Announcement by STOP and Not Me We: we’re merging!
Developers don’t stop at the border of our neighborhoods, and if we are going to challenge them, neither can we.
Sponsor STOP’s and Not Me We’s gala Friday!
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 eight.
Get your tickets: STOP’s and Not Me We’s gala is Friday!
Donate to support our work, or come celebrate our anniversaries and the merger we just announced! It’s November 1, 7-10pm at the South Shore Cultural Center.
Donate to Christiana & her evicted family
9/21 update: We’re working to raise $2000 for storage for Christiana’s and her tenants’ belongings, and for moving trucks used the day they were evicted. Can you help here? They’re so grateful for all your support.
Donate and act to #DefendChristiana
US Bank illegally foreclosed on Ms. Powell after it changed her family’s mortgage from FHA to conventional, ballooning payments from $800 to $3,500 a month. Donate, show up at the encampment at Christiana’s (the sheriff could come any day), sign this petition, and call officials.
Mayor announces re-opening of clinic our member chained himself to
THREE mental-health sites will open — one in Roseland. And police have been removed from "CARES" crisis response.
Rest in Power, Ms. Michele Williams
In speaking to the media, Ms. Williams would not sugar coat what was happening. She called the displacement and disinvestment in her community how she saw it: a genocide.
Calling UofC folks & alumni: fundraiser & conversation with Asha Ransby-Sporn!
[Update: watch the event’s speakers at youtube.com/stopchicago] On Zoom on Wednesday, May 29, 7-8:15pm CT.
We’re hiring a housing organizer. Apply or share!
The organizer will develop and implement leadership development, base-building, and campaign plans.
Let the memory of Carol Sawall Smith be a blessing
She was a STOP mental-health leader, STOP board member, artist, musician, and much more. She passed away last Friday.
STOP ON THE MOVE: our 2023 gala photos
Thanks to all our members and supporters for packing the house to celebrate our 19th anniversary. And thanks to Mr. Alvonte Ellis for taking these pictures!
STOP ON THE MOVE: video and remarks from our gala
“And now, after over ten years of fighting, the mayor just announced that he will re-open two clinics. This is a historic down-payment on his promise to re-open all the clinics, something people told us was impossible.”
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!
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.
Powerful perspectives from Treatment Not Trauma leaders
Go deep on why we need mental-health crisis response WITHOUT police, and PUBLIC mental-health clinics.
Cops, clinics & mental-health crisis response: get the facts!
Individuals with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed In a police encounter