Tuesday, August 9 - Protect Our Courts Postcards / Stop ShotSpotter Event Thursday
Actions You Can Take Today
Action 1: Protect Our Courts Postcards Sign-Up
Action 2: Stop ShotSpotter virtual event on Thursday, August 10 at 8:30 p.m.
Action 1: Protect Our Courts Postcards
The Illinois Supreme Court is the court of last resort in Illinois. Conservatives already control 3 of the 7 seats on the court.
This November there will be two newly-redistricted seats up for election: the 2nd Judicial District (DeKalb, Lake, Kane, Kendall and McHenry Counties) and the 3rd Judicial District (Bureau, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle and Will Counties).
If right-wing forces take over the Illinois Supreme Court and align with the politicized majority at the U.S. Supreme Court, many hard-won freedoms will be in jeopardy. We have already seen the federal court undermine fundamental individual rights, voting rights, equal access to justice and the democracy of our nation. With the United States Supreme Court controlled by far-right conservatives, the Illinois Supreme Court will become our last line of defense to protect hard-fought rights.
Sign up to write postcards to voters about the Supreme Court elections! Volunteers will be provided with postcards, voter lists, and a short template of what to write. Volunteers and groups are asked to purchase postage (postcard stamps will soon be $.44).
Action 2: Stop ShotSpotter Virtual Event Thursday
Please join our People’s Earnings Call on August 9th at 8:30pm CT to reframe the narrative around ShotSpotter’s financial harms to our communities. We’ll be joined by organizers from #StopShotSpotter campaigns in Chicago, Detroit, and Durham to learn about the similarities and differences in how ShotSpotter is operating in their cities, and actions we can take to build collective power against surveillance.
Action via Defund CPD
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