On Monday, November 7, SOUL joined the Jane Addams Senior Caucus and a number of other groups to protest proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and HUD. The protest featured powerful testimony from people of diverse backgrounds, 43 seniors and allies being ticketed for an act of civil disobedience, and this powerful moment of accountability between SOUL's Rev. Patrick Daymond and Senator Dick Durbin (from an NBC Chicago article):

In front of more than 400 seniors rallying with Occupy Chicago, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin slammed the Tea Party, the Republican Party and said it's no time to mess with Medicare and Medicaid.

But for at least one Occupy Chicago organizer, that wasn't good enough. 

Reverend Patrick Daymond, who helped organize the Monday march, asked Senator Durbin reaffirm a list of liberal values by signing a values document. 

Durbin declined. 

"I have to go to the airport," Durbin said, trying to avoid the confrontation. "I don't sign pledges." 

Durbin returned moments later to voice an endorsement for the values statement,  pledging his support to oppose cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

See more of the encounter in the following video: