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#GetItInWriting Series's Obama Library CBA Summit

The Obama Library will be built in Jackson Park, they plan to close Cornell Drive, displace sports fields, build a new luxury hotel and restaurants, and more. Thousands of construction and permanent jobs will be created by the Obama library and surrounding developments.

BUT WHO WILL GET THESE JOBS?

WILL RISING PROPERTY TAXES AND NEW LUXURY CONDOS PUSH LOW INCOME, AND MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTS OUT?

WILL ROADS BE CLOSED WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT?

HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS?

At the Summit we will come together to call for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) to ensure that local residents get the jobs and contracts, that low income and affordable housing is preserved and expanded, that there is community input, and monitoring and more. We don’t trust the politics of this city, that is why we need to #GetItInWriting, we need a CBA.

this event is organized by the Obama Library South Side CBA Coalition, our members and allies include:
Bronzeville Regional Collective | Kenwood Oakland Community Organization | Prayer and Action Collective | Southside Together Organizing for Power I Alliance of the Southeast | Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights | Chicago Women in Trades | Chicago Jobs Council I Jackson Park Watch | Metropolitan Tenants Organization | The Voorhees Center | The Wolfpack | Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors

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