Ally Members

Have an organization interested in joining the Coalition as an (active) Member or Ally Member? Email the form at goo.gl/FLeYjx, questions, and/or meeting requests to PrayActC@gmail.com.

Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)

Member of the Coalition
byp100.org, info@byp100.org, twitter.com/BYP_100, instagram.com/BYP100
Donate here.
773-940-1800
PO Box 9031, Chicago, IL 60609
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BYP100 is an member-organization of Black youth activists using a Black, queer, feminist lens. It grew from work by the UofC's Cathy Cohen and was fueled by failure to convict Trayvon Martin's murderer. BYP100 now has chapters from Mississippi to California's Bay Area, and is building a network for a transformative leadership development and direct-action organizing through democratic, consensus-building process.

Bronzeville Regional Collective (BRC)

Founding Member of the Coalition

The Collective honors the memory of the migrations of African Americans -- across the Middle Passage and on to the Great Migration. This group of leading community-development practitioners catalyzes community health/wealth through sustainable and inter-generational land ownership and transfer; increased revenue streams through neighbor-owned businesses and buildings; and revived thirst and resources for vibrant lifelong learning.

​Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO)

Founding Member of the Coalition
KOCOonline.org, twitter.com/kocommunity
Donate here.
773-548-7500
4242 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, IL 60653

Through sustained engagement of low-income and working families, KOCO develops multi-generational leaders who impact decision-making process and public policies, improving the quality of life in our local communities.​ It works in Chicago's North Kenwood and Oakland neighborhoods. It was founded by religious and community leaders in the 1960s. ​It most recently helped win a UofC trauma center.

Poor Peoples' Campaign (PPC)

Member of the Coalition
PoorPeoplesCampaign.org, ThePoorPeoplesCampaignCHGO@yahoo.com
Donate here.

The PPC emerged in 2017 from over a decade of grass-roots work from community and religious leaders. They're building "A National Call for Moral Revival," first through action in over 25 states, and support so far from over 50 organizations. They pushe beyond individualistic morality that blames poor people for poverty, to address systemic racism, poverty, militarism, and environmental devastation. They have taken up Rev. Dr. King's call for a Poor People's Campaign.

Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP)

Founding Member of the Coalition
STOPchicago.org, twitter.com/STOPchicago, SouthSideSTOP@gmail.com
Donate here.
773-217-9598
602 E 61st St, Chicago, IL 60637

STOP builds the power of residents on the South Side of Chicago through organizing, popular education, and leadership development among people most directly affected by issues like gentrification and incarceration. STOP organizes the Youth Justice Program, the Mental Health Movement, and the Chicago Tenants Council. ​It most recently helped win a UofC trauma center.

UChicago for a CBA

Member of the Coalition
Formerly Prayer and Action Collective (PAC)
Originally Trauma Center Prayers (TC Prayers)
PrayActC@gmail.com

Join on Thursdays at 6:30 pm in Crerar library's basement -- down the steps just inside the entrance, not in the book stacks; at 5730 S Ellis. PAC began in early 2014 as quiet prayers for a trauma center. UofC students brought on local church leaders, seminarians, and clergy to form the Interfaith Leadership Committee of the Trauma Care Coalition. It now organizes all parts of the UofC's campus for a CBA.

Westside Health Authority (WHA)

Member of the Coalition
HealthAuthority.org
Donate here.
773-378-1878​
5417 W. Division St., Chicago, IL 60651

WHA empowers those often perceived as victims to make for socially, physically, spiritually, economically healthy neighborhoods. They began in 1988 as a coalition of parents, churches, healthcare providers, and organizations that prevented closure of St. Anne’s Hospital. They offer Every Block A Village (networks of support on over 100 blocks), Austin Wellness Center, community re-entry services, employment services, and more.




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​Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

Ally Member of the Coalition
clccrul.org, twitter.com/ChgoCivilRights
312-939-3638
100 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 600, Chicago, IL 60602

The Community Law Project, part of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, strengthens Chicago area communities by providing high-quality, pro bono legal services and workshops to community-based nonprofits, small businesses and first-time home-buyers.