CHICAGO NEEDS A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR CPS
The climate crisis is getting worse; heat waves, flooding, and pollution are harming the people we love and the city we call home. At the same time, our public schools provide poor environments for students to learn and for teachers to educate.
If we—students, teachers, parents, and community members—come together across lines of race and class, we can fix our public school buildings, provide pathways to green jobs, teach the truth about the climate crisis, guarantee healthy meals, and create plans to respond to climate disasters.
Together, we can ensure that the city of Chicago combats the climate crisis, builds community resilience, and rights historical injustices by investing in our public schools, especially those on the South and West Sides.
START OR JOIN A SCHOOL TEAM
Organize your classmates in support of a GND4CPS. Teams will collect petition signatures, pressure elected/appointed officials, and take direct action in support of the campaign demands.
START OR JOIN A NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM
Organize your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. in support of a GND4CPS. Teams will collect petition signatures, pressure elected/appointed officials, and take direct action in support of the campaign demands.
THE GND4CPS PLEDGE FOR ELECTED & APPOINTED OFFICEHOLDERS
We need our elected & appointed officials to do everything in their power to help implement a Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools. We’re asking members of the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Council, the Illinois State Senate, and the Illinois State House, to commit to use their position/office to champion a "Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools," in all ways, including, but not limited to, supporting legislation, building support among my colleagues, and publicly advocating for our campaign demands.