Together we can build a world we all want to live in.
Grassroots Collaborative unites eight member-based organizations in Illinois in order to create policy change on local and statewide levels.
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We are a coalition of organizations that build the power of their members and communities, share a vision of social transformation rooted in racial and economic justice, and commit to each other’s fights over the long haul.

Leading Coalitions
Grassroots Collaborative, along with its member organizations, help lead multiple coalition spaces including the People’s Unity Platform, the IL Green New Deal Coalition and the Illinois Revenue Alliance.
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Popular Education
We host popular education workshops that connect our shared fights and an annual arts fellowship that centers cultural organizing in movement campaigns.
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Leading Campaigns
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Sat, March 7
8:30am-3:00pm
Strategy Out Loud Training
1901 W Carroll, Chicago, IL
In this moment of intensified racist, oppressive and authoritarian assault from federal forces and an empowered right wing, our forces of love and liberation need to strategize out loud about how educators and communities can effectively resist. Are you angry about the attacks on our students, families and communities? Do you fear for the future of public education and other essential public services? Be part of something bigger—something essential for our future. Change can only come from individuals like you joining with others and developing the skills to sow leadership throughout our city, state and nation as we build for a massive day of resistance on May 1. So join us Friday, Saturday or both days and skill up to build power.Fri, March 20
6:00pm-8:00pm
Film Screening: Two Summers on Hayes Avenue
4750 N Sheridan Rd #200 Chicago, IL
Join ONE Northside for a screening of Two Summers on Hayes Avenue, examining gentrification, displacement, and the relationship between Rogers Park and Loyola University! Produced across the summer and early fall of 2025, the documentary is a culmination of years of reporting by The Kidler, a local student-run newspaper, and serves as the send-off to the project. Run time is approximately 1 hour. Screening will be followed by a small-group discussion with local organizations working on housing issues. Co-hosted with Roman Susan.
Impact
Transforming Communities Through Collective Action
$135M
Won to establish a green social housing pilot program in Chicago
125,000
Community members across our member organizations to achieve transformative change in Illinois
50+
Community and labor organizations actively participating in GC-led coalitions
By bringing together organizations across movements, especially labor and community, we have built a broad and deep base necessary for fighting the corporate interests working against all of our constituencies.
What Our Community is Saying

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“Being part of Grassroots Collaborative has strengthened Action Now’s ability to fight for real change in Chicago. The Collaborative brings together organizations that share a vision for justice and gives us the collective power, strategy, and support to take on the biggest challenges our communities face. Through this network, we’ve built deeper relationships, developed stronger leaders, and moved campaigns that make a real difference for working families across the city.”
Jackee Pruitt, Executive Director, Action Now

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Grassroots Collaborative unites eight membership-based organizations in Illinois in order to create policy change on local and statewide levels.
637 S Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60605
info@thegrassrootscollaborative.org

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