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“I urge other community leaders,
elected officials, and business
leaders to sign the Health Care
Justice Protocol for Agreement.
Together we are very a powerful voice.”
Idida Perez, Executive Director
West Town Leadership
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Albany
Park Neighborhood Council
Association of Communities for Reform Now (ACORN)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago Workers’ Rights Board
Coalition of Asian, African, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAELII)
Community Health Benefits Task Force
U.S. Representative Danny Davis
(D-IL)
Erie Neighborhood House
Gamaliel Foundation African American
Leadership Commission
Gamaliel Foundation-Metro Equity
Department
U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez
(D-IL)
HIV/AIDS Response Team
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and
Refugee Rights
Jobs with Justice
Kenwood Oakland Community
Organization
Lakeview Action Coalition
Logan Square Neighborhood
Association
Metropolitan Alliance of
Congregations-South
Metropolitan Alliance of
Congregations-West
Morise Organization
Northwest
Neighborhood Federation
Northwest Community Health Benefits Task Force
Dr. Quentin Young, Physicians for a National
Health Plan
POWER-Policy Action Council
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., President, Rainbow PUSH
U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
South Austin Community Coalition
Council
South Suburban Action Coalition
TARGET Area Development Corporation
Trinity United Church of Christ
West Town Leadership United
Click here
to electronically sign and show support for
the Protocol for Agreement. |
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Over the last few
years, a stark contradiction has been exposed
between Advocate Health Care’s business
practices and its faith-based mission. As a
nonprofit, charitable organization, and in
accordance with its mission and values, Advocate
must consider not only its financial objectives,
but the needs of those who are most vulnerable
and powerless.
Over the last year, churches proclaimed
Hospital Jubilee, calling on Advocate Health
Care to restore right relationships with its
patients, the community, and caregivers. The
culmination of Hospital Jubilee has brought
patients, workers, and community groups together
with UCC and ELCA church members, jointly asking
for health care justice to be met.
The Protocol for
Agreement is based on four
principles—reflective of UCC and ELCA scriptural teaching that would serve as a platform to
restore justice at Advocate Health Care. They
include: the
responsibility to provide community benefits,
patients’ rights to
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