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Will Tanzman
Will Tanzman is a Chicago native who has organized for more than 20 years and has been with The People’s Lobby since it began in 2011. Will has played a key role in a number of successful racial and economic justice campaigns, including the Budget for Black Lives effort that cut the Cook County Sheriff budget by $26 million in 2021, and a campaign of mass actions and civil disobedience from 2015-17 that led to the closure of corporate tax loopholes to the tune of $125 million in Illinois.