Sunjay for State Rep

I’m happy to share that our campaign has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood Illinois Action! Reproductive freedom is a personal topic for me. As State Representative, I will work to ensure the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare is affordable and accessible for all.

I am fighting to keep healthcare available and accessible to marginalized communities because no one deserves to be sacrificed. Now is the time to stand up for the rights of undocumented immigrants and the queer and trans communities, not back down to the Trump agenda.

Do you want to make Illinois a stronger progressive state where immigrants and LGBTQ+ communities thrive? Join us in Rogers Park to propel Sunjay Kumar to the state legislature! You’ll meet Sunjay and learn about our fight for a progressive future in Illinois. Sign up at bit.ly/power2sunjay !

We’re excited to endorse @sunjayforillinois.com for the Illinois State House D-13! A public servant and community leader, Sunjay is committed to strengthening local services, investing in infrastructure, and building safer, more inclusive neighborhoods.

I'm fighting for the people that make this neighborhood so great. We need stronger protections immigrants, LGBTQ+ folks and abortion access. We need better funding for housing, healthcare, public schools and public transit. And we can do that when corporations and billionaires pay their fair share.

2/3: We amplified the demands our siblings in Minnesota have made: for Target to protect their employees from being arrested and assaulted at work, and publicly call for ICE to leave our states. Target should know that there's a cost to supporting the MAGA regime.

1/3: Eight of our leaders and movement allies were arrested last night as nearly 100 of us gathered outside the West Loop Target to protest Target's support of ICE.

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Join us for a phone banking session tonight, or a canvassing session on Saturday!

More info here: bit.ly/sunjaycanvass

It's time for our elected officials in Illinois to show the same courage.

I have been on the ground since Trump was inaugurated last year, doing know your rights canvassing and rapid response work in our neighborhoods. Our community has shown up for each other in incredible, courageous ways, and I have never felt more proud to be a Chicagoan.

Any state or municipal police officer who collaborates must be immediately suspended without pay. And we must prosecute any federal agent that violates our neighbors' rights.

I know that we will continue to stand up against these violent fascists. I also know that we need our elected leaders to do more to keep all of us safe. In Illinois, our government must immediately ban any information sharing with DHS agencies.

As a queer person, I see my family in Renee Good's family. As a brown child of immigrants, I see my family in Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez's family. I know that when federal agents come after Chicago again, I and my neighbors will be in the same danger the people of Minneapolis are standing up to now.

Masked federal agents are kidnapping, trafficking, and abusing children. They are murdering community members in cold blood. They are doing so for explicitly white nationalist reasons under the direction of Stephen Miller. The federal government is perpetrating ethnic cleansing.

Warming shelters with extended hours are available at:
- Garfield Center at 10 S. Kedzie
- Chicago Police District buildings

CPL, Park District Buildings, and the North Area Community Service Center (845 West Wilson Avenue) are open during standard business hours.

A group of people sitting and waiting to hear from presenters about the proposed project.

Packed house tonight at the meeting about the proposal from Sarah's Circle for a “multi-building supportive housing campus that would anchor the block with a mix of deeply affordable apartments and on-site services for women at risk of homelessness.”

Also, use due care with space heaters and other risky heating methods:

The fire department reminds residents that they are required by ordinance to have working carbon monoxide detectors to protect against carbon monoxide leaks from a heating system.

As the extreme cold warning currently extends from 3am-noon, it should be noted that Truman College (near the Wilson Red Line station) is open at 8am, and is one of the earliest-available warming centers.

A map of warming centers is available here: data.cityofchicago.org/Health-Human...

This includes most libraries, park buildings, and senior centers.

Residents should call 3-1-1 for these needs:
- finding a warming center or shelter placement
- requesting a well-being check for a senior in the community
- requesting a well-being check for an unhoused neighbor
- reporting inadequate heat in a residential building

Hey. It's cold out there. Like, dangerously cold.

Make sure you know what resources are available in case you need to get warm!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Caleb Williams to DJ Moore in the snow, beautiful

Canvass season is in full swing! Join us this Saturday 1/17 at 1pm for our next canvass at Broadway Bikes. No experience necessary!

Sign up at bit.ly/sunjaycanvass

Graphic from Sunjay for Illinois and Asian American Midwest Progressives: PHONEBANK WITH AAMP! bit.ly/aampsignup Join us on THURSDAY (1/15) from 6-8PM on Zoom or at the AAMP Office for our phonebank launch party! Help us dial our neighbors in support of Sunjay for Illinois!

The weather this week has been pretty nice, but this Thursday is forecast to be below freezing all day.

What to do? Join us over Zoom for a phonebank session!

(In-person phonebanking is also available for our hardier neighbors)

Get deatils at: bit.ly/aampsignup

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I hope you all will join us this coming week to knock doors!

We're meeting at 1pm on Saturday (1/17) at Broadway Bikes in Uptown.

Sunjay Kumar (second from right) gives two thumbs up at the launch of the ONE People's Campaign doorknocking launch. A crowd around him holds signs reading "Sunjay for Illinois".

Sunjay Kumar (center in light-colored shirt) poses with a group at the doorknocking launch from Asian American Midwest Progressives. A crowd around him holds signs reading "Sunjay for Illinois".

Thank you everyone who came out Saturday!

We had 30+ people door-knocking from ONE People's Campaign and Asian American Midwest Progressives, talking to neighbors about our vision of an Illinois where all of our rights are protected and where billionaires and corporations pay their fair share.

I just walked by this yesterday when I was canvassing - it's pretty sweet! I'd love to see this attention to biker safety in other bike lanes.

This is an amazing win for the 40th Ward and our city. I'm excited to fight for this sort of infrastructure to be available all across the state 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

"They want us to scatter in fear, to give up hope, and to give up on each other. But we will hold more tightly to one another, plan more strategically, and care even more deeply...We will be a reminder of what people can do when they refuse to give up, and when they refuse to give up on each other."

Community members in a dark park hold up lit signs that read Resist ICE

Community members in a dark park hold up candles to commemorate Renee Nicole Good and all of our community members who have lost their lives or loved ones to immigration enforcement

‪Grateful to the 40th Ward Neighbors and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @catsharpforcook.bsky.social and @andrefor40th.bsky.social among others for speaking at the vigil this evening.

We will not be silent. We will keep caring for each other and fighting back against this fascist violence together.