Further Funding for the Mother Jones Statue in Chicago
The Mother Jones Statue campaign announced on June 19 last that it has received a further $250,000 funding for the statue project at the Water Tower in Chicago.
The years of work the Chicago Committee has invested in planning for a Mother Jones statue is getting closer to fruition and the Cork born labour and union organiser will soon grace the Chicago skyline.
It is particularly rewarding that this is part of a package in support of multiple projects of underrepresented peoples projects. The Mellon Foundation announced a grant of $6.8 million to The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) to support the Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) and citywide community-generated commemorative initiatives and installations.
The Mellon Foundation grant, in coordination with the Monuments Project, is part of a recent expansion of the Mother Jones project from the original plan. This is now a landmark project that will result in a much bigger impact.
The Mother Jones Monument project committee has now raised about $160,000 dollars and still needs about $40,000. The committee wishes to raise further funding to fulfil its share of the costs of this magnificent project, some $200,000 and continues to seek donations, including from Ireland. Congratulations to all for the hard work in organising the Mother Jones statue project from a dream to a reality.
For further information visit www.motherjonesmuseum.org
Please see link below to listen to a recent reference by the Irish Ambassador to the United States, Geraldine Byrne Nason to Mother Jones.
Please make it a point to include Chicago Building Tradeswomen as a part of the Mother Jones Sculpture installation. Helen Odel- Rameriez was in communication with this in mind. Please honor her wishes.
Journeyman Carpenter
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Tamera Guilinger