YES APPLY ILLINOIS

Student-led coalition to abolish invasive/humiliating questions about convictions in college admissions process. ALL students WELCOME to apply! YES to HB3142

[UIC United Faculty @UICUF]

BREAKING! We won! Strike suspended! Feel free to notify your students that classes will resume tomorrow (Monday). Much, much more information is forthcoming, as well as a membership meeting where you all will vote on whether or not to ratify this contract.
More info in email!

[Ryan Quinn @RyanEQuinn]

Remember: I'm the new @insidehighered faculty issues reporter.

If you have story ideas about issues, & those issues happen to be faculty issues, & those faculty issues are occurring anywhere in this great country of ours, well, friend, email me at [email protected]

[UCU @ucu]

PAY NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Vice chancellor body @UCEA1 labelled our inflation-matching pay demand an 'April Fool's joke'

Over a decade of falling wages is no laughing matter

@UCEA1 must deliver a much improved offer on 25 January - or face action

#ucuRISING

[UIC United Faculty @UICUF]

For our wonderful @thisisUIC students following us here, here is a link to the student faq flier with information about how the strike affects you. Please support us so we can give you best educational experience you deserve. #WeLoveUIC
https://t.co/fiFs3xprdX

[UIC United Faculty @UICUF]

HEADING INTO DAY 2 OF STRIKE:
Pickets at UH, SES, and College of Nursing. We will move Lecture Center pickets to Halsted Street in front of Student Center East (SCE). Rally in quad again at noon to hear from @iftaft Dan Montgomery and our students allies. #FairContractNow (1)

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

We all want safe communities. That’s why SAFE-T evaluates people TO DECIDE if need detention.

Now, people just pay/borrow $ for release! Poor pple forced to lose jobs/leases/custody to fight cases. That’s un-American and damages families.

Evaluation=safe
Buying release=not safe

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Housing banishment are the harshest laws faced by formerly-convicted people after punishment. Shout out to Tahj + our other fab @engageChicago interns for seeking to learn about these laws from those who carry them out + from our wise partners @caarprnow @TheCAASE @shrivercenter!

[Young Invincibles @YoungInvincible]

YI is hiring! Check out our open positions and apply to join our team: https://t.co/pd4LHNZf9B

[Julia Kline (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @Julia_Kline]

@RepDannyDavis Another critical issue for communities of color is the oppressive residency requirements for formerly incarcerated people.
You've expressed support for HB3913 - now we need you to help get members of the Black Caucus and others to pass this bill.
#twill #Chicago400 #LightUpChi

[Illinois Social Justice Alliance 🟧 @IllinoisSJA]

Thank you @RepLilly78 and @RepKellyCassidy for your work to end chronic homelessness for people with convictions. Let’s ask other reps to help! https://t.co/dkBTxMwDP1

@Chicago400 @CAARPRnow #LightUpChi

[Lee V. Gaines @LeeVGaines]

One of the most frustrating things about being an education reporter is when a school district decides you're not allowed in their classrooms simply because they think you'll be a distraction.

It's disrespectful to teachers, students & taxpayers. & a huge transparency issue.

[Chicago400 @chicago400]

Adding...public conviction registries which entangle 1 in 42 Black men in Illinois.

[We mandate people w/ past convictions to return to police stations AFTER punishment or be rearrested. And Illinois makes their housing illegal.]

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

Whoah. We celebrated when a bi-partisan House alliance passed SB3006 to prevent COVID-related evictions + foreclosures. They rushed it over to the IL Senate ready to go. But no, @ILSenDems leadership did not even call the bill. WHY? Did the banker lobby get to them? @frso_chicago

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

And how did the 5 Republican US Reps from Illinois vote on overturning the election?
YES for “Arizona objection” and overturn: Mary Miller and Mike Bost
NO: Adam Kinzinger, Rodney Davis, and Darin LaHood (LaHood had originally signed on to overturn)

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

Biden + Harris are not known for decarceration, but the chances for federal reforms just opened up tremendously.

Apparently organizing still works better than dangerous + inane conspiracy theories.

[AFT @AFTunion]

“Those who support in-person instruction—including many Republican leaders—must understand that relief dollars are a prerequisite. There is no in-person school without staff.” @theatlantic https://t.co/siZz4CnbZk

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

This piece from March of last year, just weeks into the crisis, really holds up almost a year and millions of COVID cases later.

[YES APPLY ILLINOIS @YesApplyIL]

Sen. McGuire sponsored the Ban the Box (“Yes Apply”) bill we worked on. It was written to support everyone with a conviction history, and that correct standard became our campaign ask for U of I. No one left behind.

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

This courageous + fair senator has Stateville in his district, yet still cared about prisoners + acted to support people returning from prison. Example: he co-sponsored a bill to “ban the box” from applications to public colleges. Best wishes @PatMcGuire43 #RoleModel #GoodPeople

[YES APPLY ILLINOIS @YesApplyIL]

Sound familiar? Politically safe carve-outs?

Stay tuned to see if @ILSenateDems align with #FredHampton in the next session. They make it sound like they want to repeal the laws the Illinois General Assembly passed since he was killed.

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

We urge @ILSenDems to repair the toughest criminal justice + police policies. Note #FredHampton would not have expanded state power over prisoners + free people w/ convictions. And would not focus reform goals on politically safe carve-outs. @GKMC18 @Westside_JC @IndivChi_South

[YES APPLY ILLINOIS @YesApplyIL]

Like humiliating questions on college applications about past convictions—from people who are seeking to LEARN! @FreedomLearnIL

[Decarcerate Illinois @DecarcerateIL]

Some 47% of people in Illinois have an arrest or conviction record. That means perpetual punishment. We have to abolish the maze of restrictions lawmakers built over 30 years. Let people move on with their lives!