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Brighton Park Neighborhood Council is a community-based nonprofit. We focus on education justice, financial services, immigration y más. #communityschools
Jul 29, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Here at 24th and Sawyer in Little Village to #StopShotSpotter and cancel their contract in Chicago Image Alex with ACRE: Most folks should be here - including Adam Toledo. Investing in Shotspotter is choosing to take away opportunities. We are here to let the city know that’s not happening anymore. It’s not happening because we keep us safe. Image
Jul 29, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Today, we’re hosting a People’s Budget workshops with the amazing crew of teachers at @CTULocal1

➡️➡️ Follow along this thread to follow along. 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
Jul 27, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
This morning, City's Council's Public Safety Committee is holding a hearing on the gang database and the Anjanette Young Ordinance

Tune in: chicityclerk.com/virtual-commit… First speaker is Xanat w/ @OCAD_CHI by highlighting the case of Wilmer Catalan Ramirez whose name was listed as a member of two opposing gangs. His home was unlawfully raided and information shared with ICE.