Voter Education Workshop

Voter Education Workshop

Tuesday, March 3

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Progress Center Blue Island

12940 S. Western Ave.

Blue Island, IL 60406

(3rd floor of the Moraine Valley Community College building)

 

Progress Center invites you ….

It’s midterm election year. Join this one-hour voter education workshop to lean about the voting process – how to register to vote, where to vote, how to find out what’s on your ballot, how to learn about candidates running for office, and more.

For more information and directions to our office, call Progress Center’s Community Organizer Manuel Gonzalez at 708-209-1500 ext. 201 or email mgonzalez@progresscil.org.

 

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Forest Park’s St. Patrick’s Parade

Progress Center Invites You to Join Us!

 

Walk or Roll with Progress Center

Saturday, March 7

 

Before the parade, we will be doing outreach. Hot drinks and snacks will be provided at Progress Center at 7521 Madison Street.

We will be going to the parade starting point at 12:30. Meet at our office at 7521 Madison Street between 11:30 and 12:30 to be in the parade. The parade is scheduled from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

After the parade, we will be gathering for snacks and independent living themed movies at Progress Center at 7521 Madison Street.

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all 708-209-1500 ext. 118 or email dkaras@progresscil.org for more information and to let us know you’ll be joining.

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Advocacy Groups

Advocacy Groups

Progress Center runs three Advocacy Groups in every month on Transportation, Healthcare, and the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act. These are topics our consumers, members, and the community want to talk about.

Come for discussions, share ideas, and learn how to advocate for services and equality for the disability community. Meetings will be offered hybrid once a month, in person and on Zoom.

For more information, contact one of our community organizers (contact info on flyer) or email info@progresscil.org

 

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Voter Education Workshop

Progress Center invites you ….

It’s midterm election year. Join this one-hour voter education workshop to lean about the voting process – how to register to vote, where to vote, how to find out what’s on your ballot, how to learn about candidates running for office, and more.

Monday, February 2nd

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Progress Center Forest Park office and Zoom (hybrid)

For more information, directions to our office or the Zoom link, call Progress Center’s Community Organizer Clark Craig at 708-209-1500 or email info@progresscil.org.

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Staff Spotlight: Kim Liddell

Kim Liddell joined Progress Center for Independent Living in 2011. Kim provides services to the disability community in suburban Cook County. She works in the Blue Island satellite office providing information and referral. She is knowledgeable about programs and services that promote independence among people with disabilities. Kim also educates people on Medicare and Medicaid. Kim assists deaf people sign up for a free iPhone or iPad. Deaf children as young as four years old are eligible, too. Kim also works with the aging population struggling with hearing loss. They are eligible for a free iPhone and/or amplified house phone equipment. Please inquire to find out what the eligibility requirements are.

Contact Kim at (708) 690-2894 or kliddell@progresscil.org.

 

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We’re Hiring

Progress Center is hiring a Program Director in the new year.


Follow the Indeed link for the job post and to apply:

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c053d86fa1eea0af&from=shareddesktop_copy

 

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Advocacy Group: Latonya Reeves

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.

 

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Issue Advocacy Groups at Progress Center: Transportation and Healthcare

Progress Center is announcing the formation of two new Advocacy Groups in January… on Transportation and Healthcare. These are topics our consumers, members, and the community want to talk about.

Come for discussions, share ideas, and learn how to advocate for services and equality for the disability community. Meetings will be offered hybrid once a month, in person and on Zoom.

 

Transportation Advocacy Group

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.

The first meeting will be on January 14th.

 

Healthcare Advocacy Group

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.

The first meeting will be on January 27th.

 

 

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All Of Us

Contact Progress Center to learn about the All of Us research project, incentives for joining, and how to enroll. It’s important that people with disabilities are included.

 

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Declaración de Progress Center for Independent Living

Declaración de Progress Center for Independent Living

Hoy es un día devastador para la comunidad de personas con discapacidad y para otros grupos vulnerables aquí en Illinois. El gobernador J.B. Pritzker ha firmado la ley SB 1950, la ley de suicidio asistido. Sí, leyó usted correctamente: una ley que permite que las personas mueran en vez de luchar por vivir; una ley que pone en riesgo la vida de nuestros hermanos y hermanas más vulnerables: personas con discapacidad, adultos mayores, mujeres con anorexia, mujeres con y sin discapacidad que son víctimas de violencia doméstica, y cualquier persona que, en un momento de desesperación, pueda ser empujada hacia la muerte.

Solo hace falta un mal día, sentirse una carga, o escuchar a un familiar decir: “¿Por qué sigues sufriendo?” para que esta ley abra la puerta a la muerte. El código de vida es luchar por la vida, no por la muerte. El código de vida es resistir, persistir, sobrevivir — ¡la vida siempre, siempre la vida!

Y escuchen con atención: en otros estados donde el suicidio asistido ya es legal, la ley no ha sido eficaz. No ha protegido a los más vulnerables. No ha evitado presiones ni errores. No ha cumplido las promesas que se vendieron como protección y cuidado. Y ahora Illinois está siguiendo ese mismo camino peligroso. Illinois abre la misma puerta riesgosa. Illinois permite que las vidas de los más vulnerables queden en peligro.

Organizaciones y líderes comunitarios alzaron fuertemente su voz. Le suplicaron al gobernador que vetara esta ley. Pero él hizo oídos sordos. Escuchó a quienes exigen una ley para morir, en lugar de escuchar a quienes tememos morir mientras queremos vivir. Un gobernador a quien respetamos profundamente, pero creemos que firmar esta ley fue un grave error.

Un aplauso y muchos vítores para todos los que se plantaron frente a la oficina del gobernador, para quienes no se quedaron callados, para quienes gritaron por la vida, para quienes defendieron a los más vulnerables. Gracias por su valentía. Gracias por su lucha.

Se ha perdido una batalla —sí, se ha perdido una batalla— pero la guerra nunca. Nuestra guerra nunca se perderá. Somos invencibles. Nuestras voces nunca serán silenciadas. Somos fuego. Somos rebeldía. Somos lucha. Somos vida.

Gracias a nuestros hermanos y hermanas de Progress Center, a nuestros colegas y a todos los que se niegan a rendirse, a todos los que defienden la vida, la dignidad y la justicia. Amigos, nunca se rindan, nunca, jamás.
¡Hasta la victoria —hasta la victoria siempre!

Como Director Ejecutivo de Progress Center, extiendo nuestra plena solidaridad a nuestros hermanos y hermanas que han luchado por la vida y que ahora pueden enfrentarse a un gran riesgo debido a esta ley de muerte.

 

Horacio Esparza

Executive Director

Progress Center for Independent Living

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