About

Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside (ONE Northside) is a community organization resulting from the merger of Lakeview Action Coalition and Organization of the Northeast. Together, ONE and LAC have a history of nearly 60 years of powerful and effective community organizing. ONE Northside started on July 1, 2013.

ONE Northside organizes people from over 100 institutions, as well as individual community residents, from Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Ravenswood, North Center, Lake View, and Lincoln Park.

Mission: ONE Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.

Vision: We envision a diverse, united North Side of Chicago acting powerfully for our shared values of racial, social, and economic justice in communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is an organization that brings people together based on our shared values:

  • We value diversity. We believe that we all benefit from the racial, ethnic, religious, economic, gender, sexual, and age diversity in our communities. That diversity will be represented in the organization and will make us more powerful and effective.

  • We value justice. We believe there is no equality without justice. When we speak about justice, we are talking about fair treatment of and access for all people regardless of race, gender identity, economic status, age, and sexual identity.

  • We value leadership development. We believe leaders are made, not born, and anyone is capable of becoming a leader. We believe that developing grassroots leadership is essential to building power and making positive change in our community.

  • We value people power. We believe power is simply the ability to act, and through organizing we bring people together and build collective power.

Our Board of Directors

Michael Aguhar (Individual Member) – Secretary

Lesley Showers (Institute Of Cultural Affairs)- Treasurer

Jessica Ames (Parent Mentors) – Co-president

Lamont Burnett (Individual Member)

Rev. Lindsey Joyce (United Church Of Rogers Park) – Co-president

Angie Lobo (Individual Member)

Veronica Nabor (Centro Romero)

Tedd Peso (The Night Ministry)

Mothership Baby Bubba (Individual Member)

Our Staff

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Jesse Hoyt

Executive Director
Hannah gelder

Hannah Gelder

Organizing Director
Ebony deberry

Ebony Deberry

Program Manager for Educational Initiatives
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Tajauna Biloche

Affordable Housing Organizer – SRO Committee
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Lilly Brown

Police Accountability Organizer

Ruth Campos

Ruth Campos

Environmental Justice Organizer

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Dordie Hester

Affordable Housing Organizer – Homes Guarantee Committee

Marie rowley

Marie Rowley

Communications and Grants Manager

Becky wanberg

Becky Wanberg

Operations Manager

Communities Partnering 4 Peace

Violence Prevention Program, Rogers Park & Uptown

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Darrell Dacres

CP4P Program Manager

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Zerell Davis

CP4P Program Supervisor

Danette bullard

Danette Bullard

CP4P Victims’ Advocate

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Rolando Cabrera

CP4P Outreach Worker

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Khalil Cromwell

CP4P Outreach Worker

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Isaac Dickson

CP4P Case Manager

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Deion Geiger

CP4P Outreach Worker

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Ledarrel Goss El

CP4P Outreach Worker
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Hyrin Owens

CP4P Case Manager

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