These photos tell a little bit of the story of how active Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice & Occupy Elgin have been fighting for several different issues in summer 2018.
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All posts by Mary Shesgreen
FVC4PNJ will meet on Saturday, July 7th at 9 AM in Elgin
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice will meet at 9 AM on Saturday, July 7th, 2018 at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, 783 W. Highland Avenue, Second Floor, Elgin, Anyone who loves peace and justice is welcome to attend.
Please Walk with FVC4PNJ in Elgin’s July 4th Parade
Please Walk with Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice in Elgin’s July 4th Parade.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
Line-up between 8 AM and 8:30 AM on Douglas Street between Jefferson Avenue and Lovell Avenue.
Parade Monitors will call that Brook Street C.
Step-off at 9 AM
The Parade Winds Down around 11 AM.
Free Parking is available in downtown Elgin. You can walk from there to the corner of Grove Avenue and Kimball Street and find a free shuttle bus that will take you to Lovell Avenue at Douglas Street. Then walk West to Brook Street and look for us.
Occupy Elgin says Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Occupy Elgin meets on Saturdays at 1 PM at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue. We hold signs on many various issues. In the past, we did distribute flyers that call for our lawmakers in Congress to support HR 3671 which requires 100% of electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2035. We also support the Earth Bill.
Clean Energy, Clean Jobs, Bright Future, March 27th, Elgin
The Future Energy Jobs Act
A Public Forum
Tuesday, March 27th 6:30
Gail Borden Public Library,
270 N. Grove Avenue
Elgin, IL 60120
Illinois took a huge step forward in becoming a clean energy state in 2016 by passing the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). This Act will increase the use of solar energy across Illinois and provide job training to keep up with new demand. How will the solar power program work? Where do folks go to access it? And how does job training happen?
State Rep. Anna Moeller will talk about her recent trip to Germany where she toured to learn about how that country is moving quickly towards an economy fueled by solar and wind energy. Caroline Wooten from Sierra Club will lay out the provisions and promise of the Future Energy Jobs Act, and Harry Ohde of IBEW 134 will talk about training for solar workers. Other speakers will include State Senator Cristina Castro, State Rep. Steve Anderssen, and Elgin City Councilor Tish Powell.