A New New Deal:
Obama Year One

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Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here? Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:30pm - 4:30pm Roosevelt University Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan), Room 232 This past year, in the aftermath of the historic 2008 elections and in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression,  activists and progressives from across movements came together to push  for a new New Deal.  The new political... »

Petition to Protect Our Community Hospitals

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Resurrection Health Care recently announced plans to sell West Suburban and Westlake Hospitals to Vanguard Health Systems, a for-profit corporation.  Now employees and community residents who rely on these hospitals are concerned about their future. The Illinois Attorney General will review this proposed sale because it involves a for-profit corporation taking over nonprofit hospitals. We must demans that this sale... »

Film Series: Urban Greening

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Urban Greening: Thinking Global, Acting Local! Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Veterans  Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. In this slide presentation, Oak Parker Julie Samuels will show how urban residents and organizations in Chicagoland are restoring a healthy urban environment, and eating, breathing and feeling better by using city land to grow... »


Film Series: Taxi to the Dark Side

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Oscar winning director Alex Gibney investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in this gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010,... »

Rally: “Stop Corporate Crime by the Bailout Bandits”

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Join the campaign for a Peoples' Economic Recovery, starting with *  Jobs *  Housing * Health Care * Sept 24, 12 Noon Monroe & Franklin (Wells Fargo) A year ago, Congress bailed out the... »

OPCTJ Film Series: “Thirst”

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A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap. Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans  Room, Oak Park Library 834... »

OPCTJ Film Series: “Never Turning Back; The World of Peggy Lipschutz”

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Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans  Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. The life and work of artist and activist Peggy Lipschut This... »

Labor Day: A Celebration and Rally for American Working Families

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Invited Guest of Honor: President Barack Obama Moderator: WCPT Radio Host Dick Kay Program: Music and Food Speakers Celebrating the Achievements of American Working Families -- Commemorate Past and Ongoing Struggles... »

A New New Deal: How We Make It Happen!

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Saturday, June 13, 2009, 12:30-5:00 p.m. Workers United Hall, 333 S. Ashland, Chicago An organizing workshop to build the movement for change based on human needs by connecting the... »

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A NEW NEW DEAL

Feb. 20, 2010 - Obama Year One - Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Join leaders of the labor, peace, immigrant rights, healthcare reform, and economic justice movements in assessing the past year and current political conditions to determine ways we can work together towards progressive change.


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