The Illinois House of Representatives congratulates Alan Mills on his retirement as executive director of Uptown People's Law Center.
The Illinois House of Representatives congratulates Alan Mills on his retirement as executive director of Uptown People's Law Center (UPLC). Mills has served UPLC for 45 years, beginning as a volunteer while attending Northwestern University School of Law in 1979. He has helped grow UPLC from a staff of four to 20, with a budget of over $2 million and bank reserves sufficient to cover most of a year's operating costs. Under his leadership, UPLC has become a nationally recognized organization in prisoners' rights and tenants' rights, fighting against solitary confinement and gentrification.
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