We have gathered support from a wide variety of area business, faith-based, labor, advocacy and community organizations and leadership. The following includes our current list of supporters that is growing every day.

Local Business Groups

Calumet Area Industrial Commission
Chatham Business Association – Chaired by William Garth, Publisher of the Citizen newspapers
East Side Chamber of Commerce
Hegewisch Chamber of Commerce
South Chicago Chamber
Southeast Chicago Chamber
South shore Chamber of Commerce
Black Inventors & Entrepreneurs

Trade, Environmental and Labor Groups

Illinois AFL-CIO
Chicago & Cook County Building Trades Council
Hispanic American Construction Industry Association
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Community Trades pre-Apprenticeship Project

Local Trade Unions

Bricklayers Local 21
Boilermakers Local 1
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters
Cement Finishers Local 502
Ceramic Tile & Terrazzo Local 21
Electrical Workers Local 134
Elevator Constructors Local 2
Glaziers Local 27
Heat & Frost Insulators Local 17
Iron Workers District Council
Iron Workers Local 1
Iron Workers Local 63
Iron Workers Local 136
Laborers District Council
Machinists Local 126
Operating Engineers Local 150
Painters District Council #14
Pipefitters Local 597
Plasterers Local 5
Plumbers Local 130
Pointers, Cleaners & Caulkers Local 21
Roofers Local 11
Sheet Metal Workers Local 73
Sign Painters Local 830
Sprinkler-fitters Local 281
Teamsters Local 731

Neighborhood Groups

Southeast Chicago Development Commission
Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) Program
Roseland CeaseFire
South Chicago Neighborhood House
St. Ailbe’s Senior Center
With Black on Black Love
CONNECTS@south shore
Coalition to Improve Education in South Shore
ABJ community services

Faith leaders

Rev. Roosevelt Watkins - Pastors United for Change
Rev. Larry Roberts – Trinity All Nations
Pastor Marrion Johnson – Come Alive Ministry of Faith
Pastor St. John Chisum – Gifts From God Ministries
Pastor Willie Riley – Center of Hope Ministries
Co-Pastor Gail Riley – Center of Hope Ministries
Rev. Falicia Campbell – For Your Consciousness Outreach Ministry
Apostle Steve Jones – Praise Tabernacle Deliverance Center
Rev. Marcus Watkins – Faith Temple Church
Pastor Donald Smith – Holy Jerusalem M.B. Church
Pastor James C. Boyd – First Unity M.B. Church
Pastor H.C. Hudson – Pilgrim Baptist Church
Pastor John Long – New Covenant Life Church
Apostle Joann Long – New Covenant Life Church
Rev. Dr. Larry A Brookins – True Foundation Transformation Church
Rev. Bryant Jones – Samaritan Bible Baptist Church
Pastor Deborah Goosby – Restoration Full Gospel Church
Pastor Derrell E. Gray – Anointed Whole Gospel Ministries
Re. Victor A. Phillips – Free Salvation M.B. Church
Rev. Terrence L. Brown – True Fellowship M.B. Church
Rev. Michael A. Jones – St. Titus One M.B. Church
Pastor Anthony Tiller – Jeremiah Temple Church
Rev. Vickie Johnson – Come Alive Ministry of Faith
Pastor Laquando Minor – Living Water Christian Church
Illinois Faith Based Association

Other groups and stakeholders

Black United Fund of Illinois
Olive Harvey College – Partner to provide job training
Chicago State University
The Observer Newspaper
Our Neighborhood Times

Neutral stakeholders

Nicor
Ameren

For more information about this project, email info@chicagocleanenergy.com.