<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Clark Craig <ccraig@progresscil.org><br><b>Date:</b> September 9, 2024 at 7:00:36 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> Clark Craig <ccraig@progresscil.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>WE NEED YOUR HELP! It is critical that we keep putting pressure on Illinois State Senator's and specifically Senate President Don Harmon to support and respect people in nursing homes by agreeing to support SB3559....</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-351264053382063317m_-8205747131436861432gmail-docs-internal-guid-aa51a43e-7fff-8083-492d-ff695d3dd4f1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">WE NEED YOUR HELP! </span></p><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div>OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TRAPPED IN NURSING HOMES NEED YOUR HELP!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As we get closer to the Fall Veto Session in Illinois, it is critical that we keep putting pressure on Illinois State Senator's and specifically Senate President Don Harmon to support and respect people in nursing homes by supporting Senate Bill 3559.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This bill, if passed into law, will help residents fight back when they are illegally punished for speaking up about abuse in nursing-homes.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Right now, it is very hard for residents to fight back against illegal retaliation because residents have very little power compared to nursing home owners and administrators</span></p><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div>Nursing-homes must be held accountable for their actions, the same way the other businesses our held accountable for their actions.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span> <br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You can help SB3559 to pass and become law by following this link now and sending an email letter to your State Senator and to Senate President Don Harmon (if different). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Anti-retaliation action letter to Harmon etc</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent-stand-with-nursing-home-residents-not-owners-sb-3559?source=direct_link&referrer=group-institutional-rescue-and-recovery-coalition" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent-stand-with-nursing-home-residents-not-owners-sb-3559?source=direct_link&referrer=group-institutional-rescue-and-recovery-coalition</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you have, or anyone you know has, already sent a letter… please do so again.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Veto Session is very short and quick, just six days in November (12-14 & 19-21) so we need to continue building pressure NOW before it’s too late!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please share this message with your friends, family and colleagues and ask them each (verbally) to follow your lead by sending a letter themselves.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For you to ask each person individually and to help them if needed, will make a BIG difference.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Current sponsors of SB3559, include...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Senate Sponsors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3254" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Lakesia Collins</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3177" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Karina Villa</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3206" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Javier L. Cervantes</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3197" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Doris Turner</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> - </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3214" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Rachel Ventura</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3208" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Mike Porfirio</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3196" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Mike Simmons</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3168" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Sara Feigenholtz</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3221" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Paul Faraci</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3209" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Willie Preston</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3213" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Michael W. Halpin</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3063" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Bill Cunningham</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3064" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Napoleon Harris, III</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3096" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Laura M. Murphy</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3067" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Julie A. Morrison</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3132" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Robert Peters</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and </span><a href="https://ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3127" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Laura</span></a></p><br></span><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thank you!</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">― Nelson Mandela</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” </span><br></div><div><font color="#222222">― Abraham Lincoln</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222">Clark A. Craig - Community Organizer</font></div><div><font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">(member of and active participant in </font><font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Institutional Rescue & Recovery Coalition [IRRC]</font><font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Saving Institutional Lives via Emergency Relocation [The </font><font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">SILVER Project], Chicago ADAPT</font><font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Alliance for Community Services, United Power for Action and Justice, Patient Rights Action Fund [PRAF</font><font color="#222222">], Disability Lead [formerly: Advancing Leadership])</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222">Progress Center for Independent Living</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222">7521 Madison St., Forest Park, IL 60130 </font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222">Direct Voice #: (708) 435-4676 Fax: (708) 209-1735 </font>Email: Clark Craig <<a href="mailto:ccraig@progresscil.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ccraig@progresscil.org</a>> </div><div><font color="#222222">Linked: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-craig-3a249a15" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/clark-craig-3a249a15</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222">Web: <a href="http://www.progresscil.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.progresscil.org</a> </font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#222222">Please visit Progress Center for Independent Living on Facebook: <a href="http://www.Facebook.com/www.progresscil.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com/www.progresscil.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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