop the injustices - sign onto Improved #MedicareForAll
Senior Caucus leader Nanna Cross powerfully speaking to the importance of closing the corporate loophole and holding companies such as Target Chase and Walgreens accountable for paying their fair share of taxes, which could be instead used to fund social services!
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