Friday, April 12 - Fighting Poverty from The Ground Up / Call for a Permanent Ceasefire
Actions You Can Take
Action 1: Indivisible Illinois Presents: Fighting Poverty from The Ground Up on Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. (virtual event)
Action 2: Call on your Senators and Representative to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
Senator Duckworth | DC: 202-224-2854 | Chicago 312-886-3506 | Email Sen. Duckworth or call another office
Senator Durbin | DC: 202-224-2152 | Chicago 312-353-4952 | Email Sen. Durbin or call another office
Action 1: Fighting Poverty from The Ground Up 4/15
Join Indivisible Illinois on Monday April 15 at 7:30 pm CDT on Zoom for a panel discussion on how people are affected by poverty, what is being done to fight it, and how activists can help. The panel will include:
Kyle Patterson, City of Champaign Township Supervisor: Mr. Patterson has previously been a case manager for Cunningham Township as well as past chair of the Champaign County Board.
Jessica Motsinger, Illinois Poor People's Campaign Tri-Chair: Ms. Motsinger is also the lead for Indivisible Rural Illinois as well as co-lead for Indivisible Metro East.
Chris Todd, Program Administrator for Champaign-Urbana's Food and More Food Pantry: The Food and More Food Pantry is all-volunteer led and staffed. It is the product of a collaborative effort among several houses of worship.
LaToya Greenwood, Democratic Central Committeewoman for Congressional District IL-13: While a state representative from 2017-2023, Ms. Greenwood worked on legislation to help underserved communities. She is currently the Democratic candidate for State Representative in IL-114.
Learn how poverty affects households, about the work that these speakers are doing on the ground, what types of opportunities are out there for us to help, and how we can influence our legislators locally, statewide, and nationally to pass legislation and ordinances that help fight poverty.
Action via Indivisible Illinois
Action 2: Demand a Permanent Ceasefire
The ongoing Israeli bombardment and blockade in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of over 33,000 Palestinians, including more than 12,300 children, with 1.5 million people displaced in unimaginable conditions. Some US officials think a famine has already begun — what might be the most intense famine since the second world war. Children are already dying of malnutrition, and many more will die if the Israel army continues to block aid from reaching Gaza.
We urge our members of Congress to support an immediate ceasefire, to ensure humanitarian aid to residents of Gaza, to continue to demand the release of all hostages, and to block US military aid to Israel that would cause additional civilian deaths in Gaza. Please join us by contacting your Representative, and Senators Duckworth and Durbin with these same demands. Call them daily—it makes a difference!
Senator Duckworth | DC: 202-224-2854 | Chicago 312-886-3506 | Email Sen. Duckworth or call another office
Senator Durbin | DC: 202-224-2152 | Chicago 312-353-4952 | Email Sen. Durbin or call another office
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