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SoapBox in Trumpland

SoapBox's first new media project of 2017 covers the grassroots opposition to the Trump Administration's agenda from the very first to the 100th day. Utilizing film, editorial, social media, photography, and audio, we tell the story of the resistance to a new administration.

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Chicago Votes' #ChiYouthAwakening

In fall 2015, we teamed up with Chicago Votes to produce a special series featuring young organizers telling stories about their personal and professional lives studying, working, and living in Chicago. They share their perspectives on policing and community safety, Chicago Public Schools, Black Lives Matter, and why they've chosen to get young people registered to vote and involved in political discourse.

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Moral Mondays Illinois

July 13, 2015 -- Many individuals and organizations, secular and religious alike, take to the streets to speak out and even risk arrests in this series of actions in order to demand morality in the Illinois state budget. Our budget should reflect the needs of all Illinoisans, not simply the interests of the rich.

Decarcerate Chicago

December 10, 2014 -- Chicagoans put Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez on Trial for racist prosecution practices. The People's Lobby, SOUL and Organizing Catholics for Justice joined to demand that Anita Alvarez take action to reduce the number of people with non-violent convictions in Cook County Jail.  For several months these organizations had been calling changes to her office’s prosecution and bail seeking practices that could drastically reduce the number of first time, non-violent offenders incarcerated in Cook County Jail. Despite several meetings with Alvarez, direct actions at her office and Freedom of Information Act requests, our Cook County State's Attorney refused to take any leadership on changing Cook County’s racist prosecution practices.

DePaul Tuition
Freeze Rally

February 28, 2013 -- Students protest the impending tuition hike at DePaul University outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center.  Many, almost literally, get on their soapbox and speak out against the broader structural of exponentially rising tuition costs and student debt across the nation.

Reclaim Chicago

Reclaim Chicago is a people-led movement devoted to getting corporate interests out of municipal government and reclaiming Chicago City Council as a tool for ensuring justice, promoting equality, and improving the lives of all Chicagoans. 

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