Faith Coalition for the Common Good

06/01/2026

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In the wee hours of the morning, Illinois’ General Assembly passed a FY2027 budget that includes $1.5 million dollars to extend the Pretrial Success Pilot Program! While we began this session with a call to fully fund this program statewide, we are still incredibly excited that we have another yea...

06/01/2026

Legislators are still on the floor! You can call their office before MIDNIGHT to ask that they provide $2.5 million in new funding to keep the Pretrial Success Grants Program going.

Look up your legislators using this link.

https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/?link_id=1&can_id=1f7947d1adc97cbbbaa56d3aaef02020&source=email-pretrial-success-funding-is-not-currently-in-the-budget&email_referrer=email_3261636&email_subject=pretrial-success-funding-is-not-currently-in-the-budget #

Let’s save the Pretrial Success Act!

🚨Save the Pretrial Success Act🚨

The Pretrial Success Grants Program has been providing essential support for people awaiting trial but new funding is not currently in the state budget. If the General Assembly doesn’t add it to the budget today, this vital program will no longer exist.

Please call your State Senator and State Representative as soon as possible to ask that they continue to fund pretrial success! Find your legislators by visiting bit.ly/LookUpLegislators

Last year, the Illinois legislature funded the creation of the Pretrial Success Grant Program as a pilot program in five counties. The Pretrial Success Grant Program is bolstering the success of people who are released pretrial, thanks to the Pretrial Fairness Act, by expanding access to vital services like transportation and child care so they can attend court and providing resources for mental health, substance use disorder and other needs.

This program needs funding in order to survive. Right now, there is no new funding for the Pretrial Success Act in the budget. The deadline to pass a budget is midnight tonight, so this is our very last chance to convince our legislators to give this program the funding it needs to keep succeeding.

Look up your State Senator and State Representative’s Springfield phone numbers (the number with the 217 area code), and give them a quick call RIGHT NOW to ask that they provide $2.5 million in new funding to keep the Pretrial Success Grants Program going.

Find your legislators by visiting bit.ly/LookUpLegislators

05/30/2026

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭!! ⚡️💚🗣️ Springfield organizers, leaders, advocates, and residents joined hundreds of fellow Illinoisans at the capital today. Illinois needs to establish guardrails to ensure energy- and water-intensive data centers don’t increase families’ utility bills, pollute our air, or threaten our water supply. Let’s pass these commonsense safeguards NOW‼️We can do this by passing the Power Act.

We had a great convo with Senator Doris Turner about how data centers can impact frontline communities. It’s time to pass the POWER Act to ensure that ALL Illinoisans are protected from unchecked data center development.⚡️

Missed ? That’s okay! You can still join us and the hundreds of other Illinoisans to lobby our legislators by reaching out to yours via email. It’s easy! Use this form to send a note of support: act.ilenviro.org/a/poweract

05/30/2026

Over 600 Illinoisans are headed to Springfield today to support the POWER Act! Illinois has the chance to pass nation-leading legislation that protects residents from data center harms. Let’s make it happen!⚡️ The Governor and state lawmakers need to stand UP to Big Tech and stand FOR Illinois communities to ensure data centers don’t harm our water, energy, ratepayers, and frontline communities!

Join us at the Power Act Rally TODAY, May 30th at Noon!

05/27/2026

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🏠 Springfield deserves safe, healthy, and livable housing for everyone. Join us for the next Springfield Safe Homes Housing Equity Meeting as community members come together to discuss solutions, share concerns, and build power for safer housing across our city.

📅 Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 First Presbyterian Church – Springfield, IL

This is your opportunity to connect with neighbors, learn more about housing equity efforts, and be part of creating positive change in our community.

Housing Equity Meetings are held every 4th Thursday of the month.

Together, we can build safer homes and stronger neighborhoods. 💚🏘️

HousingJustice SafeHomesCampaign

05/27/2026

If you are passionate about community impact, housing justice, and leadership development, then this is for you 💙

We are looking for Housing Ambassadors who are ready to help educate, organize, and support residents around tenant rights and housing equity in Springfield.

This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on community outreach experience, grow as a leader, and be part of meaningful change.

-Paid Opportunity
-Hybrid Position
-Leadership Development
-Community Outreach Experience

📩 If interested, send your resume to: [email protected]

05/26/2026

We’re excited for Black Lives Matter Solidarity Day ✊🏾💛

Join the annual car procession, community BBQ, and scholarship celebration on May 31st. Come out, bring your people, and be part of a day centered on community, solidarity, and celebration!!

05/25/2026

Memorial Day carries a deep history rooted in freedom, sacrifice, and remembrance. 🇺🇸

Many people don’t realize that one of the earliest Memorial Day commemorations was led by formerly enslaved Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina after the Civil War. What began as an act of honoring fallen Union soldiers became a powerful symbol of dignity, community, and freedom.

As we remember those who gave their lives in service, we also remember the people who fought to ensure they would never be forgotten.

Today, we honor the lives, sacrifices, and stories that shaped this nation. 🕊️

05/22/2026

🏠 Springfield deserves safe, healthy, and livable housing for everyone. Join us for the next Springfield Safe Homes Housing Equity Meeting as community members come together to discuss solutions, share concerns, and build power for safer housing across our city.

📅 Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 First Presbyterian Church – Springfield, IL

This is your opportunity to connect with neighbors, learn more about housing equity efforts, and be part of creating positive change in our community.

Housing Equity Meetings are held every 4th Thursday of the month.

Together, we can build safer homes and stronger neighborhoods. 💚🏘️

HousingJustice SafeHomesCampaign

05/21/2026

Two powerful community events. Which space will you show up in? 👏🏾🔥

TODAY, Thursday, May 21st, FCCG will be hosting opportunities to connect, grow, organize, celebrate, and build power together. Whether you want inspiration, economic movement, or women endearment, there is a place for YOU.

✨ Choose your Thursday experience ✨

🫖 𝐍𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭
Hear the powerful “𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚” of how Pastor Melody found her voice, strength, and purpose. Come ready for inspiration, conversation, and in-powered to roar.
📍 Pure Haven Resource Center
📅Thursday, May 21, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

🎓 𝐅𝐂𝐂𝐆 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 & 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Celebrate local entrepreneurs, support small businesses, and invest in the future of economic growth in our city. Come cheer on the graduates and connect with community leaders and business owners making moves in Springfield.
📍Innovate Springfield, One Horace Man
📅Thursday, May 21, 2026
🚪 Doors Open at 5:30 PM

This is what community power looks like.
Connection. Action. Growth. Organizing. Celebration.

Which event will we see you at? 👀💬