ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP
Grassroots Illinois Action (GIA), United Working Families (UWF), and Center for Racial and Gender Equity (CRGE) are all grassroots organizations led by people of color and working in communities of color throughout the state. We believe the pathway to liberation starts with building power in the most marginalized communities.
2020 PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Campaign Highlights
2020 PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Campaign Victories
2020 PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Key Campaigns
REELECT STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX
A broad-based coalition that included CRGE, GIA, and UWF as well as many other local and national organizations came together to defend Foxx’s justice reform agenda in the face of white supremacist attacks from Wall Street.
ELECT LAKESIA COLLINS
UWF came in early and strong for health care worker and union leader Lakesia Collins, helping to build a volunteer-led field campaign that drove her to victory.
ELECT STATE SENATOR ROBERT PETERS
During his first session in the Illinois Senate, Peters championed justice reform, police accountability, and equitable economic opportunity.
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MARIE NEWMAN FOR U.S. CONGRESS
As a candidate for Congress, Newman vowed to champion policies that foster economic security, equitable access to healthcare, and justice reform.
BUILD BLACK AND LATINX SOLIDARITY
On the southwest, northwest, and west side of Chicago, UWF and GIA continued to invest in long-term organizing to combat anti-Black and anti-immigrant racism and forge greater solidarity between Black and Latinx voters.
WHAT’S NEXT
In the months that lie ahead, our organizations will continue to leverage our primary victories towards advancing the movement for equity and liberation. This includes working closely with the Democratic nominees to advance a racial justice lens in issues such as criminal justice reform, COVID-19 relief efforts, and the 2020 general election.
MOVEMENT ECOSYSTEM
The 2020 primary victories would not have been possible without sustained investment in people-of-color led, grassroots community organizations that have the membership base and experience needed to mobilize quickly at critical junctures such as elections. In addition to CRGE, GIA, and UWF, many other organizations and individuals made these 2020 racial justice victories possible.