Monday, February 5 - Bring Chicago Home Phone Bank / Register Wisconsin Voters
Actions You Can Take
Action 1: Phone Bank with Indivisible Chicago for Bring Chicago Home on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays
Action 2: Attend a training session to learn how to register voters in Wisconsin on Feb 7 or Feb 9. - email info@milwaukeevoterproject.org for more information
Action 1: Phone Bank for Bring Chicago Home
Join Indivisible Chicago virtually to make phone calls for Bring Chicago Home!
With over 68,000 people homeless in Chicago, the Bring Chicago Home coalition aims to create a dedicated revenue stream for the city to address homelessness by funding more permanent housing and supportive services. The proposal would be funded by changing the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT), a one-time tax on properties when they are sold, to a progressive structure. So properties sold for under a $1 million--roughly 96% of real estate sales in Chicago--would receive a tax cut, while properties sold for over $1 million would see a slight increase to the transfer tax. In order to enact this policy, Chicago voters need to VOTE YES on the referendum that will be on the March 19 primary ballot.
Action via Bring Chicago Home
Action 2: Learn How to Register Wisconsin Voters
Here’s a great way to increase Dem turnout in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Voter Project (MVP) is a grassroots group of non-partisan volunteers who work to ensure that all citizens, especially those in underserved communities, are registered to vote and aware of upcoming elections. They register voters in warm, indoor offices (DMVs) in Milwaukee’s disadvantaged neighborhoods. The people there have their IDs with them and time on their hands as they wait in lines, so a 3-hour shift can be quite productive. This has been a very successful program and rightfully popular with Indivisible Chicagoans.
The first step is to attend a simple one-hour Zoom training. Choose from two upcoming sessions:
Wed, Feb 7, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Fri, Feb 9, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Interested? Send an email to info@milwaukeevoterproject.org.
While some of these Daily Actions come from our own work as Indivisible Chicago Alliance, others are from our many partners working to advance the progressive agenda. We invite you to join us in supporting their work. Postings from partners do not imply Indivisible Chicago Alliance endorsement of specific policies and positions.