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MTO Sponsors Water at Risk: A Tribal Leaders’ Perspective
MTO Sponsors Water at Risk: A Tribal Leaders’ Perspective
July 31, 2017 – 9:14 AM | No Comment

The Metropolitan Tenants Organization is co-sponsoring “Water at Risk”, a program highlighting the Standing Rock Sioux and Menominee Tribes’ campaigns to protect their tribes’ water resources. Several people have asked why would MTO, a housing …

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MTO Sponsors Water at Risk: A Tribal Leaders’ Perspective MTO Sponsors Water at Risk: A Tribal Leaders’ Perspective

The Metropolitan Tenants Organization is co-sponsoring “Water at Risk”, a program highlighting the Standing Rock Sioux and Menominee Tribes’ campaigns to protect their tribes’ water resources. Several people have asked why would MTO, a housing …

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Just recently, Shondra was walking from work when she passed a rally a couple blocks from her home in Pilsen. She stopped and listened to a neighbor tell how his landlord had just given everyone in the building …

Strike! MTO’s Annual Bowl-A-Thon Strike! MTO’s Annual Bowl-A-Thon

Saturday, August 19th, 2017, 3PM-6PM
Diversey River Bowl, 2211 Diversey, Chicago IL

Each year MTO sponsors a bowling tournament to raise funds to support our mission to educate, organize and empower tenants to have a voice …

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MTO 2017 Annual Meeting MTO 2017 Annual Meeting

MTO’s Annual Meeting

 

Saturday, May 20th, 2017

9:30am – 12:00pm 
77 W. Washington

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 Please RSVP by May 15th!
Agenda to follow. Membership must be current.
CLICK HERE 
to renew your membership!
 
To RSVP, or if you have questions about your membership status, please contact …

Pilsen Tenants Fight Back Against Mass Eviction Pilsen Tenants Fight Back Against Mass Eviction

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TAKE ACTION: Show your support for two important housing initiatives! TAKE ACTION: Show your support for two important housing initiatives!

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The question is, how do we become better allies? The question is, how do we become better allies?

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