Stopchicago.org

Southside Together Organizing for Power

WebWe organize: tenants, to preserve and improve affordable housing. They are currently leading the fight for a Community Benefits Agreement around the Obama Center. mental …

Actived: 8 days ago

URL: https://www.stopchicago.org/

Welcome our new public-health organizer, Cheryl Miller!

WebWelcome our new public-health organizer, Cheryl Miller! mental health. Dec 14. A lifelong Chicagoan and veteran cab-driver, Cheryl has lived and worked on the …

Category:  Health Go Health

Cops, clinics & mental-health crisis response: get the facts

Web1. Re-open all 14 closed Chicago Department of Public Health free mental-health centers, at least three of them open 24 hours per day. Longer-term, we look to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Mental-health victory: after a decade’s fight, more funding for …

WebWe and allies won a 72% increase in staffing. Our organizer said, “We will remain in this fight until there is a free public mental health center in every ward of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Powerful perspectives from Treatment Not Trauma leaders

WebBy contrast, the City’s mental-health centers offer indefinite therapy and psychiatry. They are free to all, regardless of insurance and immigration status. And they …

Category:  Health Go Health

We told the mayor: "This is about our universal right to health care

WebAnd we showed our support for reopening Chicago's closed mental-health clinics and creating non-police crisis response teams! We were heartened by high …

Category:  Health Go Health

Apply to be our public-health organizer! — Southside Together

WebThe Public-Health Organizer will lead the campaign for opening and fully funding the City’s public mental-health clinics, and will assist the youth-led campaign to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Mental Health Movement Speaks Out Against New Cuts

WebThe Mental Health Movement works with consumers of mental health services and allies to advocate for investment in the City mental health clinics. The …

Category:  Health Go Health

Free mental-health workshops

WebDo you want to learn about mental health issues that may affect your congregation? Do you want to learn more about mental health resources in Chicago? Do …

Category:  Health Go Health

Clinic occupation: come to 63rd/Woodlawn right now

WebKeep all 12 public mental health clinics open and fully staffed an funded 2. Stop plans to privatize services at Chicago's 7 neighborhood health centers 3. Hire more …

Category:  Health Go Health

93% of voters want Treatment Not Trauma — Southside Together …

WebThe referendum specified that mental-health professionals and an EMT – instead of police – must be dispatched for mental-health emergency calls. We and allied …

Category:  Health Go Health

Programs — Southside Together Organizing for Power

WebWe want City-run mental-health clinics, public infrastructure to care for people, and a human right to health care. Our member group is called the Mental Health …

Category:  Health Go Health

Celebrate and de-brief our clinic victory: 11/30 5pm on Zoom

WebLast month, for the first time since Mayor Emanuel closed most of Chicago's clinics a decade ago, we and our coalitions won an increase in spending on City mental …

Category:  Health Go Health

This winter, we turned up the heat!

WebThis rally marked a new push for public mental health. Three aldermen attended the rally: Sue Garza, John Arena, and George Cardenas. The Collaborative for …

Category:  Health Go Health

Petition — and rally on April 12, the 9-year clinic-closure …

WebWe demand that Mayor Lightfoot uphold her campaign promise to reopen the clinics and invest FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS into City-run mental health services.

Category:  Health Go Health

Our Lives on the Line: Voices from Chicago's Mental Health Clinics

WebMayor Emanuel's 2012 Chicago City Budget proposes to close half of Chicago's mental health clinics and privatize all 7 of its neighborhood health centers, …

Category:  Health Go Health

City is Closing Roseland Mental Health Clinic

WebThey are also opening a private mental health center, run by Community Counseling Centers of Chicago. Mayor Emanuel is using the opening of the Triage …

Category:  Health Go Health

History — Southside Together Organizing for Power

WebWe organized the Mental Health Movement, which stopped Mayor Daley's plan to close four South Side free public mental-health clinics. 2010. Youth-program co-founder Damian …

Category:  Health Go Health

Sign the petition: Ensure access to mental health for all …

WebSign our petition on change.org to ensure access to mental health for all Chicagoans. We want 10,000 signatures so we need your help, please sign NOW and …

Category:  Health Go Health

6th Ward aldermanic forum on mental health: Feb. 4

WebOn November 8, 2022, community members pushed back against the City's history of divestment from the public mental-health services. They overwhelmingly voted …

Category:  Health Go Health

Take the Fight to Rahm's House: Healthcare Not Warfare

WebThe Mental Health Movement is calling on all NATO protesters to occupy the public clinics being closed by Mayor 1% Emanuel. On May 19, NATO demonstrators …

Category:  Health Go Health

WE can vote on the clinics & housing we want! Zoom 10/25

WebWe’ll talk about the referendum on mental-health clinics now on November 8 ballots, and an affordable-housing referendum we want on February 2023 ballots. Join …

Category:  Health Go Health