By Anti-racist and immigrant rights groups | January 21, 2023 | News
File under: Anti-racism, BPNC: Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, BYP100: Black Youth Project 100, CCW: Collaborative for Community Wellness, CHI: Chicago Housing Initiative, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU: Únete, Lori Lightfoot, NMW: Not Me We, OCAD: Organized Communities Against Deportation, Sanctuary, STOP: Southside Together Organizing for Power, UWF: United Working Families, Woodlawn
Please add your name and comment to the collective letter to Mayor Lightfoot drafted by anti-racist and immigrant rights groups from throughout the city. We will deliver your signature, your comment and the letter along with others who sign on.
By CTU Communications | November 11, 2022 | News
File under: displaced immigrants, immigrant rights, Sanctuary
Dear CTU family: It’s been a long struggle, but CPS has at last released letters to educators and families outlining sanctuary rights for our immigrant students. We fought for and won these basic protections in our 2019 contract, but CPS has dragged to deploy...By Linda Perales, Organizer | November 10, 2022 | Movement, News, Rights
File under: Bilingual Education, Sanctuary
Read updates on IEP Interpreter restrictions and on IEP Interpreter stipends from the 2021–22 school year. Read an update on donations for newcomer students and on the sanctuary letter that CPS finally released after three years of advocacy from CTU members and families.
By CTU Latinx Caucus | September 13, 2022 | News
File under: displaced immigrants, immigrant rights, Sanctuary
Sign onto our open letter to ask CPS, the mayor, school and district administrators, and teachers to make this moment count. Set it straight that Chicago is a city of immigrants, workers, teachers and students all working together for justice, peace and healing.
By Stacy Davis Gates, CTU President | September 5, 2022 | News
File under: Abbott, Sanctuary, Texas
We are now called upon again to do more as the 75 Central and South American migrants sent to Chicago by Texas governor Greg Abbott will need basic resources as they settle into life in our city.
By CTU Communications | September 22, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Contract, CTU, CTU-ACTS, immigrant rights, refugee, Sanctuary, Special Education, Strike
4:00 p.m., Monday., Sept. 23: Press conference Passages Charter School, 1643 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago While CEO rakes in quarter of a million dollar salary, management rejects sanctuary language for refugee and immigrant students, lowballs special ed and English...
By Rebecca Martínez, CTU Organizer | March 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
File under: Sanctuary
Three-Part Training Series April 9, May 8 & May 29. Advocate for immigrant students. Join the CTU Sanctuary in Schools Member Development Program.
By CTU Communications | June 19, 2017 | Immigration
File under: guest post, High School, Immigration, Racism, Sanctuary
Ed. Note: Today’s post comes to us from our allies at Logan Square Neighborhood Association, who have been working with young folks to build sanctuary schools that protect our students and their families. We’re excited to profile their work here. Students...
By CTU Communications | May 22, 2017 | Immigration, Justice
File under: Immigration, policing, Racism, Sanctuary, Trump
Ed. Note: Today’s post comes to us from our allies at Asian Americans Advancing Justice. We deeply appreciate their work and contribution to A Just Chicago. Special thanks to Tania Unzueta at Mijente for contributing to this report By: Vân Huynh, Asian Americans...