Since 2008 the Association of Block Clubs has forged community driven relationships to act as one voice of residents, block clubs, community organizations, and businesses. We rely on community leaders to help advance ABC's purposes of building, strengthening, and protecting our communities by utilizing effective communication tools to raise social awareness and increase community involvement.
ABC is a direct action organization and we encourage everyone to become an advocate for community. We identify, train, and support leaders who want to make a difference in the world around them. You can help your community by volunteering, starting or joining a local community group, taking a workshop, advocating for change, or participaticipating in a direct action.
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Direct Action Campaigns
Everyday is a day to action, advocate for community, and to make a difference in the world around you. There are so many different ways to make you neighborhood more beautiful and it usually starts by simply reaching out to a neighbor. Enjoy ABC's snapshot of campaigns our community advocates support.
ABC Alert
Stay Connected With Community!
ABC Alert is a communications network for block clubs and community organizations. We employ an automated message notification service to send community reports via phone, text messaging, and email that mobilze neighbors to take action.
ABC Community Builders
Building Community One Neighbor at a Time.
Volunteer Today
ABC Community Builders advocate for community by through volunteer work. Help build a playlot, serve food at a local pantry, or plant a community garden. Become a Community Builder today
ABC Community Action Network
Adding Our Voices
Multiplying Our Choices!
Electd offials make hundreds of decisions everyday that impact our lives. Our Community Action Network are citizens that hlp advocate for our choices through canvassing, signing petitions, and participating in direct action.
Tax the 1%
House the 99%
Rebuild Our Communities
Liberate the South Side is a group of concerend citizens who are working together to hold Wall Street Accountable to the needs of our communities.
No More Gallons
Gallons of Grief
Stop Flooding Our Homes
Homes on the South Side of Chicago and in the South Suburbs have been inundated with sewage water back up for the past 20 years. As property values decline taxes contiune to rise. Stand up and Say Stop Flooding Our Homes
Move Our Money
STOP FORECLOSURES
SAY NO TO BIG BONUSES
Banks Got Bailed Out
We Got Sold Out
Why Move Your Accounts:
ABC Alert Service
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Community advocates report vital information such as crime alerts, city counsel reports, and community resources to group members and neighborhood residents.
ABC Alert allows advocates to pool and garner informational resources as it relates to their geographical communities.
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FAQ's...
What is ABC Alert?
ABC alert is an automated message alert service provided by the Association of Block Clubs
How much does it cost?
A one year subscription to ABC Alert is only $20. That is less than $2.00 per month to receive vital information about your community
What is included in my one year subscription?
You will receive weekly phone and e-mail alerts about crime updates, local meetings, and much more. Subscribers also get a monthly copy of our newsletter.
How can I sign up for a one year subscription?
Sign up at our next ABC Community Coalition Meeting or call 773.359.6692 for more information.
Contact Us
ABC Community Builders and Action Network Members work hand in hand. We will call or email you when there is a volunteer opportunity or a chance that we need you to add your voice to issues that impact our community. Its absolutely Free to become a Community Builder or Action Network Team Member.
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Please be sure to contact us toll free 877.32.CLUBS
Who can be an ABC Community Builder?
Everyone can be an ABC Community Builder. If you are interested in volunteer opportunities in you neighborhood please be sure to call us at 773.359.6692
Who can be a Community Action Network Member?
Anyone can be a Community Action Network Member. We need everyone to be aware of what decisions impact our lives and we should have a voice in those decisions.
It is absolutely free to become An ABC Community Action Network Member or Community Builder. It doesn't cost a thing to advocate for community.
Campaign Goals
Contact Elected Officials
Chat With Friends
Contact Your Alderman
Taliking Points
Chicago Residents to Find Your Alderman Call 311
Wall Street and Big Banks have taken more than $3.9 Trillion of our tax money to save their companies and to stimulate the economy, but have failed to pass the benefits on to our communities.
In 2010, big banks made $143 Billion in bonuses and compensation which could have helped with real economic recovery for the 99% in this country including:
Helpful Links
Watch the Video
This page has a number of links to organizations that support a divestment campaign of moving your accounts from big banks into community banks or credit uniions...
Contact President Obama
White House 202.456.1111 O bama for America 312.698.3670
Contact Lisa Madigan or Your State's Attorney General
State of IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan 312.813.3000
Dozens Protest CME Group
A single-mother of four, welding student, and talented artist calls a liberated vacant house "home," in the South Side's Calumet Heights Community.
After losing her children's father tragically and economic bust after the banking crisis, Tene has worked more than two jobs simultaneously to support her family.
Struggling to find gainful employment and stay in school, she moved back to her childhood home with her sister and parents only to find they too were battling eviction due to threats of foreclosure.
Liberate the South Side(LSS), a grassroots group of South Side residents, launched their Home Liberation Project to occupy vacant bank-owned homes. Their purpose is to "Liberate the South Side is a group of concerned South Side and South Suburban residents, who are working together to hold Wall Street accountable to the needs of our communities. The group’s Home Liberation Project aims to re-occupy vacant, foreclosed homes," according to their blog. The LSS project gave the single mother a second chance.
"The banks were bailed out and given a second chance. I believe that working families should be given a second chance as well, to have gainful employment and affordable housing. I want to say thank you to everyone for giving me and my family this chance," humbly states Tene.
Neighbors welcomed the new family with open arms and baring house-warming gifts. One neighbor is quoted saying, "the true gift is having one less boarded up home in the community." Read more at the IIRON Blog
LSS is seeking community leaders to be a part of their Eviction Defense Team please contact Shani at 773.359.6692 for more information.
I Believe in Paying My Own Way
coming soon
LSS An Occupation to Call Home
Liberate the South Side, a group of concerned citizens and clergy leaders, liberated a home in the Calumet Heights Community. Read more and learn how to fight big banks & vacant properties...
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No Sweetheart Deals
Make Wall Street Pay, a coalition campaign demands Lisa Madigan not sign sweetheart deal with big banks that would absolve them of frudenlent activities that crashed US economy. Read more...
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Don't Flush Our Communities
Community leaders, tax-payers, and Chicago Public School parents demand Chicago Merchantile Exchange return $109 Million of tax-payers money for schools, jobs, and to rebuild communities....
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Community Round Table
You can advocate for your community by inviting neighbors to break bread together and discuss how you can work collectively to address issues that impact your neighborhood.
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Host a State of the Community Address
You can advocate for you community by hosting a State of the Community Address. Invite your elected officials or school board to speak how national events are link to your community.
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Launch a Buy Local Campaign
Be sure to advocate for community by launching a Buy Local Campaign which will drive the local economy and increase the tax base in your community.
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Rainbow Beach Dunes Stewardship Day
Help the unique and young natural dune habitat and ecosystem of the Rainbow Beach thrive by volunteering from 9am - 11am contact Alison Anastasio at 773.718.0698
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Association of Block Clubs
Email: leaders_realcommunitiestalk.com
Phone: 877.322.5827
Calumet Heights
Chicago, IL 60619
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