Organization Adds Johnson to its People’s Slate WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action today endorsed Brandon Johnson to represent Chicago as mayor. Johnson is running a movement politics, people-powered campaign and will work to govern alongside People’s Action’s member groups to advance wins for the multiracial working class. Johnson is also endorsed by People’s Action affiliates The People’s […]
Sanders Adopts People’s Action’s ‘Homes Guarantee’ Policies in Newly Released Housing Plan
Sanders’ plan draws on many aspects of the housing justice policy package released by grassroots organizers on September 5 For Immediate Release September 18, 2019 Contact: Tara Raghuveer, (913) 593-7032 [email protected] CHICAGO – On Wednesday, 2020 Presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a housing policy plan that incorporates much of the framework […]
People’s Action Unveils Plan to Win a National Homes Guarantee
For Immediate Release September 5, 2019 Contact: Tara Raghuveer, (913) 593-7032 [email protected] CHICAGO – After years of organizing, grassroots leaders from the People’s Action network released their vision for a national Homes Guarantee policy on Thursday. The plan, summarized in a briefing book available for download online, outlines a package of structural reforms that will […]
People’s Action Members Take to Streets to Demand Lower Drug Prices In National Day Of Action
For Immediate Release August 19, 2019 Contact: Connie Huynh, (213) 304-7267, [email protected] CHICAGO – From New York to Wisconsin, Connecticut and West Virginia, People’s Action members will rally across the country on August 20th to demand lower prices for lifesaving prescription drugs. “Unprecedented prices have severely limited access to the Hepatitis C cure,” said Clifton […]
People’s Action Celebrates Victory as American Medical Association Pulls Out of Anti-Medicare for All Coalition
The influential health care interest group cut ties with the coalition after months of pressure from grassroots health care activists Contact: Connie Huynh, 213.304.7267 [email protected] CHICAGO – In response to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) acknowledgement that it has left the Partnership for America’s Healthcare Future, a corporate lobbying group fighting universal single-payer health care, […]
People’s Action Finds a Permanent Home for its National Headquarters in Chicago
CHICAGO – People’s Action is heading toward 50 years of history in Chicago, with roots that reach back to the fearless and passionate community organizing of Gale Cincotta and Shel Trapp in the early 1970s. And for the first time in all those years, People’s Action won’t be renters. The national progressive organization has bought […]
Speakers Announced for “The People’s Wave” Convention in Washington D.C. April 28-30
WASHINGTON – Nearly a thousand progressive activists from throughout the country are gathering at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. April 28-30 for the People’s Action convention “The People’s Wave.” People’s Action is one of the largest and the fastest growing multiracial, people’s organizations in the country. We are 48 member organizations in 32 […]
Activists Pledge to Keep the Health Care Fight Alive Back Home
WASHINGTON – More than eight hundred grassroots community leaders gathered at the People’s Action “Hometown Rising Town Hall” on Tuesday to launch the next stage in the fight to stop Republicans from repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), gutting Medicaid and the Indian Health Service, and trading away health care for tax giveaways to corporations […]
From Protest to Power: People’s Action Pivots to Recruiting, Electing and Governing
WASHINGTON – After helping build a national resistance movement against the Trump administration, People’s Action is taking the next step, harnessing the energy to move from protest to election victories – capturing governing power in the states and nationally. More than a thousand activists will gather in Washington D.C. April 23-25 for “Rise Up: From […]
Trump’s Victory is Not the Last Word – We Are Not Defeated
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – This statement was issued by People’s Action co-directors LeeAnn Hall and George Goehl in response to the election of Donald J, Trump as president of the United States: Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is nothing short of a disaster for America. He is a racist, misogynist, and xenophobe. And we, […]