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This is a category for activists born, raised, or closely associated with Chicago. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Gay Liberation Network (GLN) is a multi-issue LGBT direct action organization based in Chicago, Illinois. The group was founded in September 1998, after Matthew Shepard was murdered and three gay bashings that took place in Boystown, Chicago. It was originally called the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network; the group changed its name in 2004 to ...
Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism (CCAWR) was formed in September 2001 to protest the imminent United States invasion of Afghanistan. As of 2018, they had changed their name to Chicago Committee Against War and Racism . [ 2 ]
Henry Gerber – activist who founded the Society for Human Rights, the first LGBT rights organization in the country [7] Vernita Gray – married her wife in Illinois's first same-sex marriage, helped organize Chicago's first pride parade, and helped found Lavender Woman, the city's first lesbian newspaper [8] [9] [10]
Pages in category "LGBTQ organizations based in Chicago" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Of the 29,260 violent crimes reported over the last 12 months, Chicago Police Department statistics show aggravated assault cases spiked the most at 6.4%, with Black residents being most under attack.
CHICAGO – Community activist and Chicago Against Violence founder Andre Smith may be a Democrat, but he says he's willing to work with incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan to deport illegal ...
This program was written by Huey Newton as the manifesto for the Black Panther Party, a Black Power organization which he co-founded. [4] The group is part of the Police abolition movement. [5] [4] Assata's daughters was founded in March 2015. Assata's Daughters is part of a cluster of black activist organizations known as the Movement for ...