Important Information Regarding Next Week's Chicago Elections
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Nick Lucas
Feb 19, 2019, 5:27:39 PM2/19/19
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Chicago elects a new mayor and city council on Tuesday, February 26th! This impacts our local food system: please read on for helpful election information and details. Most importantly: Vote! Check your registration status and see your options including registering on Election Day at your precinct polling place at: https://chicagoelections.com/en/register-to-vote-change-of-address.html
*Please note, as a 501c3 organization, AUA is non-partisan and does not endorse or lobby for candidates*
AUA was proud to collaborate with Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) and 20+ affiliate organizations to craft recommendations for Chicago's next mayor on issues including local food, clean energy, clean water, environmental justice, transportation, waste and more. See below for our specific local food recommendations, crafted by AUA, Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) and IEC, and see the full 2019 Chicago Environmental Mayor Report here: https://ilenviro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Environmental-Mayor-Report.pdf?x91378
Key Local Food Recommendations:
1) Adopt an appropriate business license for urban farm enterprises that allows them to execute their business and production plan to sell whole, unprocessed fruits and vegetables to their target markets, whether on-site or off-site to wholesale and retail customers
2) Restrict the definition of “weeds” to an accepted list of invasive and/or noxious plants
3) Increase land access for urban farmers, and create Urban Agricultural Areas
4) Implement the Good Food Purchasing Program
5) Ensure urban farmers have affordable, reliable access to water infrastructure.
As part of AUA's mission to promote a truly equitable food system through urban agriculture, we are also supporting the Vote Equity Project, led by Chicago United for Equity (CUE) and a diverse group of organizations with a deep commitment to racial equity. They developed a ballot based on 52,000 votes to identify racial equity reforms, which they then took to the candidates. They've just released their Voter Guide for Racial Equity, with responses from 7 mayoral candidates, a candidate for treasurer, and 65 candidates for City Council. See the full guide at https://www.voteequity.org/issues for details, including features like:
- Results Overview: Look for trends across the top 50 voted ideas.
- Issue Areas: Dive into one issue and see which aldermanic candidates across the city agree / disagree with you.
- Build My Ballot: Plug in your address to pull up all the candidates on your ballot, their positions on the Vote Equity questionnaire, their platform, endorsements, and the top 10 donors to their campaign.
- Join the Campaign: Join the in-person tour around the city in a youth-designed voter engagement bus! Download print copies to encourage friends and neighbors to vote.
*Please note, as a 501c3 organization, AUA is non-partisan and does not endorse or lobby for candidates*
AUA was proud to collaborate with Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) and 20+ affiliate organizations to craft recommendations for Chicago's next mayor on issues including local food, clean energy, clean water, environmental justice, transportation, waste and more. See below for our specific local food recommendations, crafted by AUA, Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) and IEC, and see the full 2019 Chicago Environmental Mayor Report here: https://ilenviro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Environmental-Mayor-Report.pdf?x91378
Key Local Food Recommendations:
1) Adopt an appropriate business license for urban farm enterprises that allows them to execute their business and production plan to sell whole, unprocessed fruits and vegetables to their target markets, whether on-site or off-site to wholesale and retail customers
2) Restrict the definition of “weeds” to an accepted list of invasive and/or noxious plants
3) Increase land access for urban farmers, and create Urban Agricultural Areas
4) Implement the Good Food Purchasing Program
5) Ensure urban farmers have affordable, reliable access to water infrastructure.
As part of AUA's mission to promote a truly equitable food system through urban agriculture, we are also supporting the Vote Equity Project, led by Chicago United for Equity (CUE) and a diverse group of organizations with a deep commitment to racial equity. They developed a ballot based on 52,000 votes to identify racial equity reforms, which they then took to the candidates. They've just released their Voter Guide for Racial Equity, with responses from 7 mayoral candidates, a candidate for treasurer, and 65 candidates for City Council. See the full guide at https://www.voteequity.org/issues for details, including features like:
- Results Overview: Look for trends across the top 50 voted ideas.
- Issue Areas: Dive into one issue and see which aldermanic candidates across the city agree / disagree with you.
- Build My Ballot: Plug in your address to pull up all the candidates on your ballot, their positions on the Vote Equity questionnaire, their platform, endorsements, and the top 10 donors to their campaign.
- Join the Campaign: Join the in-person tour around the city in a youth-designed voter engagement bus! Download print copies to encourage friends and neighbors to vote.
It takes a village - thank you for all that you do!
Nick Lucas
Programs Manager
Programs Manager
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
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