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Chicago college board candidates have submitted petitions for the town’s first college board elections on Nov. 5.
College board hopefuls want 1,000 legitimate signatures from residents of their district to ensure that their identify to be printed on the poll. The deadline to submit signatures was June 24 at 5p.m.
To be taught extra concerning the new college board districts and discover out which one you reside in, Chalkbeat created an interactive map.
Many candidates have additionally begun fundraising for his or her campaigns, reporting contributions to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Listed here are the candidates operating in every district, in accordance with the Chicago Board of Elections.
This checklist can be up to date.
District 1
District 2
District 3
- Jason Dónes, chief of individuals operations at non-profit Past 100K, former instructor and chief at Train for America
- Kirk J. Ortiz, vp of a personal safety firm and former candidate for Illinois Home District 4
- Carlos Rivas, a spokesperson for the Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability and former alumni counselor at UIC School Prep, a Noble constitution college
District 4
- Kimberly Brown, a advertising and marketing skilled, adjunct professor, and CPS father or mother
- Andrew Davis, a nonprofit chief, CPS father or mother, and former LSC member
- Thomas Day, co-founder of Illinois Veterans for Change
- Carmen Gioiosa, a CPS father or mother, Native College Council member, adjunct professor, and former CPS principal and instructor
- Ellen Rosenfeld, a household and neighborhood engagement supervisor at Chicago Public Colleges, a CPS father or mother, and former CPS instructor
- Karen Zaccor, a instructor at Uplift Excessive College and former LSC member
District 5
- Michilla “Kyla” Blaise, a CPS father or mother, chief of employees for Prepare dinner County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar, political guide, and public relations skilled
- Jitu Brown, a neighborhood organizer with Kenwood Oakland Group Group and director of the Journey for Justice Alliance
- Anthony Hargrove, an affiliate director of the Again To Our Future program at nonprofit Breakthrough City Ministries and former dean at Chicago Public Colleges
- Kernetha Jones
- Jousef M. Shkoukani
District 6
District 7
District 8
- Angel Gutierrez, chief development officer at Chicago Hope Academy, a personal highschool, and a former chief at Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Chicago
- Darius Dee Nix, interim affect director for Metropolis Yr Chicago, former CPS constitution college instructor, former candidate in Illinois’s 1st congressional district
- Felix Ponce, a CPS music instructor and skilled trombonist
District 9
District 10
- Rosita Chatonda, nonprofit founder and instructor advocate, former CPS instructor and former lecturers union organizer
- Rev. Robert Jones, a pastor at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
- Karin Norington-Reaves, a CPS father or mother and guide, former candidate in Illinois’s 1st congressional district
- Adam Parrott-Sheffer, a CPS father or mother, adjunct lecturer at Harvard, writer, former principal in CPS and the Chicago suburbs, former district administrator in New York Metropolis
- Che “Rhymefest” Smith, a Grammy-award profitable songwriter, rapper and neighborhood activist
- James M. Walton, a former college principal and administrator in CPS and the Chicago suburbs
- Nathaniel “Nate” Ward, director of neighborhood outreach & engagement for Metropolis Faculties of Chicago, CPS father or mother, and Native College Council member
Becky Vevea is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Chicago. Contact Becky at [email protected].
