Vision Morton Grove

Sustainability Action Group Meeting - CANCELED
2021-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for the April meeting of the Sustainability Action Group. Meetings are currently held via Zoom and open to all.

Earth Day Clean Up
2021-04-25 10:00 - 13:30
To Celebrate and recognize Earth Day, Vision Morton Grove’s Sustainability Action Group is having an action Clean Up Day. Join us on Sunday, April 25th to meet other eco-minded neighbors, grab some treats and take home some native plant cuttings. This is a fun-for-all-ages event – ask your friends and family to join you. All are welcome!Suggested clean up time 10 am – 12 pmWhere: Forest preserve, park, your street – anywhere that could use a clean up in Morton Grove – you pick! Waste drop off at Gia Schultz’s house 12 pm – 1:30 pm for physically distanced socializing, native plant cutting and milkweed seed pick up. Gia’s house: 6411 Elm Street (@Lehigh) – Look for the rainbow flagPlease wear masks and physically distance. All waste should be dropped off no later than 8 pm on April 25 in the marked truck.

Sustainability Action Group Meeting - CANCELED
2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for the March meeting of the Sustainability Action Group. All meetings are currently held via Zoom and open to all.

Vision Morton Grove Zoom Meeting
2021-03-21 13:00 - 14:30
Register here for this meeting now or at any time before the meeting begins.

At this meeting, we’ll have a Q&A session with Village Trustee Connie Travis who is running in an uncontested race for another 4-year term. We’ll pose questions related to the VMG platform that are based on input we received from participants at our January meeting.

We’ll then have small group discussions to talk about the Q&A with Trustee Travis and to get input about follow up questions you have for village officials and Mayor DiMaria who is also running in an uncontested race for another 4-year term. We invited him to join us for a live Q&A session, but he was unavailable to attend our February or March VMG meetings. He asked that we email him with questions or that residents email or speak with him directly for any issues.

Finally, we’ll give information and updates about the upcoming local election on April 6th.

Soon after you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Abby Mills that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You may not receive any reminder emails so please save that email. If you lose it, you can register again at any time to get another link to join the meeting.

Sustainability Action Group Zoom Meeting
2021-02-25 19:00 - 20:00
We will be discussing actions, activities, and education to plan the next year of work for the group. There will also be a presentation on native plants. Please register here for this meeting.

Vision Morton Grove Zoom Meeting
2021-02-21 13:00 - 14:30
Register here for our next full Vision Morton Grove Zoom meeting on Sunday, February 21st from 1:00 – 2:30 PM.

We’ll have a Q&A session with Village Trustee Bill Grear who is running in an uncontested race for another 4-year term. We’ll pose questions related to the VMG platform that are based on input we received from participants at our January meeting.

We’ll then have small group discussions to get your input about questions that we’ll email to Mayor DiMaria who is also running in an uncontested race for another 4-year term. We invited him to join us for a live Q&A session, but he’s unavailable to attend our February or March VMG meetings. He asked that we email him with questions or that residents can email or speak with him directly for any issues.

Finally, we’ll give updates on VMG’s Sustainability Action Group and upcoming local school board elections.

Soon after you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Ted Smukler that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You won’t receive any reminder emails so please save that email. If you lose it, you can register again at any time to get another link to join the meeting.

Vision Morton Grove Zoom Meeting
2021-01-10 13:00 - 14:30
At this meeting you’ll find out who’s running in the April election for Mayor and Trustees in Morton Grove and we’ll give an overview of how our local government is structured. You can help us plan questions, especially those related to our platform, that we can ask the candidates we’ll invite to future meetings.

We’ll also give updates on the ENRC & sustainability plan and on our request for a full-time social worker for the Police Department. Finally, you’ll learn about Vision Morton Grove’s two new groups and how you can get involved – the Sustainability Action Group and the Morton Grove chapter of The Justice Project. The Sustainability Action Group will focus on environmental justice and sustainability work in Morton Grove. The Justice Project is a grassroots social justice movement to inspire communities in the northern suburbs and beyond to be welcoming, inclusive and diverse.

