United Power for Action and Justice is an independent, non-partisan, self-funding organization of churches, synagogues, mosques, civic, neighborhood, health, and ethnic institutions from across Cook County. These institutions of civil society have joined together to fight for social justice and the common good on issues of shared concern. Founded in 1997, United Power is an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the oldest and largest network of community organizations in the country.

United Power’s accomplishes its mission by: