Helen Shiller, age 75, was a six-term alderperson in Chicago’s poor and oppressed communities

where she advocated for radical changes to police misconduct, poverty, and racism. Starting in

the early 1970s, Helen’s activism took a page from the Black Panther Party’s 10 Point Program.

Fifty years later she concluded her book---Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of

Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community—with the Party’s 10 Point Guide to Action. Upon

leaving the City Council, Helen teamed up with her lawyer son to create the West Side Center

for Justice. She loves this stage of her life and finds great joy in metal welding.

Connect with Helen:

Email: hshiller@gmail.com

Book: Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown

Community (2022). See www.womenover70.com > Books By Women.