Join us for our next meeting!

January 19th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Our meetings are on the 4th Wednesday of each month located at Casa Aztlan (1831 S Racine Ave Room 205) at 6.30PM Up coming meetings: Wednesday, February 24

For more information contact: Jack at 312 802 9004 or email jjailey@chicagoswsidegreens.org or Alberto at 773 981 5119 or email alberto@chicagoswsidegreens.org.

Chicago SW Side Greens endorse Paloma Andrade for Cook County Commissioner, 7th District!

January 19th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Paloma Andrade for Cook Co. Commissioner

Paloma Andrade, a member of the Chicago Southwest Side Greens, is running for Cook County Commissioner in the 7th district. She is endorsed by the Chicago Southwest Side Greens.

Make sure to vote today at one of the many early voting centers in cook county – see here for locations in the City of Chicago and here for suburban Cook County.

Chicago SW Side Greens’ Candidates for November 2, 2008!

September 19th, 2008 by admin No comments »

November 4, 2008: The Pilsen/S.W. Side Greens ran several local, grassroots candidates for public office!

JACK AILEY, Candidate, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner

Jack is a licensed electrician, former steelworker, and activist for clean air in the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods. B.A. from Oberlin College 1968.
Program:
* Institute treatment for bacteria at all sewage treatment plants
* Develop and institute long range plans for water conservation, comprehensive treatment for all contaminants, separation of sewage and storm water runoff, and localized treatment of waste water.
* Eliminate any influence of “connections” in hiring and contracts
www.greens4mwrd.org

PALOMA ANDRADE, Candidate for Clerk of Cook County Circuit Court

Paloma Andrade is a candidate for Cook County Circuit Clerk. Paloma is the Green Party Committeeperson for the 14th Ward, a graduate of Kelly High School and Robert Morris University (Business Management with a concentration in accounting) and a Student of Dominican University working in a (Masters in Education). Paloma is a member of Concerned Women of America, an active member of the South Side United Local School Council Federation. Paloma lives in the Brighton Park neighborhood. vote4paloma.com

HOWARD KAPLAN, Candidate for Cook County Board of Review, 2nd District

Howard Kaplan is an Occupational Therapist by day, and an activist for cleaner, safer streets in his free time, working to promote better conditions for bicyclists, pedestrian, and transit users through a variety of strategies and organizational affiliations. His attraction to work with the diverse communities of the west side brought him to settle in the Little Village/Marshall Square neighborhood in 2002. Howard has experienced first-hand how property owners are currently deprived of the power to advocate for themselves in the 2nd review district. * Fairness transparency, and a level playing fieldfor homeowners in property tax appeals * No special favors for corporations or “well connected” lawyers

ANTE MARIJAN, Candidate, Illinois 2nd Legislative District

Ante Marijan is a life long resident of the 2nd District which consists of Pilsen, Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Little Village, and the Back of the Yards communities. He is the Green Party committeeman of the 11th Ward and is a local school counsel member of the Armour School. He is an advocate of imp[roving education and cleaning up the environment. Ante lives in the Bridgeport neighborhood. 11thwardgreens.org

Pilsen Greens Endorse the May 1 2008 March!

April 15th, 2008 by admin No comments »

The Pilsen Greens endorse:

MARCH MAY FIRST – MARCHA PRIMERO DE MAYO

For the Rights of Immigrants and All Workers

We Demand:
# Equal Rights in the Workplace for All Workers
# The Right to Unionize
# Employee Free Choice Act
# Fair Wages
# End the Occupation of Iraq
# Equal Access to Education
# Universal Health Care

May 1st, 2008
International Workers Day
Dia Internacional de los Trabajadores

Pilsen Greens ran two candidates for office in 2006!

January 19th, 2006 by admin No comments »

Dorian Breuer - votebreuer.org

Roberto Cepeda - roberto.pilsengreens.org

Clean our children’s air!

March 19th, 2005 by admin No comments »

Clean our children’s air!

Concerned neighbors of the H. Kramer Brass Foundry have come together to ensure that emitters like H. Kramer do not risk the health and saftey of the children and residents of Pilsen and the enviornment through their operations.

Concerned neighbors of H. Kramer got together at the end of 2004 to start to gather more information about any ill health effects from pollution in and around Pilsen. For information call: 312-315-4950

The Pilsen/Southwest Side Greens helped form P.E.R.R.O., the Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization. PERRO has worked hard since November of 2004 to engage the Pilsen and Chicago community to clean up pollution from area toxic emmitters like H. Kramer. Please visit the PERRO website for more information. For the Press and the Public, see background on the plant and the campaign:

1. See an Indymedia Story about pollution at the plant: Chicago Indymedia Story on H. Kramer
2. Watch a video of the plant polluting: H. Kramer Pollution Video
3. For an environmental impact report on H. Kramer see: Scorecard.org Report

Informacion sobre nuestro evento en espanol.
Limpien el aire de nuestros hijos!

De la compañà a H. Kramer sale humo de la chiminea y de las ropturas en las paredes del edificio. Este humo es contanimación que nos afecta a todos. El humo de la chiminea esta vigilado oficialmente mientras el humo que sale de las paredes es oficialmente ignorado. En es este humo contaminado tiene plomo, el cual es causante del retardo mental y cancer en nuestros hijos.

Vecinos precupados al rededor de la compañà a H. Kramer Brass Foundry han formado grupos para juntar información acerca de como afecta a nuestra salud de este aire contaminado. Necesitaa mos ayuda para informar a todos de la afectación en nuestra coo munidad. Si quiere mas información o le gustarà a ayudarnos vengan a nuestro foro comunitario.
Para mas información llame a: (312) 315-4950.