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Have you heard about Brandon Johnson and his race to become Mayor of Chicago, John?
Brandon, like Helen, spent the early part of his career in the school system — teaching in an under-resourced classroom to children who deserved more than aging buildings and school closures. He began by organizing his community to fight against school closures and win additional staffing in Chicago schools. As Cook County Commissioner, he led a restorative agenda centered on Chicagoans. He passed Medicare for All legislation and provided an additional 40,000 Cook County residents with health care. He’s won more than $150 million in county investments in physical and mental health, jobs, housing, violence prevention — reversing the trends of trauma and disrupting the cycle of violence that harms Cook County residents. While Chicago and Philly are different — a few things remain the same. Strong candidates leading a people’s agenda like Brandon and Helen aren’t just competing in two of the country’s biggest races, they’re leading them, standing boldly against the status-quo establishment politics that have harmed working families for generations. Restorative agendas that focus on communities can win a city and lead us to success, but it’ll take a lot of grassroots power to get there. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your contribution will go through to Helen Gym and Brandon Johnson immediately: Brandon’s opponent, Paul Vallas, may sound familiar to those of us who were in and around the Philadelphia School District in the early 2000s. The conservative gutted the District in favor of private, for-profit charter schools, and his go-for-broke mentality left us just that — with a budget shortfall we’re still working to recover from.
Thanks, John, together we can create cities that work for all of us. — Team Helen |
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