Southside Together
Organizing for Power

We build the power of low-income and working Black residents — in Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, and surrounding neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago — to impact the forces and decisions that affect our lives.

We organize:

  1. tenants, to preserve and improve affordable housing. They are currently leading the fight for a Community Benefits Agreement around the Obama Center.

  2. mental-health patients, providers, and allies to reopen public mental-health centers, and for a civilian mental-health crisis response program: Treatment Not Trauma.

  3. students and youth, nurturing their vision for social change and developing their leadership to take on issues they choose, such as police-free schools.

  • and allies, to support our base and campaigns.

Our mission

To advance economic and social human rights by organizing and developing leadership among people most affected by economic and racial oppression.

Events

Featured
Calling UofC folks & alumni: fundraiser & conversation with Asha Ransby-Sporn!
Calling UofC folks & alumni: fundraiser & conversation with Asha Ransby-Sporn!

On Zoom on Wednesday, May 29, 7-8:15pm CT.

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Our gala is Nov. 3! Get your tickets
Our gala is Nov. 3! Get your tickets

Get a ticket to attend, or as a donation. Or get a table or sponsorship! We’ll have live music and buffet by Chef Dozzy Ibekwe. And we’ll celebrate STOP’s accomplishments, from housing votes to restorative justice!

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Our gala is Nov. 3! Sponsor it
Our gala is Nov. 3! Sponsor it

Individuals, organizations, companies, unions, churches: Celebrate organizing wins by our tenants, mental-health advocates, and youth! You can be featured as a sponsor, or get a table seating seven.

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