When the rally is over, it's time to dig in. This is how we fight:

Volunteering for GPAD is an Act of Resistance. At this breakfast, we are turbo-charging our volunteer efforts and launching our Candidate Petition Drive: Learn how to collect signatures to help candidates get on the ballot. AND!! Learn how you can help monitor how our local governments are dealing with massive federal cuts. You can count on Illinois having elections-- but we won't be able to vote for our candidates unless we help them collect enough signatures to get on the ballot. Join us at GPAD offices on Saturday, Aug. 9, for an al fresco breakfast, training on how to ask your friends and neighbors for signatures, and learn how you can join our new Board Watchers team. 

CANDIDATES WELCOME!!!! Candidates are more than welcome to attend and introduce yourselves to volunteers as we get Turbo-Charged to collect signatures!!

 Please sign up here: https://www.gpadems.org/2025_volunteer_breakfast_meeting_to_help_candidates

VOLUNTEERING WITH GPAD IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE.

Join us on August 2nd for this National Day of Action as communities across the country unite in a shared purpose: Rage Against the Regime.  Together we will transform anger into action, harnessing the energy of collective resistance. We are non-violent, but not passive. We stand strong, bold, and unyielding, showing the world the irresistible force of communities united against injustice. From every street and town, let resistance rise. Join us and take your stand. Alone we can be silenced. Together, we are unstoppable.  Sign up here: https://events.pol-rev.com/events/6c3e33a2-64f6-4a6a-8bae-c23e50293937

FOOD DRIVE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES: As we rally for a better America for all, we'll be collecting canned goods donations to deliver to Faith Feeds, a local food pantry in Palatine that serves low-income and immigrant families. We also will be collecting $10 gift cards from Aldi's, Walmart, or Jewel, which the pantry gives to clients so they can get smaller personal items. Please drop off your donations in the corner of the parking lot behind the Clock Tower Plaza-- we will have cars ready to accept donations.

Black beans (canned or dry)

Canned corn

Canned fruit

Small jars of peanut butter

Pasta

Cereal

Canned meat (chicken, beef, tuna or salmon)

Ground coffee

Bring your signs, your water bottle, and your sun screen.

We are fighting for a world of justice and dignity for all--a better future.

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re joining a national day of action to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.  From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on our civil and human rights. But we know the truth: in America, the power lies with the people, and we’re rising to prove it. To sign up please visit https://www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-actions/event/806512/.