Live Free Illinois comes to Oak Park in search of equity
A year and a half after stepping down from that position in 2021, Taylor became the donor organizer for an organization called Live Free Illinois(LFI), which was founded by Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain in 2017. Taylor had worked with a nonprofit called United Power for Action and Justice for most of his almost two-decade-long ministry at Unity Temple and respected the work they were doing. “Live Free,” he explained, “uses a similar model to organizing as United Power, an approach which is based on Saul Alinsky’s methods to build power through expanding networks.“I would characteri...
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