Aug 14 2 min This What Grassroots Power Looks Like... Last week, hundreds of WCRJ and CRGE members and allies came together to participate in the Safety and Liberation Week of Action. By comm...
Jun 21 2 min CRGE and WCRJ Release Police Policy Demands This year, as the historic mass uprising for Black Liberation commands national attention, the occasion of Juneteenth assumes a particula...
May 18 1 min Black Resilience Roundtable This week, the Workers Center for Racial Justice (WC4RJ) in partnership with Illinois State Representative Kambium Buckner hosted the Bla...
Apr 18 2 min CRGE releases COVID-19 Policy Agenda As public health officials release preliminary details on statewide COVID-19 death rates, a harrowing, yet all too familiar trend has bec...
Mar 27 2 min Continuing the Fight for Liberation Amidst a Global Pandemic This past week, as people across the globe confronted the uncharted reality of the coronavirus pandemic, the Workers Center for Racial Ju...
Feb 20 2 min CRGE and WCRJ Introduce SAFER Communities Act Last week the Workers Center for Racial Justice (WCRJ) and the Center for Racial and Gender Equity (CRGE) introduced two groundbreaking b...
Dec 6, 2019 2 min CRGE Release Racial Justice Voter Guide for 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary As we approach the 2020 Democratic presidential primary elections, the Center for Racial and Gender Equity (CRGE) is working to ensure th...
Sep 5, 2019 2 min Want Police Reform? Don't Look to City Government, Demand Direct Democracy. This week the City Council’s Public Safety Committee advanced Mayor Lightfoot’s nominations for three open seats on the Chicago Police Bo...
Jul 11, 2019 2 min Mayor Lightfoot's Troubling New Rhetoric on Law Enforcement It was only a matter of months ago that candidate Lori Lightfoot, in her bid to become Chicago's first Black woman mayor, offered a long ...
Jul 11, 2019 2 min CRGE Releases Racial Justice Legislative Report The Center for Racial and Gender Equity (CRGE) is pleased to announce its release of the 2019 Racial Justice Legislative Report. This com...