BWOP Chicago

BWOP Chicago (Black Women Organizing for Power) is a political organization focused on advocacy for black folks.

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[BWOP Chicago @BwopC]

Please join #BWOPChicago (Black Women Organizing for Power) for our "Virtual Rally for IL Black Women/Girls" on Monday, March 8th from 6-8 pm.
-Learn about the BWOP Policy Agenda
-Hear the lived experiences of BW and Girls in IL

https://t.co/vAu5yAAQW4
#InternationalWomensDay

[NWS Chicago @NWSChicago]

Dangerous heat and humidity are expected this week, but especially today through Wednesday. Thunderstorm chances will increase late in the week.

[Hedgeye @Hedgeye]

Americans’ real disposable income is negative for the first time since 2022

[Jecorey Arthur @jecoreyarthur]

"And because our claim is rooted in lineage, citizenship, and the unfinished debt owed to descendants of slavery, our focus remains fixed on the American promise — not symbolic detours away from it."

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

YouGov poll | 6/2-6/5

Do you approve of Juneteenth being a national holiday?

✅Approve 67%
❌Disapprove 21%
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Crosstabs (net approval)

✅Democrats: (+86) [91-5]
✅Republicans: (+8) [47-39]
✅Independents: (+45) [64-19]
✅Black: (+77) [85-8]
✅White: (+37) [63-26]
✅Hispanic: (+56) [70-14]

[ADOS Mississippi🇺🇲 @MississippiAdos]

ADOS MS stands with the family of Kohen Kartier Wiley and the Senatobia community in the midst of their grief. Officer Hunter Foster should be fired and prosecuted for his reckless conduct. We seek justice in this precious baby’s name. #KohenKartierWiley

[Vox @voxdotcom]

“Juneteenth is a deeply emotional moment for enslaved people,” said University of Oklahoma historian Karlos K. Hill.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The question of what Thomas Jefferson really meant when he wrote “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence has persisted throughout American history. It’s time to move beyond the fixation, Annette Gordon-Reed argued last year. https://t.co/QhNXbbYOFy

[ABC 7 Chicago @ABC7Chicago]

The federal government has asked a judge to halt the United States' first reparations program in Evanston. https://t.co/Jge1VAoXBR

[Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie22]

New filing this morning in Flinn V. Evanston (the reparations case) from the plaintiffs asking Jude John Kness to stay the city's motion to bifurcate discovery until after he rules on DOJ's motion to intervene

[ABC 7 Chicago @ABC7Chicago]

The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people. https://t.co/Km0w6E7Bz1

[Leo Carney @chefcarney]

Gov. Tate Reeves has officially cancelled the upcoming Special Session to gerrymander congressional districts. This comes on the heels of state, and national backlash from grassroots organizations statewide.

https://t.co/oPDnjOSvzN

[WBEZ @WBEZ]

Key Illinois Democrats are condemning Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to dilute a Voting Rights Act provision, which is likely to lead to redistricting across the country and could help Republicans continue to control the House. https://t.co/v5ijb2WWWm

[Leo Carney @chefcarney]

Gov. Tate Reeves is gaslighting Black Mississippians. Mississippi’s Black(ADOS) population is more than thirty six percent. Nearly 800,000 are registered voters. Meanwhile, Reeves declares Confederate Heritage Month every April to celebrate white pride for the Confederacy.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

A state appellate court panel ruled last week that a Cook County judge erroneously allowed city lawyers to dismiss two potential Black jurors ahead of the initial trial in 2023. https://t.co/Cs74f8gTq5

[Chicago Public Library @chipublib]

Celebrate Harold Washington's birthday with Chicago historian @6figga_dilla and author Dick Simpson, who will discuss the importance of civic engagement and voting. Afterwards, there will be a screening of "Punch 9 for Harold Washington.”

https://t.co/hdiALwoOnH

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Housing advocates plan to sue the Chicago Housing Authority over its decision to hire a new CEO. “There was not adequate or proper notification to the public... We believe this was done intentionally and deceptively,” said one advocate. https://t.co/EFhX0n6all

[Leo Carney @chefcarney]

Mississippi’s most vile extremists have a long sordid history of race violence against America descendants of slavery.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

By the 1840s, free Blacks flocked to Chicago to steer clear of slavery. Some of them started Quinn Chapel AME, the city’s first Black church, and its physical building served as a beacon for freedom seekers. https://t.co/6X6iaIQ847

[ADOS Mississippi🇺🇲 @MississippiAdos]

ADOS Mississippi is currently working with frontline organizations to combat this crisis in rural communities across the state. These facilities impact clean drinking water in predominantly rural Black (ADOS) areas. Our Clean Energy & Clean Water Project will provide solutions.

[WBEZ @WBEZ]

Jesse Jackson Jr. was a civil rights icon, a global presence, a leader who relished the limelight on TV, magazine covers and protests. But his journey always led him right back to the South Side of Chicago, writes WBEZ's @natalieymoore. https://t.co/oWObRXpNyg