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 human rights. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time last Saturday night and caught a bullet in the back during a drive-by shooting on 61st and Cottage Grove. He will be dearly missed and always remembered by the entire STOP family... Please send donations to his mother, Sheila Rush at 736 E. 61st St Chicago, IL 60637
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Coming Soon: Report from STOP's 40 person delegation to U.S. Social Forum in Detroit:
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RECENT STOP ACTIONS
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Mental Health Movement tells new Health Commissioner Bechara Choucair: No clinic closures or privatizations!
Coalition: Keep city's mental health clinics off chopping block - Chicago Defender
City health chief tries to ease fears - Chicago Current
Video News Report about Town Hall - We the People Media
Clinics OK - For Now - Hyde Park Herald
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Protest for Decent Living Conditions a Success:
Tenants Want Daley to Remove Planning Commissioner - Chicago Public Radio
Daley Orders Inspection of Accused Slumlord's Properties - Chicago Sun Times
Why is Leon Finney, Jr. Setting Public Policy? - Progress IL
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Stop the Eviction of Lenise Forrest!
Stop the Eviction of Lenise Forrest!
Eviction blockade at Cabrini Green
Chicago Anti-Eviction Blockade at Cabrini Green
The Case of Cabrini-Green Resident Lenise Forrest
Chicago Anti-Eviction Blockade at Cabrini Green
The Case of Cabrini-Green Resident Lenise Forrest
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After an intense campaign culminating in a sit-in at City Hall this spring, we stopped the four threatened southside mental health clinics from being closed, getting $2.5 million in stimulus money to keep them open. But to keep the clinics open we need the staffing to be restored to former levels so the billing can be fixed and the patients can receieve the attention they need and deserve.
Protesters Warn City Hall Against Closing Mental Health Clinics - Chicago Tribune
Worry grows over clinic closings - ABC Channel 7
A Mental Health Moment - NBC Chicago News Blog
Budget Cuts not an option at first budget hearing - Chicago Public Radio
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U of C Medical Center: Don't push out the poor!
ChiTown Daily news
ChiTown Daily News
Chicago Tribune
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