The wage gap feeds the wealth gap which transfers from generation to generation #standingtogether

Parental incarceration is a shared sentence with the children, the family, the community #StandingTogether

The majority of women in correctional institutions are mothers, are promises caregivers, are primary bread winners #StandingTogether

Correctional institutions are the not the correct place for healing, addressing trauma, supporting families, building pathways to opportunities #StandingTogether

Mayor Lightfoot speaking truth today about why we must and can end poverty, and that we all need to STEP UP. Chicagoans deserve and need a Renaissance. #ChiSTEPSummit

"People should be able to survive with joy". Joy matters. Sit with that #ChiSTEPSummit

Thank you for your authentic driven commitment to this

"The more we criminalize poverty the less we can invest in helping people get out of it." #ChiSTEPSummit

So I think @chicagosmayor should get a lot of credit for hosting a summit that centers the roles of racism white privilege the criminalization of poverty and the direct support of government in all of it. Most wouldn’t/haven’t and won’t #ChiSTEPSummit #bearingwitness

Imagine investing in a basic income for folks in poverty in Chicago. The most elegant of solutions: Give people money. #ChiSTEPSummit

Heaps more data on poverty and well-being across Chicago: heartlandalliance.org/illinois-pover… #ChiSTEPSummit

Jocelyn Fontaine describing how ending poverty requires Criminal justice reform #ChiSTEPSummit

"Let's remove hassle factors for folks." Low hanging fruit: remove administrative barriers to getting and keeping supports like SNAP, TANF, child care, and Medicaid. Just do it. #ChiSTEPSummit

Dr Michael McAfee "This summit is a beautiful expression of radical imagination. It is centering on the 500,000 people." Think about what Chicago can do. Be radical. #ChiSTEPSummit

Dr. McAfee "Have the audacity to manifest the power to make it happen." Policy change doesn't happen from the benevolence of the statehouse. It's because we demand it. #ChiSTEPSummit

The mayor had set the table. How will we honor this? #ChiSTEPSummit

Thanks Dan Lurie for giving us policy solutions to grab on to: eliminating fines and fees, increasing affordability of housing, and helping families get crucial income supports like the Earned Income Tax Credits.#ChiSTEPSummit

A city financial empowerment agenda to build wealth. Close that racial wealth gap and break the cycle of poverty. Not a day too soon. #ChiSTEPSummit