Illinois Public Interest Research Group

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Illinois PIRG
Formation1987;38 years ago (1987) [1] [2]
TypeAdvocacy organization
Location
Key people
Abe Scarr
(Director) [3]
Website illinoispirg.org

Illinois Public Interest Research Group (Illinois PIRG) is a non-profit organization that is part of the state PIRG organizations. It works on a variety of political activities, including childhood obesity, reducing the interest on student loans, and closing tax loopholes. [4] [5]

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In the United States, Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are non-profit organizations that employ grassroots organizing, direct advocacy, investigative journalism, and litigation to affect public policy. [6]

History

Illinois PIRG was founded in 1987, and has offices in Chicago, Springfield, IL, and a national lobbying office in Washington, D.C. called US PIRG. [7]

The PIRGs emerged in the early 1970s on U.S. college campuses. The PIRG model was proposed in the book Action for a Change by Ralph Nader and Donald Ross. [8] Among other early accomplishments, the PIRGs were responsible for much of the Container Container Deposit Legislation in the United States, also known as "bottle bills." [9] [10]

Notable members and alumni

Phil Radford, environmental leader Phil Radford.jpg
Phil Radford, environmental leader

Affiliate organizations

References

  1. ↑ "US PIRG Education Fund". Influence Watch.
  2. ↑ "US PIRG". GuideStar.
  3. ↑ "Our team". uspirg.org.
  4. ↑ "Illinois Public Interest Research Group" . Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ "House Approves Lower Rate on Student Loans" . Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ "U.S. PIRG: About Us". Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "In the Matter of Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion To Digital Television, Comments of Illinois PIRG". Benton Foundation . Retrieved 2013-08-23.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Nader, Ralph; Donald Ross (1972). Action for a Change: A Student's Manual for Public Interest Organizing. New York: Grossman Publishers.
  9. ↑ "PIRG Backs "Bottle Bill"". Boston College . Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  10. ↑ "Bottle Bill Beverage Containers Recycling Program". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  11. ↑ "Phillip D. Radford, Greenpeace, Executive Director". Fund for the Public Interest. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
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