Category: Of Interest To Our Community - PACG - Progressive Action for the Common Good

Illinois Members of US Congress Votes in 2021 - Of Interest to Our Community

4/29/2022

How did your Illinois member of congress vote?

Alliance of Retired Americans

Online

Here’s a special report on legislation vital to American retirees. The Alliance for Retired Americans has published the Illinois Congressional Voting Record of the 117th Congress from January to December of 2021. This easy-to-read four-page document shows the voting records for the two US Senators and the 18 members of the US House of Representatives from Illinois. Ten important legislative votes are presented. Read more here or download the attached pdf.

Julie Ross

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Scholarship Applications Available! - Of Interest to Our Community

3/15/2022

Scholarship Applications now available!

Of Interest to Our Community

QC Pride

We are looking for local students with leadership potential and/or experience in the LGBTQ+ community. Two $1,000 scholarships will be offered. To apply please email richdhendricks@msn.com.

Rev. Rich Hendricks

Meet Davenport Mayoral Candidates - Of Interest to Our Community

9/17/2021

Meet Davenport Mayoral Candidates
Thursday, October 7th and 21st at 3:00 pm

Davenport Public Library
6000 Eastern Avenue
Davenport, IA. 52807 (map)

Iowa Women United

Thursday, October 7th at 3:00 pm - Meet Athena Gilbraith - Please join us to hear Athena Gilbraith, who is running for mayor of Davenport, tell us about herself and why she's seeking public office. She'll also answer any questions you may have. The public is invited. Masks are recommended per CDC Guidelines.

Thursday, October 21st at 3:00 pm - Meet Mayor Mike Matson - Listen to Davenport Mayor Mike Matson talk about why he's running for re-election. The public is invited, and questions are welcome. Masks are recommended per CDC Guidelines.

Susan Meenan

Mass Evictions in Davenport - Of Interest to Our Community

7/21/2021

Crisis in Our Community: Mass Evictions Affect Over 100 Families

Of Interest to Our Community

Davenport Bearing Witness

Davenport Bearing Witness has brought to light mass evictions of more than 100 families in our community. These people live in low-rent and subsidized housing in Davenport. Their apartment buildings - left in disrepair - were sold to a developer, who would like to put in more luxury (more expensive) living options. The current families - many of whom have lived in these buildings for years - are now faced with quickly finding alternative low-cost housing, which is not easy to find. They will incur costs that few of these families can afford.

Read Quad City Times article

Read the most recent Davenport Bearing Witness email

Julie Ross

Of Interest to Our Community - CEJA Action Alert

5/18/2021

Lobbying for the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act - Action Alert

Quad Cities Interfaith

Quad Cities Interfaith has received a grant to help support the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) in Illinois. They have money to pay people an hourly rate to make calls to residents encouraging them to call their Representatives to support CEJA. Calls must be made by the end of May, so this is time-sensitive. The callers could also donate their earnings to PACG. If you are interested, please contact Amber Bordolo at amber@qcinterfaith.org, or her co-worker, Mayra, at mayra@qcinterfaith.org. They need to hear from you ASAP!

Lori McCollum

Davenport Bearing Witness to End Gun Violence - Of Interest to Our Community

3/9/2021

Davenport Bearing Witness Works to End Gun Violence
Date/time and location to be determined

Davenport Bearing Witness

As you probably are aware, gun violence is increasing in our community. Davenport Bearing Witness has been holding brief vigils on sites where gun violence have occurred. The group is also working on legislative actions regarding guns and gun violence.

PACG members and friends are invited to participate.

If you would like to be added to the email distribution list, contact John De Taeye.

BSLC Grants to Battle Illiteracy - Of Interest to Our Community

3/2/2021

BSLC Offers Grants to Battle Illiteracy
Due Date: Wednesday, March 31st

Bi-State Literacy Council (BSLC)

Bi-State Literacy Council is accepting applications for its Spring funding cycle. Grants are given for up to $500 and are due by March 31st. Download applications here: https://bistateliteracy.org/grants-1.

Learn more about past grant recipients: https://bistateliteracy.org/grant-recipients.

Please share this information with individuals and organizations that might be interested in applying for these grants.

For more information on BSLC:
https://mailchi.mp/c2c700e98dd6/2021springgrants?fbclid=IwAR3_CaZY3YRmqV2u51A40qL_VoH_UzzdWcgiW_u9XDz1CSTMw1Lrz1pKJY8

President, BSLC

Of Interest to Our Community - Right-to-Work Laws Hurt Workers

2/16/2021

National Study Shows Right-to-Work Laws Hurt Workers

Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting

In an eight-year period of national economic expansion that followed the Great Recession of 2008, the 27 U.S. states that had enacted so-called “right-to-work” laws saw slower economic growth, lower wages, higher consumer debt, worse health outcomes, and lower levels of civic participation than states that had not, according to a new study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal (PMCR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

So-called “right-to-work” laws prohibit clauses in union contracts that require all workers covered by the contract to share in the costs of collective bargaining. By forcing more unions to provide services for free, “right-to-work” laws substantially reduce the resources these organizations have available to organize, negotiate, and advocate on behalf of working families.

“For years, anti-union zealots have presented so-called ‘right-to-work’ laws as a panacea to growing the economy,” said study co-author Frank Manzo IV. “Yet surveys of CEOs say ‘right-to-work’ has little effect on business relocation decisions, and the data shows that so-called ‘right-to-work’ states are performing substantially worse than their peers on wages, growth, poverty, and other core economic outcomes.”

See the report: https://illinoisepi.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/ilepi-pmcr-promoting-good-jobs-and-a-stronger-economy-final.pdf

Dylan Parker

A Message from the President - Introducing "Of Interest to Our Community" WEU Section

2/6/2021

An Update to Our WEU - "Of Interest to Our Community"

A Message from the President

We consider our Weekly Email Update (WEU) to be an every-changing format for communicating to our membership. It grows and changes with our community needs, allowing us to continue to find new ways to share information.

Because members have recently shared things that did not have a home in the WEU we made a new one! We have added "Of Interest to Our Community" as an entry in our WEU Submission form under the question "What is the purpose of your submission?" This selection can be made when a submission is not a Community Event or Action Alert, but is stil important to our progressive issues.

In addition, if you make a submission to our WEU you will now receive an email confirming that we received your input.

Look for these changes!

Allison Ambrose

Of Interest to Our Community - Clean Energy Future

2/2/2021

Illinois Clean Energy Future

Prairie Rivers Network

365 Days and Counting: One year ago today (January 29, 2020), Illinois Governor Pritzker announced at his State of the State Address that he was committed to passing community-driven clean energy legislation that would create good jobs and protect our planet. Three hundred sixty-five days later, Governor Pritzker has yet to support the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) or propose any comprehensive climate legislation. Despite recent federal commitments for climate action, we know that state-led policies will be important in shaping federal action.

Prairie Rivers Network remains committed in 2021 to our partnership with the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition to deliver just and equitable clean energy legislation in Illinois, and we'll need your support! Join this organization to learn more about actions you can take to help us fight for Illinois' clean energy future. Find out more here: www.info@prairierivers.org.

Lori McCollum