Building Freedom Cities, From Jackson, Mississippi to Chicago
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Resist. Reimagine. Rebuild…the Spring of Resistance!
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Members of R3 and other groups, including BYP100, Black lives Matter, Assata’s Daughters and Workers Center for Racial Justice, led by OCAD showed up to protest deportation efforts in Chicago outside offices of ICE with 300 people.
R3 AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY On August 19, 2017, we held vigil and rally outside the monument to slaveholder Stephen A. Douglas which is in the middle of the historic Black community of Bronzeville. The City locked the gates before we arrived. We spilled over into the street outside the park and blocked the intersection. 300 … Read moreR3 Against White Supremacy
PRESS STATEMENT July 20, 2017 Contact: Barbara Ransby, barbara.ransby@gmail.com NEW SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION JOINS OTHERS IN DEMANDING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CHICAGO The R3 (Resist. Reimagine. Rebuild) Coalition, formed in November of 2016, includes 32 Chicago area grassroots, anti-racist, labor and immigration rights organizations. We came together to forge a shared … Read moreR3 COALITION-CHI JOINS OTHERS IN DEMANDING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CHICAGO
Did you see the Resist Reimagine Rebuild T-shirts folks were wearing on May Day? There’s a limited supply left, but you can get yours for $10 plus shipping and handling. Comment for more details.
Here is a video at the start of the R3 Rally in Chicago May Day 2017. Footage shot by Umedics.
On May 1st, SEIU Local 73 rallied at UIC for worker and racial justice outside UI Hospital!
R3 Coalition Chicago will have a great line-up of speakers and performers for our May Day Rally & March, May 1, 2017, Ogden & Roosevelt. Resist Racism, Rebuild Community!
MAY DAY WILL LOOK A BIT DIFFERENT IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR AS NEW COALITION, Resist. Reimagine. Rebuild. (R3) TAKES TO THE STREETS Chicago is still a segregated but a new generation of activists are building unity across community lines, inspired by the election of Donald Trump, the persistent budget crisis in Illinois, the continued … Read morePress Release: May Day Rally & March