Palenque LSNA

Our parents, teachers, students, youth, and community leaders are making their voices heard. This week, they wrote and delivered 150 letters to our local state elected officials urging them to pass a budget that puts people first, not billionaires, not corporations, and not special interests.

Our communities deserve fully funded schools, accessible healthcare, safe neighborhoods, youth opportunities, and the resources we need to thrive.

A budget is a reflection of our values. We are calling on our elected officials to choose working families over the ultra-wealthy.
Parent Mentor Program - Illinois
Illinois Access to Justice
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Grow Your Own Teachers Illinois

Thank you to everyone who came out in support and who shared inspiring powerful words with us yesterday! We are still fighting and pushing for PROGRESIVE REVENUE SOLUTIONS! Invest in our communities, our schools, our equitable housing!

If lawmakers make the ultra-rich pay their fair share, Illinois can fully fund the services our communities need.

✊ Take action now: bit.ly/ILmakethempay

"Parents, educators, students, organizers, and local leaders came together to voice concerns that the legislation, as currently written, could accelerate displacement and gentrification by allowing market-rate housing developments to move forward without affordability requirements or meaningful community input.

Mia Carbajal of the Here to Stay Community Land Trust said communities are already creating solutions through local organizing, community land trusts, and affordable housing developments like Encuentro Square. “The housing crisis is real, and we do need more housing,” Carbajal said. “But deregulation alone will not solve this crisis.”

“Housing policy should not only ask how much housing we build,” she added. “It should ask who gets to live in the housing we build.”'

Community Leaders Rally for Revenue, Schools, and Equitable Housing LUCHA & Association House joined in a rally calling on Gov. Pritzker to reconsider the impact of the proposed BUILD Act on affordable housing.

Palenque LSNA is hiring for a Grants Finance Manager position. Learn more about the role and how to apply on our website.

Northwest Side Continues to Fight for Strong Schools, Anti-Displacement, and Thriving Communities by Demanding Progressive Revenue Solutions!!

Illinois needs to fairly tax ultra rich corporations so we can fairly fund our schools. The northwest side of Chicago is important in this push to get a fair state budget because we have two very important representatives working on this year’s state budget.

🗓️Thursday, May 28th at 10:00 AM
📍Corner of N. Sawyer Ave. and Wellington Ave
📢 Northwest Side Electeds, Community Leaders, and Principals

📢GIVE US PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOLUTIONS NOW!! 📢

Palenque LSNA held a press conference this morning outside of Darwin Elementary demanding we get progressive revenue solutions NOW! We cannot see more cuts to our schools. Principals, Parent Mentors, Youth, Senator Graciela Guzmán, CTU representatives all spoke out expressing the urgent need to SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES and to stop protecting the rich!

Contact your legislators and DEMAND we get Progressive Revenue Solutions NOW! 🦋