Amisha Patel, community organizer who championed progressive causes, dies at 50

Amisha Patel, community organizer who championed progressive causes, dies at 50

Progressive activist and community organizer Amisha Patel was up for a fight.Whether battling for affordable housing or against state budget cuts that impacted poor and working-class people, she often helped lead the charge in Chicago and at the state level during her time as executive director of the Chicago non-profit Grassroots Collaborative.She led the group — a coalition of community and labor organizations dedicated to advancing racial, ec…