We Train Leaders to Develop Powerful Public Lives.
The People’s Lobby Education Institute is a 501(c)(3) organization devoted to developing strong grassroots leaders that understand the root causes of injustice, build bases within their local communities, and take direct action to hold powerful decision makers accountable to putting people and the planet first.
The People’s Lobby Education Institute is also a member of People’s Action Institute, a national network of more than 40 grassroots organizations in more than 30 states with a fierce reputation for direct action and a strategic vision for a long-term agenda.
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Education Institute
Environmental Justice Town Halls
Our Environmental Justice team has launched a series of town halls with members and elected officials across Chicago and the suburbs in order to not just get our public transportation back to the where it was before Covid caused cuts and disruptions, but to win the progressive funding our state needs to build the world-class public transportation we deserve. The first two of our town halls were covered in “The Chicago Reader” and “Chicago Streetsblog”.
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Education Institute
Illinois continues to close corporate tax loopholes
Illinois’ 2024 budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate tax loophole closures, including the retailer’s sales tax discount. Our work over the course of many years laid the groundwork for this win, and our allies in the Fund Our Futures coalition pushed it over the finish line in 2024. This will lead to hundreds of millions of dollars more for schools, public transit, climate action, health care, and so much more. The People’s Lobby has worked to close…
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Education Institute
TPL helps pass the Healthcare Protection Act
With significant work from TPL as part of the Protect Our Care coalition, Illinois passed the Healthcare Protection Act! This win is an important step toward regulating health insurance corporations: it prevents them from requiring prior authorizations in an important set of mental health crises, it ends the use of “ghost networks” where insurers claim to have a long list of doctors you can see but none of them are taking new patients, and it and bans junk insurance plans…
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Together, we are shaping a future where justice prevails and collective well-being is prioritized. The People’s Lobby stands as a testament to what can be achieved when ordinary people unite for extraordinary change!
The People’s Lobby Education Institute is a non-partisan, 501c(3) organization that does not support or oppose candidates for political office.
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