Statement of Purpose
Our purpose is to create a broad-based organization whose goal is to build relational power for collective actions in the name of justice and the common good. We are an organization of other organizations, weaving together the city and its suburbs. We are inclusive, embracing the full diversity of metropolitan Chicago. As part of civil society, we are non-partisan: moderates, conservatives, liberals and radicals committed to acting on our social values and working for a just society by standing for the whole. We are generational: originating, not just reacting, and sustaining as a legacy for the future our dedication to fostering public life.

(Adopted October 1997, Founding Assembly- United Power for Action and Justice)

Friends and Family Phone Bank Training

This Thursday August 28th- 6-9pm

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VICTORY- YOUNG ADULT HEALTH CARE OPTION

Good News — The state Senate voted late this afternoon to accept the Governor’s Amendatory Veto of House Bill 5285 by a margin of 35-17, with 1 voting present. This means that the young adult option legislation that we have pushed for several years is now law.

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Constitutional Convention For Illinois Website

Read more about the Constitutional Convention at www.conconillinois.com.

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Article on Arabic Language Education in Public Schools

United Power and the Mosque Foundation, a founding member, have been working very hard on a local issue - introducing Arabic as a second language in public schools in the southwest suburbs. This article covers the issue, based on interviews with United Power leaders

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/961287,052108arabic.article

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Update for Members

Read about what we've been doing this year on health care, housing, constitutional convention for Illinois and internal work in member institutions. Download here.

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