Wednesday, June 5 - Referendum for Community Power Over Policing / Reject Trump’s Project 2025
Actions You Can Take
Action 1: Ask your alderperson to support the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing
Action 2: Demand Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase Reject Trump’s Project 2025
Action 1: Referendum for Community Power Over Policing
The fight for the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing is heating up! Now that the referendum ordinance has been introduced into city council, it's time to pile on the pressure.
Please call your Alderperson today and demand their support for this historic ordinance. You can use this script to make your demand clear when calling ward offices:
"Hello, my name is ___ and I am calling to demand the Alderperson's support for the ordinance putting the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing on the ballot. The People of Chicago deserve to decide for ourselves if we want to have a greater say in policing. Please stand with us and bring more power to the People. Can we count on the alder's support?"
Then call these 15 key members of the public safety committee to ensure the committee makes a positive recommendation to the full city council:
(312) 643-2299 Brian Hopkins
(773) 768-8138 Peter Chico
(773) 236-0117 Jeylú Gutiérrez
(773) 823-1539 Ray Lopez
(773) 284-5057 Derrick Curtis
(773) 582-4444 Silvana Tabares
(773) 237-6460 Chris Taliaferro
(773) 283-3838 Nick Sposato
(773) 654-1867 Andre Vasquez
(773) 348-9500 Timmy Knudsen
(773) 853-0799 Jim Gardiner
(773) 868-4747 Matt Martin
(773) 784-5277 Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
(773) 338-5796 Maria Hadden
(773) 262-1050 Debra Silverstein
The only way to end police tyranny is to bring more and more power into the hands of the People, and getting this Referendum on the ballot will be a crucial victory in that struggle.
Action via CAARPR
Action 2: Reject Trump’s Project 2025
The Heritage Foundation, one of the most powerful establishment influencers in Republican Party politics, has stooped to a new low with its creation of Project 2025 and their scheme to remake America in Trump's image.
Project 2025 seeks to purge the government of non-partisan experts, replacing them with radical ideologues loyal only to the MAGA movement. Key agencies would be staffed with Trump loyalists intent on implementing his destructive policies and demolishing any remaining checks on executive power.
It’s hard to say what’s the worst thing in the plan, because it’s all frighteningly dangerous, but it shouldn’t surprise you that it supports a national abortion ban. It also calls for using the Comstock Act to stop the mailing of drugs and equipment used in abortions, outlaw mifepristone and ban the use of contraceptives. It’s a forced-birth plan on steroids from the organization that led the fight to appoint Supreme Court Justices willing to overturn Roe.
It calls for separation of families, the end of birthright citizenship, and the creation of deportation camps to expel seven million people in the first four years. The plan attacks education and any attempt to fight the climate crisis, while also defunding the FBI and refocusing the Justice Department on prosecuting Trump’s political enemies.
The list goes on and on.
The involvement of corporate giants Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase in supporting Trump’s Project 2025 through the Heritage Foundation is deeply troubling. Their financial contributions to this organization have directly supported the propagation of Project 2025's inhumane policies.
By aligning themselves with Trump’s Project 2025, the powerful Wall Street banks are complicit in endorsing an agenda that stands in stark contrast to the principles of human rights and ethical business practices.
Action via Just Strategy
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