Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP)

STOP is a community organization that builds the capacity and power of residents on the Southside of Chicago to impact the forces and decisions that affect our lives. We fight for our Human Rights to racial and economic justice by organizing, facilitating political education, and developing leadership amongst the people most affected by issues such as gentrification, displacement, health cuts, and youth incarceration.

1. The people most affected by oppression need to be at the forefront of the fights for racial and economic justice and human rights.

2. Grassroots organizing combining base-building and political education are essential to building a strong movement from the bottom up

3. Land should be for community - not for profit - people have a right to stay in neighborhoods and not be displaced for greed and speculation