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Jul 29, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Today, we’re hosting a People’s Budget workshops with the amazing crew of teachers at @CTULocal1

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What do our communities need to be safe and thriving?

- affordable housing
- access to healthy food
- gun violence solutions that aren’t police/carceral
- mental health resources
- debt forgiveness
- unleaded water
- youth programs
- libraries
We’re in two breakout groups now and folks have to decide where to spent their first $1 to make a community budget.

Housing was a pop. choice bc “people need a place to live, shower, be themselves, relax” etc.
With $7, folks had to choose where to spend the remaining of their budget.

Health is important to the group esp noting the pandemic and how it has impacts many short and long term.
Final budget for group 1 has about a fifth in health, 15% in education, a fifth in housing, 15% in infrastructure, 21% in community resources, and 3 to carceral systems.
Final budgets per $100 for our two groups!
Compare the previous People’s Budgets to what the city of Chicago is spending our money is.

City spends about $31.68 per $100 — $6 more than the next category of infrastructure.

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