Stop closure of 1/2 of our mental health clinics and privatization of all other city clinics!
MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT VIDEOS:
Please read and circulate the above declaration.
CALL YOUR ALDERMAN and say "Save our mental health clinics and speak out against privatization and cuts to services for the poor"
Press from sit-in at Mayor's office:
Rahm's Psych Ward - Labor Beat
Protesters against plan to shutter mental health clinics end 10-hr sit-in at City Hall - Chicago Tribune
Inside the City Hall Sit-In - Chicago New Co-op
Unions, Activists Occupy Chicago City Hall Over Clinic Closing Plan - In These Times
Supporters want Beverly clinic to stay open, stage protest - Southtown Star
RECENT PRESS COVERAGE:
Chicago's next budget and its health services - ChicagoNow
Commissioner fails to show at mental health town hall meeting - We the People
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Fearless Leading by the Youth keeps up pressure on U of C
"Put our NEED before your GREED... open a Level 1 Trauma Center, the south side has NONE!"
Protesters say U of C needs trauma center - Huffington Post
Youths appeal to U of C for trauma center - Chicago Tribune
South siders revive fight for U of C trauma center - Progress Illinois
Locals push for U of C trauma unit - Lakefront Outlook
Protesters want trauma center - Chicago Tribune
South Side Emergency Care - WTTW Chicago Tonight
Sun-Times:S. Side Trauma Care Ignored Long Enough
How much is a life worth? - Chicago Weekly
Die-in on quad protests UCMC - Chicago Maroon
Protesters demand trauma center - Hyde Park Herald
A Death sparks a demand for care - New York Times
Activist's death sparks UCMC protests - Chicago Maroon
The "Big Hole" in Trauma Care - Hyde Park Herald
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Damian Turner was one of the founders of STOP's youth wing - Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY). He was a talented musician, a beautiful person, a consistent and energetic leader in the struggle for huma