Downstate IL News

29/07/2023

Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana held a rally today calling for justice for Jordan and Azaan.

03/01/2022

Demand your members of congress sponsor the Maintaining Access to Essential Services Act (H.R.4979/S.1783) so we can:

✅ Stops utility shutoffs
✅ Cancels utility debt
✅ Restores utility service



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02/01/2022

Add your signature to the 687 other signatures calling on the sheriff to use his unilateral power to not enforce evictions in Champaign county!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADv3Cr6gJJX_JyWGp-cTKR6P_BS2YC11unAfpS1ZVOk/edit

Today, the PSL gave Champaign County Sheriff a letter asking him to stop the enforcement of evictions in our community and work with courts to enact a local moratorium. According to Precision for COVID, an estimated 4,931 rental households across the County are at risk of eviction. So far, we have collected 687 signatures in support of a moratorium, and we plan to continue our efforts to make sure members in our community are housed and well Champaign County Sheriff's Office

22/10/2021

Sign this Google Form to demand that Democratic Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heurman suspends the enforcement of evictions.

We, the undersigned residents of Champaign County call on all our elected officials and our Sheriff, Dustin Heuerman to take decisive action to prevent the impending eviction crisis. We demand the Sheriff refuse to prosecute all eviction cases until such a time as all back rents and mortgage payment...

05/08/2021

⚡️Environmental Alert ⚡️ The Hunter Lake project is a plan to create a 3,000+ sq ft man-made lake by flooding forests, wetlands, creeks, endangered species habitats with proof of indigenous and pioneer archeological sites.

11/06/2021

UPDATE: The unionization vote has passed!

Workers involved in the organizing effort are asking people to like their union's page. We would also like to encourage that residents go to Sunnyside and mention their support for the unionization drive during their purchase at Sunnyside.

BREAKING NEWS: A third Illinois Cresco location, the Sunnyside Champaign dispensary joins Local 881 UFCW the with a 21-3 vote!

30/05/2021

https://www.facebook.com/events/3328778843892533/?sfnsn=mo

15/05/2021

Activists in Springfield have a rally today in their downtown.

23/04/2021

Actions in Champaign-Urbana tonight and Sunday. See HITNHOMEBOY's post below.

06/04/2021

The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a plan to allow the resumption of utility shutoffs, without discussion. It's time to demand until we have herd immunity in Illinois.

Today the Illinois Commerce Commission decided to allow utility shutoffs to resume in april. Today, they chose greed over grace, profits over people. I cannot stress enough the impact this will have on the lives of working class people in illinois. Call the ICC and remind them to be people FIRST!

19/02/2021

People's City Council: Closing Gaps in Domestic Violence Survivor Support

17/02/2021

Decaturites deserve a debate!

05/02/2021

Join the Champaign-Urbana People’s City Council for the second part in a series of issue-based forums centered on progressive platforms. For this second forum, candidates running for local offices in Champaign-Urbana have pledged to share the platform on Defunding the Police

Join our conversation live on February 4th @ 7:00 PM Central by commenting on the Facebook livestream of the event on the Central Illinois News page. This livestream will become a saved video that can be viewed later as well.

22/01/2021

Event included a powerful intro:
"Welcome all, and thank you for attending our first event in this series “Electing a People’s Council.” My name is Justin Michael Hendrix, the People’s Mayor of Champaign-Urbana. All of the candidates in attendance tonight are for people-first policies like ending chronic homelessness, defunding the police, and closing gaps in domestic violence survivor support.

When candidates like us run for office on any one of these issues, a question we get is “how will you convince the other representatives to vote for that?” Through this event, we are demonstrating to our communities that the political will exists to realize all 3 of our people-first policies. Please post your questions in the Zoom chat or comments and your questions will be fielded to the candidates present during the Q&A section.

So many of us would not be here in this event tonight if it weren’t for the Bernie Sanders campaign. We’d like to start off the meeting with some words from the man himself, Senator Bernie Sanders. Let’s roll the video!"

17/01/2021

This Thursday at 7pm!
https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/372218/

Join Our Illinois Revolution Downstate and Champaign-Urbana People’s City Council for the first part of a series focused on issue-based forums as we take this platform throughout our communities in Downstate Illinois to build the Progressive agenda. For the first forum, Candidates running for loca...

21/12/2020

This open letter is being circulated to ask that evictions, for any reason, be suspended again in Champaign County, just as they had done so back in March and April.
People can sign the letter even if they don't live in Champaign County.
https://forms.gle/tehzeT1884ApXBMf9

We, the undersigned, consist of community members and officials in Champaign County, or in solidarity with Champaign County, urging for the continued suspension of evictions. Eviction cases are being carried out in the courts in Champaign County today. Yet, Champaign County stood up as a community b...

10/12/2020

Ale’yah Lewis is a local Champaign-Urbana resident and a survivor of police brutality. … Meghan McDonald needs your support for Ale'yah Lewis' Mutual Aid Fund