On the One Year Anniversary of the election of President Obama, there is still: Change worth fighting for!
On Tuesday, November 3, the first anniversary of the election of President Barack Obama, Chicago leaders will gather in front of Grant Park to rally our support for the “Change” we believe is worth fighting for.
Rally for Inclusive Health Care Reform and a Progressive America
And Press Conference with Sign on Letter to President Obama:
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Time: 11:30 – 1:00 pm
Place: Spertus Institute, 610 S. Michigan (facing Grant Park)
(Add Your Name to Sign on Letter Here)
Support the Change we still believe in fighting for!
- Inclusive health care with a strong public option
- Immigration reform
- Ensure worker rights to organize
- Full, equitable inclusion of the LGBT communities and women
- Living wage jobs
- Reform of the financial system to end predatory practices that cause home foreclosures and bankruptcies
- Addressing our warming planet
- Creating a more peaceful world
Initial Supporting Organizations: ActionNOW; AFSCME; Aids Foundation of Chicago; Asian American Institute; Centro Romero; Celts for Immigration Reform; Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Citizen Action Illinois; Equality Illinois; HealthCare for America Now (HCAN); Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR); Instituto del Progreso Latino; Jewish Council on Urban Affairs; Mujeres Latinas en Accion; Rainbow PUSH; Rep. Greg Harris; Rep. Will Burns; SEIU; Sen. Kwame Raoul; Shriver Center on Poverty Law; Unite HERE; United African Organization
Initial Letter Signatories include*: Tom Balanoff, SEIU; Juan Salgado, Instituto del Progreso Latino; Jane Ramsey, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs; William McNary, Citizen Action Illinois; Rev. Jeanette Wilson, Rainbow PUSH; Henry Bayer, AFSCME; Sen. Kwame Raoul; Rep. Will Burns; Rep. Greg Harris; Maria Pesquiera, Mujeres Latinas en Accion; John Bouman, Shriver Center on Poverty Law; Joshua Hoyt, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Michael Bauer; Henry Tamarin, Unite HERE; Bernard Cherkasov, Equality Illinois; Denise Dixon, ActionNOW; Alie Kabba, United African Organization; Billy Lawless, Celts for Immigration Reform; Lawrence Benito, Illinois Immigrant Action; Tuyet Le, Asian American Instiute; Ed Shurna, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Keith Keleher, SEIU Healthcare; Mark Ishaug, AIDS Foundation of Chicago; Maria-Elena Jonas, Haces; Susan Bauer, Community Health Partnership of Illinois; Patricia Gomez, La Voz Latina; Dr. John Fish, Princeton Project 55; Eunita Rushing, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance; Rose Mary Meyer, Project IRENE; Lorena Colin, Mexican-American Coalition for Immigration Reform; Bruce Elder, Congregation Hakafa; Jeff Bartow, Organizing Project – SWOP; Rev. Michael Shanahan, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish; Erku Yimer, Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago
* Organizational affiliations for identification purposes only.