REGISTER HERE for our January 10th meeting now or at any time before the meeting begins. Soon after you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Ted Smukler that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You won’t receive any reminder emails so please save that email. If you lose it, you can register again at any time to get another link to join the meeting.

Vision Morton Grove Zoom Meeting - Follow up actions for environmental sustainability and racial equity in Morton Grove
2020-11-22 13:00 - 14:30
Thanks to everyone who signed and got others to sign our 2 online petitions. We ended up with 103 resident’s signatures for our request to improve and fund the Morton Grove Sustainability Plan and 112 for our request that the Village provide a full-time social worker for the Morton Grove Police Department! We presented these to the Village President and Board of Trustees and to the Environment & Natural Resources Commission. Now we need your help to make sure the Village follows through on both of these requests before the 2021 budget and the Sustainability Plan are finalized soon. We’ll give you an update and tell you how you can help at this meeting. You’ll also learn about these local groups that Vision Morton Grove will be working with and ways you can get involved:

Go Green Illinois which supports the establishment of environmental groups in every community in the northern suburbs;The Justice Project, a grassroots social justice movement to inspire communities in the northern suburbs and beyond to be welcoming, inclusive and diverse;Our continued affiliation with The People’s Lobby and their upcoming lobby day in support of the Pretrial Fairness Act which would reform the justice system for people awaiting trial and end the use of money bond.REGISTER HERE for the November 22nd meeting now or at any time before the meeting begins. Soon after you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Ted Smukler that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You won’t receive any reminder emails so please save that email. If you lose it, you can register again at any time to get another link to join the meeting.

Zoom Meeting - Take Action for Environmental Sustainability and Racial Equity in Morton Grove
2020-10-25 13:00 - 14:30
At this meeting, you’ll learn about the Village’s newly formed Environment & Natural Resources Commission, the Draft Sustainability Plan that the commissioners are reviewing and will be finalizing, and ways that you and other residents can participate in this process. Resident input and participation is very much needed to ensure that this process is transparent and to ensure that the final plan reflects the views of the entire Morton Grove community.

We’ll also be giving an update about the work of the 3 Vision Morton Grove racial equity working groups: 1) Anti-racism initiative team; 2) Police reform team; & 3) School district letter writing team. You’ll learn about actions that you and other residents can take to support the important work of these 3 groups.

REGISTER HERE for this meeting now or at any time before the meeting begins. Soon after you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email from Ted Smukler that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You won’t receive any reminder emails so please save that email. If you lose it, you can register again at any time to get another link to join the meeting.

Please join the meeting by 12:50 PM so we can begin the meeting at 1:00 PM.

Virtual Meeting – Following up to stand up for racial equity in Morton Grove
2020-09-13 13:00 - 14:30
Register here for this meeting now or at any time before the meeting begins. When you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email that includes details and a link you’ll use to join the meeting.At the meeting, we’ll follow up on our last meeting that focused on standing up for racial equity in Morton Grove. We’ll hear from the 3 working groups that were formed at that meeting: 1) Anti-racism initiative team; 2) Police research and action team; & 3) School district letter writing team. They’ll tell us about the work they’ve been doing and actions we can all take in our community to support the work that will continue. There will be time for attendees to participate and ask questions.We hope you’ll join us and invite others to take part in this important work.

Virtual Meeting - Stand up for racial equity in Morton Grove
2020-06-28 13:30 - 15:00
REGISTER HERE and join us for this important Vision Morton Grove online meeting. When you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email that includes a link you’ll use to join the meeting. You’ll be able to access the meeting on a computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone. Please join the meeting by 1:20 PM so we can begin the meeting at 1:30 PM.

With the events that have taken place over the past month, this meeting will focus on racial injustice and how we can all stand up for racial equity.

