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:''Unite progressive activists and organizations for progressive, grassroots electoral activity in local elections.'' | :''Unite progressive activists and organizations for progressive, grassroots electoral activity in local elections.'' | ||
| − | :''It is a renewal of the old Harold Washington coalition; activists and academics; women; unemployed and union; gay and straight; community organizations and churches; African American, Latino, Asian, native American and white; seniors and people with disabilities; low income and middle income; west and south side....''<ref>Progressive Chicago letter to Joe Gardner, September 22, 1983</ref> | + | :''It is a renewal of the old Harold Washington coalition; activists and academics; women; unemployed and union; gay and straight; community organizations and churches; African American, Latino, Asian, native American and white; seniors and people with disabilities; low income and middle income; west and south side....''<ref>Progressive Chicago letter to Joe Gardner, September 22, 1983</ref> |
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| + | ==Key people== | ||
| + | Those attending a Progressive Chicago meeting November 17 1993 included;<ref>PC Sign-in sheet 11.17.93</ref> | ||
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| + | *[[Mildred Jackson]] | ||
| + | *[[Carl Davidson]] | ||
| + | *[[Madeline Talbott]] | ||
| + | *[[Peter McLennon]] | ||
| + | *[[Sam Ackerman]] | ||
| + | *[[Dan Swinney]] | ||
| + | *[[James Wise]] | ||
==Leaders== | ==Leaders== | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 6 April 2010
Progressive Chicago
Purpose
Founded in late 1993, Progressive Chicago aimed to;
- Unite progressive activists and organizations for progressive, grassroots electoral activity in local elections.
- It is a renewal of the old Harold Washington coalition; activists and academics; women; unemployed and union; gay and straight; community organizations and churches; African American, Latino, Asian, native American and white; seniors and people with disabilities; low income and middle income; west and south side....[1]
Key people
Those attending a Progressive Chicago meeting November 17 1993 included;[2]
Leaders
Main leaders of the organization were;[3]
- Ron Sable
- Dwayne Harris, 21st Century Vote
- David Orr Cook County Clerk
- Joe Gardner Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
- Lou Pardo, Northwest Voter Registration Project
- Ernestine Whiting, ACORN
- Madeline Talbott, ACORN
- Danny Davis
- Bessie Cannon, President SEIU Local 880
- Keith Kelleher, Head organizer SEIU Local 880
- Carol Harwell, United Voter Registration League
- Barack Obama
- Ron Davis
- Carl Davidson, Networking for Democracy
- Rene David Luna, ADAPT
- Dick Simpson
- Philip Jahn , Teamsters local 743