Get your ticket for Real Tenants Cook on June 4
The annual summer kick-off by our Chicago Tenants Council. Back after two years’ COVID and better than ever!
Meet STOP’s growing staff!
Get to know our new restorative-justice coordinator, Anna Durr, and housing organizers, Marilyn Harper and Porsche’ Patrice. And join them at a housing town hall this Saturday at 11am in Woodlawn.
Video: Jay Travis and Ryan LH on allies and UofC organizing
“It's going to require us to really fight for that vision long-term... How we resist together over time [is by] centering people most impacted and treating each other with respect.”
Help us get out and build power this summer - donate!
Contribute today, so we can hit the streets as we haven’t in two years. We STOP youth, mental-health, and tenant members want to knock on doors and reach out to our community!
Three generations on reparations & UofC’s racism: a reunion & fundraiser
On Zoom on May 5. Jay Travis will speak. STOP is demanding housing reparations from UChicago. Let’s reconnect and share how recent decades’ allies have contributed to this!
Zoom with allies fighting surveillance & solitary confinement!
On 4/26 at 6pm, let’s discuss how work against ShotSpotter and solitary confinement connect to our work for community-led alternatives to policing and prisons.
This Tuesday & Thursday, call for affordable-housing land!
Join our town hall on 3/22 at 6pm. And join ward night on 3/24 at 6pm with the City’s housing department.
6th ward: Zoom on Treatment Not Trauma
City Hall is holding a hearing on an ordinance to help fund a robust PUBLIC mental health care system. Join us on Wed. 2/23, especially if you live around Chatham, Englewood, Grand Crossing, or Auburn-Gresham!
School election + #CopsOutCPS: town hall 2/22
Get updates from our youth organizers - on the fight for a police-free Hyde Park Academy, and on the upcoming Local School Council election!
Join 2022’s first town hall: CBA Zoom on 1/25 5pm
Join STOP at our upcoming town hall for an update on the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) fight for the 52 City-owned lots the ordinance committed for affordable housing.
Join us for a holiday toast: today 6:30-7 on Zoom
We’ll say a few words in celebration of you — our members — and your dedication throughout 2021!
Double your donation for our organizing with seniors!
Starting today, the first $5,000 in contributions will me matched. Read our treasurer’s appeal.
Celebrate and de-brief our clinic victory: 11/30 5pm on Zoom
For the first time since Mayor Emanuel closed most of Chicago's clinics a decade ago, we and our coalitions won an increase in spending on City mental-health clinics.
Job opportunity: be STOP’s next executive director
After over a decade of service, our current Executive Director, Alex Goldenberg, is moving on.
We’re hiring a restorative-justice coordinator. Apply or share!
The Coordinator will train and build the capacity of students, parents, teachers, staff, and community to engage in RJ practices. The coordinator will also support youth organizing.
Mental-health victory: after a decade’s fight, more funding for public clinics!
We and allies won a 72% increase in staffing. Our organizer said, “We will remain in this fight until there is a free public mental health center in every ward of Chicago!” Read our statement.
Get outside for fall and our fundraiser: Back-Yard Boogie for Justice!
Come for food, games, a DJ. Get your tickets, make a donation, or sponsor.
$2 billion Chicago Rescue Plan: town hall on 9/28 6pm
Register to Zoom about an ordinance that would direct dollars from the Biden administration to communities hit hardest by disinvestment and now the pandemic.
Come activate a Woodlawn lot for the CBA this Saturday!
Join a rally, press conference, and canvass for affordable housing on September 18, 2-6pm, at 63rd and University.