Our agenda will include the following:

1) Small group discussions about participating in a movement for black lives and consequences of maintaining white privilege.

2) Presentations from two guest speakers and Q&A. We’re excited to have Samina Hussain and Jill Manrique who will share their experiences dealing with diversity and racism in our school districts from their unique perspectives. We’re eager to hear them explain the changes they’ve tried to implement, and how we can take action to move the needle with regard to systemic racism.

Samina Hussain is the Executive Assistant for Community Relations for Niles Township High Schools District 219 and has served on the Board of Education Member for Golf School District 67 since 2007. She also served on the Village of Morton Grove Community Relations Commission for 10 years and on the Election Committee for the Muslim Community Center for the past four years.

Jill Manrique is Vice President on the Board of Education for Niles Township High Schools District 219. She’s made her career in the nonprofit world, working for organizations like The Rotary Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois, and now Open Communities. Her mission-driven career has had her advocating and fundraising for international causes that are concerns for us all, like nature, education, and fair housing.

3) Call to action. We’ll present specific options you can get involved in to take action in our community.

2020-05-31 13:30 - 15:00
Vision Morton Grove Virtual Meeting

Community Virtual Meeting
2020-04-26 13:30 - 15:00
We’ll start off in small group break-outs to find out how we’re all coping and being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll then present the finalized Vision Morton Grove 2020-2021 platform which is the product of community input. The bulk of the meeting will be about building local power, running for office or helping a campaign as we look forward to the 2021 local election. We’re very excited to have two guest speakers, Atour Sargon & Ben Head. Atour Sargon was elected in 2019 to Lincolnwood’s Board of Trustees running on a platform of diversity, accountability and transparency. She’ll tell us why she decided to run for local office and how she won. Ben Head is a political consultant, community organizer and campaign manager experienced in local and congressional politics. He’ll talk about the nuts and bolts of running for office. There will be time for Q&A with both speakers. For security reasons, you need to register in advance for the meeting. To do so, please go to the Contact Us page to send us a message and we’ll email you with details.

Vision Morton Grove Meeting
2020-01-26 13:30 - 15:00 | St Martha’s Church – Café, 8523 Georgiana Ave, Morton Grove, IL, 60053, United States
Join us at our first meeting of the new year on Sunday, January 26th from 1:30 –3:00 PM.
We’ll give an update on the Village’s actions to date in response to our demands that they:

Create a sustainability plan for the Village
Provide compost services for residents
Change the Village Code banning milkweed.

We’ll also discuss priorities for Vision Morton Grove for 2020 and beyond. We want your input on improvements and changes you’d like to see in our Village and from our Village’s elected officials.
We’ll meet at St Martha’s Church Cafe, 8523 Georgiana Ave, Morton Grove. Please join us and invite others. All are welcome.

Vision Morton Grove - All Group Meeting
2019-11-10 13:30 - 15:00 | St Martha’s Church – Café, 8523 Georgiana Ave, Morton Grove, IL, 60053, United States
Join us for the November Vision Morton Grove meeting. All are welcome.

Village Board of Trustees Meeting
2019-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Village Hall, 6101 Capulina Ave, Morton Grove, IL, 60053, United States
The October Village Board of Trustees Meeting will be held October 28, 2019 at 7 pm at Village Hall.

Please join Vision Morton Grove for the meeting and to show support for asking the board to take action on climate crisis now. The three asks:

Join the Metropolitan Mayors Greenest Region Compact and Create a Sustainability Plan for Morton Grove
Create a Community-wide Composting Program
Give Pollinators a Break – Amend Morton Grove Municipal Code 8-3-1

During the public comments section of the board meeting members from Vision Morton Grove will be presenting the three asks and voicing concerns and support for working on environmental issues at the village level. Please join us to share your voice and to help support environmental justice in Morton Grove.

If you would like to make a public comment please arrive by 6:45 pm and fill out the speakers form located at the back of the meeting room, just inside the door.
