Events for March 1, 2025 – Progress Center

FOOTBALL GAME PARTY And COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT

January 7, 2026By garnold

DISABILITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS

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CHICAGO FOOTBALL FANS

ARE A WINNING TEAM ! ! !

WE are PROGRESS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.

WE provide services + supports for people with disabilities to live independently in the community and achieve self- determined goals.

Learn more about our services, supports, meetings, events, trainings AND OUR FOOTBALL GAME PARTY / COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 1Oth 2O26 from 4pm to 1Opm, at 7521 Madison Street in Forest Park.

As a team, we can develop a “NEVER GIVE UP !” spirit and a special fearlessness to defeat our arch rivals: paternalism, totalitarianism, and ableism. We achieve the biggest victories WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AS ONE ! ! !

GO INDEPENDENT LIVING ! ! ! GO CHICAGO ! ! !

GO DISABILITY RIGHTS ! ! ! GO WE THE PEOPLE ! ! !

For more information email jbarton@progresscil.org or call ( 708 ) 435 – 4667

Healthcare Advocacy Group

January 5, 2026By garnold

Healthcare Advocacy Group

The first meeting will be on January 27^th.

Community Organizer Clark Craig

Time: 1:00 pm on the Fourth Tuesday of every Month

Place: Progress Center Main Office in Forest Park and Zoom

Contact Clark Craig at 708-209-1500 ext. 114 or ccraig@progresscil.org for more information and the Zoom link.

Transportation Advocacy Group

January 5, 2026By garnold

Transportation Advocacy Group

The first meeting will be on January 14^th.

Community Organizer Manuel Gonzalez

Time: 10:00 am on the Second Wednesday of every Month

Place: Progress Center Blue Island office and Zoom

Contact Manuel Gonzalez at 708-209-1500 ext. 201 or mgonzalez@progresscil.org for more information and the Zoom link.

Latonya Reeves Freedom Act Advocacy Group

January 5, 2026By garnold

The LATONYA REEVES FREEDOM ACT working group will be held every second Thursday of the month from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.

The first LATONYA REEVES FREEDOM ACT working group meeting will be held at PCIL in Forest Park (7521 Madison Street) on Thursday, January 8th 2O26.

We plan to share with the public Latonya’s life story, the need for the REEVES FREEDOM ACT to be reintroduced and passed into U.S. law NOW, and how we can help advocate for it and demand that the United States Congress discuss why the bill is not only a great bill, but it is SURVIVAL NECESSARY for people with disabilities.

Contact Community Organizer Jonathan Barton at 708-209-1500 ext.122 or jbarton@progresscil.org for more information and the Zoom link.

FOOTBALL GAME PARTY And COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT

December 23, 2025By garnold

DISABILITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CHICAGO FOOTBALL FANS ARE A WINNING TEAM ! ! !

WE are PROGRESS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.

WE provide services + supports for people with disabilities to live as independently as possible and achieve self-determined goals.

Go to our website TODAY to learn more about our services, supports, meetings, AND OUR FOOTBALL GAME PARTY / COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4th 2O26 FROM 12:00 NOON TO 4:00PM, at 7521 Madison Street in Forest Park.

GO INDEPENDENT LIVING!! GO CHICAGO!!

GO DISABILITY RIGHTS!! GO WE THE PEOPLE!!

For more email me at jbarton@progresscil.org

or (7O8) 435 – 4667.

H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S ! ! !

Membership and Outreach Meeting

December 22, 2025By garnold

Join Progress Center for our monthly M&O Committee meeting at our Forest Park office or over Zoom.

Call or email Demetra for more information at 705-209-1500 ext. 118 or dkaras@progresscil.org.

Shop-In

December 8, 2025By garnold

Progress Center is having a Shop-In this month. Shop-Ins are opportunities to show businesses the buying power and solidarity of the disability community. This is also our Member holiday gathering. We are meeting at Tacos 76. The address is 838 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. We will meet at the restaurant at 12:30pm. There is no tradition Membership and Outreach meeting this month, so the drop-off and pick-up location is the same. (There is no official end time; it’s up to you how long you’d like to stay.)

Please call 708-209-1500 ext. 118 or email dkaras@progresscil.org for more information

Art Peer Support Group

December 8, 2025By garnold

Do you feel called to express your ideas and interests ?

ART FORGING AUTONOMY WELCOMES YOU !!!

Join us every Friday from 2:OOpm to 4:OOpm.

We are a group with disabilities who enjoy the process of finding new ways to communicate our experiences.

We would like you to attend our group at

7521 Madison Street in Forest Park at

Progress Center for Independent Living .

Our goal is to be a place which supports people with disabilities where you can share with others and be empowered, inspired and free through the countless fun ways of forging autonomy with art .

CALL (708) 435 – 4667 TO LEARN MORE TODAY !!!

A R T F O R G I N G A U T O N O M Y

Illinois ABLE Account Informational Webinar

November 24, 2025By garnold

Progress Center invites you…

Illinois ABLE Account Informational Webinar

Wednesday, December 10 at 2:00 pm

Join online from any location, or meet at Progress Center in Forest Park to join the webinar.

Know about tax-advantaged IL ABLE savings and investment accounts if you have a disability or you help someone who has a disability. Join the IL ABLE team to learn:

• Who is eligible to own an IL ABLE Account and expanded eligibility starting January 1.
• Who can open an IL ABLE Account.
• How individuals receiving public benefits such as SSI and Medicaid benefits can build assets with an IL ABLE Account.
• How IL ABLE Accounts work alongside other financial tools such as special needs trusts and retirement accounts.

Call Progress Center at 708-209-1500 extension 118 or email dkaras@progresscil.org for information on how to join the webinar.

Membership and Outreach

November 3, 2025By garnold

Join Progress Center for our monthly M&O Committee meeting at our Forest Park office or over Zoom.

Call or email Demetra for more information at 705-209-1500 ext. 118 or dkaras@progresscil.org.

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FOOTBALL GAME PARTY And COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT

Healthcare Advocacy Group

Transportation Advocacy Group

Latonya Reeves Freedom Act Advocacy Group

FOOTBALL GAME PARTY And COMMUNITY CANVASSING EVENT

Membership and Outreach Meeting

Shop-In

Art Peer Support Group

Illinois ABLE Account Informational Webinar

Membership and Outreach

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