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A Chicago community member with whistles to alert others of ICE activity; Source: CNN

The Commission will consist of up to nine members appointed by the governor, including a chair and vice chair, officials said. The IAC will issue a report with findings and recommendations to the governor and make the report publicly available. The work of the IAC will be supported by the Illinois Department of Human Rights.

“The federal government is pushing the boundaries of their authority to terrorize our communities while disregarding all legal and moral accountability in the process. We will not meet intimidation with fear — we will meet it with truth,” said Pritzker in the press release issued upon announcement of the commission.

Illinoisans who have witnessed or experienced concerning conduct by federal agents are encouraged to visit the IAC website at ilac.Illinois.gov for forthcoming information about the Commission’s work, hearing schedules, and other updates.

Read the full press release about the formation of the commission.

Want to take your Indivisible Lincoln Square involvement to the next level? We need you! As the Trump administration ramps up deportation efforts, we’re launching a Rapid Response Team to stand up for our neighbors and defend our community. Rapid Response Leaders will help monitor a local hotline, mobilize team members in real time, and take swift action—confirming ICE activity, canvassing the area, and supporting affected families.

Ready to step up and make an impact? You can sign up here.

Republicans are using the delay as an opportunity to fire even more federal workers with their goal of targeting an additional 10,000 for layoffs, including nearly all special education services employees from the Department of Education.

Call: Fund Healthcare in the budget ↗

Call: Protect workers in the Dept of Education ↗

made our signs

squeezed onto packed CTA trains and buses filled with fellow marchers

flooded Grant Park

cheered speakers we couldn’t see

and loudly jeered as we passed Trump Tower

Good job, Chicago!

Our pro-democracy movement is surging. Now it’s up to each of us to channel this incredible energy into the organizing power it will take to win.

Join us on Tuesday night at 8pm ET/5pm PT for a mass call of movement leaders and activists to discuss what’s next.

Protests serve many purposes — they change the narrative, they grow our movement, they show people reeling under the weight of the regime’s atrocities that they are not alone.

But a single day of protest — even the largest single-day protest we’ve seen in our lifetimes — will not overcome the fascist onslaught we face.

It’s going to take ongoing, strategic organizing — exactly the kind of organizing Indivisible was created to foster — to deliver us from tyranny.

Some of the oldest and most precious trees in the Shawnee National Forest are on the chopping block.

When Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, the future of 45 million acres of forest, from the Tongass up in Alaska to parts of the Shawnee National Forest here in Illinois, was cast into doubt.

Many of our most vital forest lands are preserved by the Roadless Rule, which prevents the construction of roads and protects largely undisturbed ecosystems from industrial logging and mining.

Undisturbed by traffic and unfragmented by roads, roadless areas are among the most ecologically rich habitats in the country.

These are the places where rare and endangered wildlife are sheltered by trees that have been growing for decades.

These mature and old-growth forests also benefit us, not only by providing idyllic nature beloved by rock climbers, hunters, hikers and birders alike, but by filtering clean drinking water and serving as a buffer against climate change by storing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon.

Tell our governor: The Roadless Rule protects so much more than just trees.

The roadless forests stand as examples of what the wildlands of the U.S. once were and what they could be again. We should be nurturing our forests, not plowing the few mature and old-growth havens we have left.

The Roadless Rule has received overwhelming support time and again. Americans want healthy forests. Now it’s time for us to speak up.

The Forest Service will be seeking input from states before making its final decision, so it’s crucial that governors send a clear message: Keep our wild forests intact.

Take action today to defend the Roadless Rule.

On behalf of our forests, thank you,

For more information, please contact the Environment Illinois Research & Education Center.

This event is being organized by the Hands Off Chicago Coalition (Chicago Federation of Labor, Equality Illinois, Indivisible Chicago, Personal PAC, Sierra Club Illinois); ACLU of Illinois; among others.

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events.

If you are not from Illinois but would like to contact your senators, use national Indivisible’s portal.

With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases approaching, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis or put checks on Trump’s lawless power-grabs. So far, all but three Senate Dems and Independents — Cortez Masto, Fetterman, and King — have held the line against Republicans’ dangerous budget. Call our Illinois senators to thank them for holding the line. You are behind them as long as they continue to fight!

Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator for Illinois

Chicago: (312) 353-4952
Springfield: (217) 492-4062
D.C.: (202) 224-2152

TAMMY DUCKWORTH, U.S. Senator for Illinois

Chicago: (312) 886-3506
Springfield: (217) 528-6124
D.C.: (202) 224-2854

Lincoln Square turned out in force for our first Chicagoland Day of Action!

More than forty Indivisible Lincoln Square volunteers rallied at key intersections last Sunday and were greeted by a chorus of honks and cheers from neighbors.

And we weren’t alone—Indivisible chapters across the city took action too. Check out ABC’s coverage of the city-wide day of action here and catch our Instagram reel here.

Neighbors in Ravenswood Garden have organized a neighborhood-wide chalking effort to help build awareness of the HANDS OFF CHICAGO/NO KINGS DAY rally on October 18 from 12 noon-3:00 pm at Butler Field/Grant Park. This is a fun and easy activity that really can help if you are looking for something constructive to do!

You may know that one goal for the upcoming HANDS OFF CHICAGO/NO KINGS DAY rally on October 18th is to double the number of participants who turned out for the June event. With June participation estimated around 4.5- 5 million people, national Indivisible organizers are hoping for at least 10 million participants nationwide this fall. To accomplish this, we need A LOT of publicity and encouragement to get folks out and rallying!

We have less than 4 weeks until the October 18th rally – we are hoping to continue the chalking effort each week until the event. Want to participate? It’s easy!

Fill out this form to let the organizers know you are interested in participating.

Information on where and what to chalk will be sent to you. The goal is to spread ourselves out and around the neighborhood, so we are not all chalking the same concentrated area. In general, areas to chalk include around L stops, schools, parks, coffee shops, stores, etc. Anywhere you usually travel is good!