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Apr 11, 2024

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📢 we are excited to announce that we are endors 📢 we are excited to announce that we are endorsing 
@brandon4chicago 
 for mayor! As mayor, Brandon Johnson will make Chicago a leader in sustainability, and usher in a Chicago #GreenNewDeal that transforms our city and makes a better future possible! Brandon will prioritize #environmentaljustice 
and order a comprehensive study of this city’s environmental needs, with a focus on identifying the hazards on the South and West sides. This study can be finished in the first 100 days w the assistance of community groups. we can #endsacrificezones and remediate chicago's legacy of #environmentalracism putting toxic heavy industry to in Black and Brown working class neighborhoods. 
@Brandon4Chicago
 will re-open a robust department of the environment to usher in the decade of a #greennewdeal.
@Brandon4Chicago
 will Support a #JustTransition
by engaging labor and community advocates to transition frontline workers to high quality, green jobs. is committed to robust lead service line replacement informed by equity, public health, and environmental justice analyses. LSLR should be prioritized for communities facing cumulative lead exposure (e.g.,drinking water, flood water, paint, industrial pollution). We are out knocking on doors and making phone calls to elect the first #GreenNewDeal Mayor in Chicago!!! Join us ✊
We are hiring a coalition coordinator! Do you, or We are hiring a coalition coordinator! Do you, or someone you know, believe in environmental justice and have experience coordinating coalitions? We'd love to hear from you or please share with your networks! ilgreennewdeal.org/news/
With the New Year, comes an opportunity in Chicago With the New Year, comes an opportunity in Chicago to bring change to our city and envision a government that works for the people and by the people! 

We are 3 weeks away from co-hosting the People's Unity Platform Mayoral Candidate Forum, and here from the people looking to bring this change. Will you join us? 

Artwork by @by.danbee
Members from the IL Green New Deal Coalition will Members from the IL Green New Deal Coalition will be joining the People's Unity Platform to bring a vision of what a Just and Equitable Chicago can look like. With City Council races coming up, we have an opportunity to bring a new batch of elected leaders who are for the People, who prioritize community needs, and can champion to bring better resources for all of us! 

Join us this Saturday at the Thompson center, and let Chicago know that we demand more!!

Art Credit to @by.danbee
Yesterday we joined @justtransitionnwi @warehousew Yesterday we joined @justtransitionnwi @warehouseworkersforjustice and @faithinplace to deliver 2,000 signatures to the Region 5 EPA demanding that they clean up half a billion tons of coal ash in 300 sites across 38 states. #ProtectLakeMichigan
Who is coming down to tell the EPA to take action Who is coming down to tell the EPA to take action on the Coal Ash Crisis with us next month? 

Sign up @justtransitionnwi profile link to let Region 5 leaders that enough is enough! Clean up our lake, clean up our shores and protect our communities!!
In spite of the challenges facing young people and In spite of the challenges facing young people and students across the state... an apocalyptic future doesn’t have to be reality. When we organize, we can win visionary change for students in Illinois! Join the IL GND Youth Council to learn more on how to organize for our future!!

Young people are living at an unprecedented time, where the intersecting crisis of inequality, racial injustice and climate change feels like we are heading towards and apocalyptic future. We need some massive shifts to work, to our communities, and to our lives to get away from this and we can do it together!! Learn more by joining our meetings. 

bit.ly/ILGNDyouth
Help let Chicago City Council know that for our ci Help let Chicago City Council know that for our city to win a Clean Future for all of its residents, we need to establish a Department of Environment! We cannot achieve these goals without a coordinating body that will hold accountability and coordination towards the goals laid out in the Climate Action Plan. 

Learn More on how to be connected: ilgreennewdeal.org
Join us for a virtual environmental justice spokes Join us for a virtual environmental justice spokesperson training on 10/25 from 6:00 to 7:30pm! Attendees will learn about the statewide Environmental Justice Permitting bill and build their communication skills to advance the movement for environmental justice.
The IL Green New Deal Coalition is launching a You The IL Green New Deal Coalition is launching a Youth Council to connect young climate activists across the state together towards organizing for our future. Key to our goals is bringing leadership training & networking opportunities with other young folks fighting for our planet, and lead the fight towards a Green New Deal for Schools! Sign up at bit.ly/ILGNDyouth to join the conversation this Monday, October 17th from 6-7:30pm!
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