Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Occupy Elgin at the Women’s March, October 17th, 2020
Hundreds of cars whizzed past us every moment while the wind blew, but spirits were high. We were joining the Women’s March, urging people to vote, and supporting the Illinois Fair Tax proposition.
Mary S.
FVC4PNJ meeting of August 1, 2020
Agenda for FVC4PNJ meeting of August 1st, 2020
Discussion Questions:
- Federal agents invade US cities. Implications and what we can do about it.
- On-line activism versus street activism. Can those of us staying at home to avoid the virus do anything effective at this dangerous, dreadful and hopeful time?
- Can we continue to engage in the national fight for Racial Justice which has continued and is making some progress, and also address Climate, Medicare for All, Immigrants’ Rights, and other urgent causes?
- https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/27/red-line-humane-society-360-dnc-delegates-vow-oppose-democratic-platform-if-it?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email
- De funding the military along with defunding the police: results of Congressional vote.
Evaluation of July Activities:
- Nurses strike???
- Car Caravan and street demonstration opposing US sanctions on 39 nations. https://www.facebook.com/BerningMediaNetwork/videos/1206401736373928
- July 25th, Car Caravan to Woodstock to Immigrant Detention Center
- July 26th, McHenry County Board may discuss the possibility of discontinuing their relationship with ICE. Members of the public may be able to speak.
- Thursday, July 30th, 6:45 till 9 PM, screening of “Power to Heal,” hosted by Illinois Single Payer Coalition. Screening is open. Link and password to join https://streaming-bullfrogfilms.nationbuilder.com/forms/user_sessions/new
Password to join is PHOt76. Post screening panel via zoom requires registration https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcu-oqDksE9RY6IywyLHoCEmm9mXn7FZJ?fbclid=IwAR1CxjhxKgEiyoJXXBV2WSG-giPIiR1YxSKMt5_i5K7ewcK3k2eGKXT_2Qo
Ongoing Campaigns
Occupy Elgin is doing substantial work on homelessness and doing weekly demonstrations each Saturday from 1 PM till 2 Pm at Kimball and Grove in Elgin calling for racial justice.
Occupy Elgin is Celebrating Juneteenth on Saturday, June 20th.
Please join us on Saturday, June 20th from 1 PM till 2 PM at the corner of Kimball and Grove Street in Elgin. We will wear masks and we will stand at least 6 feet apart for social distancing. But we will be passionate in our celebration of Juneteenth, the festival that commemorates the end of slavery in 1865. We stand in support of the Movement for Black Lives. We call for the Defense of Black Lives, for De-funding the Police*, and we call upon Donald Trump to resign the presidency.
- The definition of this term is being explored and developed as you read these words.
Occupy Elgin is Fighting for the Green New Deal.
On Saturday, August 24th, and again On Saturday, August 31st, Occupy Elgin will gather from 1 PM till 2 PM at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin. We will hold signs and distribute flyers calling for a Green New Deal.
Such a program would alleviate poverty and inequality, employ the currently unemployed and under-employed, and move us toward a more fair and equitable society.
Most important, it would address the urgency of the climate crisis. It would sharply reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and would start us moving over the next ten years towards 100% clean, renewable energy. It would move us back from the brink of climate catastrophe, and toward a livable planet.
Please join us at Kimball and Grove on Saturday, August 24th, and 31st, 2019 from 1 PM till 2 PM to advocate for a Green New Deal.