SOUL - Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation

2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Day

Celebration and Public Meeting

Celebrate Dr. King's legacy by fighting for your community!

When: Sunday, January 13, 2013

Musical celebration and registration will take place from 2:30 - 3:00 p.m., and the public meeting will start promptly at 3:00 p.m.

Where: West Point Missionary Baptist Church, 3566 S. Cottage Grove

This is the time each year when we celebrate the legacy of Dr. King, and we continue his work through community organizing. We will be asking elected officials to make commitments on issues affecting our communities. Come show your officials that their constituents will not stand on the side lines. Please come out and bring your friends, neighbors, and fellow congregants! You can RSVP here.

The issues include:

the creation of a land bank in Cook County to rehabilitate unused and foreclosed properties to create affordable housing and jobs
building the Bronzeville Arts and Rec Center
securing a local bus route in Bridgeport
closing corporate tax loop holes in Illinois and creating progressive revenue streams on the federal level to better fund education, parks, and other public services

Call Will Tanzman at (312) 402-0572 if you have any questions.

Buses are leaving from all over the south side and south suburbs of Chicago. For information on transportation from your neighborhood, call Maria Fitzsimmons at (773) 456-8886.

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle." - Dr. King

SOUL year-end appeal

Dear SOUL supporters,

Thank you for your involvement in SOUL this year. As you think about the world you'd like to see in 2013 and beyond, I hope you will consider a year-end gift to SOUL to help us continue empowering people in the South Side and South Suburbs to create a better world in the coming year.

This year, we have played a leading role in fighting to protect and improve the services our communities depend on:

We have re-energized a longstanding campaign to build an arts & recreation center in Bronzeville.
We began a campaign to create a Cook County land bank, which will rehab vacant properties to create both jobs and affordable housing.
As part of IIRON, we helped pass legislation through the Illinois Senate that will require corporations to publicly disclose the taxes they pay.
We successfully pushed Senator Dick Durbin to take a stronger position against cuts to Medicare and Social Security by leading actions with dozens of clergy and hundreds of people that drew national media coverage

In the coming year, with your support, we will continue to hold elected officials and corporations accountable. Please make a year-end contribution today! Your support will help us win concrete victories to help our communities while we build a larger movement for economic justice on the South Side and South Suburbs.

Thank you for all you do.

In faith and justice,
Will Tanzman
Co-Executive Director
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation

Check out SOUL's new web video!

Check out SOUL's new web video highlighting our work from the last two years. For more videos, take a look at our new videos page.