02/05/2025
Apologies for being absent. Our active membership has declined since COVID and our volunteer board of directors is down to two people who have demanding jobs and many personal obligations. We have not had the bandwidth to organize events and meetings. However, we did want to take a moment to address the current state of the country.
Our status as a certified Non-Profit organization prevents us from endorsing or opposing particular candidates, parties, or ballot initiatives. It does not, however, prevent us from encouraging community members to get involved and fight back against a fascist takeover of our federal government by unelected individuals.
It does not prevent us from encouraging you to call your US Senators and Congressional Representatives and demand that they do everything in their legal power to stall, obstruct, and fight back against illegal and hostile takeover of our government and the institutions that keep our nation functioning and safe. Phone calls are the next best thing to showing up in their offices in person. Emails and online petitions are not effective. If the local Chicago phone number is busy, try the Springfield or DC numbers.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
It does not prevent us from informing community members of local organizations that are working to fight back, including, but not limited to those listed in this Local Organizations Yellow Pages: https://www.workingfamilies33.org/get_organized_2024.
Most importantly, we want to remind everyone to look out for your neighbors, especially those whose rights are most at risk, and to practice patience and kindness. Take a deep breath, plug in where and when you can, and practice self care.
Find your members of Congress by typing in your address on Congress.gov.
