Who We Are
United Power For Action and Justice has been in existence for over 10 years, and has worked for health insurance for the uninsured, housing for poor and working families, immigrant rights, control of guns used in crimes, educational funding reform and other issues of concern to its members.
We have been on the forefront of uniting people of different races, creeds, economic background and geographical neighborhoods to work together for the common good. While United Power does not participate in partisan politics, it does take sides on controversial issues and attempts to hold politicians of all parties accountable to the people who elected them. Because of the current situation in Springfield, United Power has found it more and more difficult to get state officials to listen to the needs of the people and make the tough decisions necessary for a society in which “liberty and justice for all” is a reality.
We have therefore come to the conclusion that there is a need to look at the basic structure of how we do public business in this state and that the upcoming vote on whether or not to have a new constitutional convention offers a perfect opportunity to force this kind of discussion. Therefore, we are urging a “yes” vote on the constitutional convention on November 4, 2008, and if successful will work to elect independent citizen-delegates to the constitutional convention itself. convention could do