Pilsen Alliance Chicago - United Building Community Power

By the time Daniel Solis was appointed to be alderman of the 25th Ward in 1996, he had a long track record in developing the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) during the 1980’s through protests demanding city services. Having stayed an arms length from Harold Washington, Solis had a close relationship with Mayor Richard M. Daley […]

Posted: July 16, 2018 Pilsen Alliance Community  Organizer Summary Pilsen Alliance is a grassroots community organization with 20 years of advocacy work in the Pilsen community and across the Chicagoland area. This community organizing position does not require formal training but it does require some organizing experience and passion for social justice advocacy work. The […]

  By Patrick Butler Careful development of the plan-ned El Paseo bike path and existing community garden and their relation to the overall preservation of what is left of affordable housing were among the concerns voiced at a recent Pilsen Alliance meeting. Preserving a family friendly, working class haven took center stage at the two-and-a-half-hour […]

Dear Pilsen neighbor, I hope this letter finds you well. As you are undoubtedly aware, regardless if you are a tenant or a landlord, a new or long-term resident, housing costs in Chicago have skyrocketed in Pilsen and across the city. Housing costs have been increasing unabated for nearly a decade. During this same time period, approximately ten thousand Pilsen residents […]

By Patrick Butler Members of the Pilsen Alliance and other community groups fighting to lift the ban on rent controls in Chicago celebrated long into the night at Simone’s Bar and Grill, 960 W. 18th St., on March 20. Their months of efforts to put an advisory referendum on the March 20 ballot calling for […]