Monday, October 6 - No Federal Troops in Chicago! / ICA T-Shirt Design Contest (Due 10/15) / Chicago Budget Address Briefing 10/20
Partner Action: No Federal Troops in Chicago!
Trump has authorized the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago, while a federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked a similar deployment of troops to Portland. Trump is attempting to mischaracterize the legal and lawful first amendment right of citizens to protest as an excuse to send in troops to dominate and control Democrat-led cities.
ICE is already terrorizing and shooting civilians, kidnapping people off the street, and wreaking havoc in our city. Trump is the cause of violence in Chicago, and it must stop NOW.
The Trump administration is manufacturing threats of an imaginary crime wave to justify their use of the US military for domestic law enforcement. The deployment of troops to harass and terrorize communities is a horrendous and massively expensive abuse of power that endangers the liberty and rights of all US residents, particularly immigrants, unhoused people, and people of color.
👉 All Illinois elected officials need to sound the alarm about Trump’s unhinged weaponization of the US military against the American public.
Contact Senator Durbin at 312-353-4952 or at other numbers listed here
Contact Senator Duckworth at 312-886-3506 or at other numbers listed here
Find your alderperson and state representatives and senators
Script: Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. I’m calling to demand that [NAME] stand up against the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Using the military to police Americans is a costly abuse of power designed to scare communities and silence dissent.
Action via 5calls.org
ICA Action: Enter ICA T-Shirt Design Contest By 10/15
Calling all artists and designers — it’s not too late to enter our T-Shirt Design Contest! The deadline has been extended for TWO more weeks until October 15th!
We’ve been around for a while now … and so has our merch! That’s why we’re launching our first-ever T-shirt design contest — and we want YOUR creativity!
Three winning designs will be featured in our online store and we need YOUR vision to help us amplify and inspire the resistance!
How it works:
Submit your design(s): now extended to October 15th
Winners announced: November 5
New shirts drop: November 26
👉 Enter the content by October 15!
Full contest rules and guidelines are in the entry form — but the short version is simple: keep it original, keep it positive, and make sure it shouts “Indivisible Chicago” loud and proud!
All designs will be donated and sold exclusively in the ICA store, and proceeds will benefit our organizing work. Winning artists will be credited and their work and stories will featured across on our social media — and will be worn by our community!
Partner Action: Chicago Budget Address Briefing 10/20
The Institute for the Public Good will be hosting a Budget Briefing for movement organizations and leaders to walk through our analysis of the Mayor’s budget proposal (on 10/20, post the mayor's 10/16 budget address).
We’ll be focused on the corporate budget expenditures – comparing year over year, and will be specifically diving into how the budget responds to different proposals and campaigns that have been pushed this budget cycle.
👉 Join the event on Monday, October 20th at 4PM.
Action via Institute for the Public Good
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