Report from the field: Talking and listening to voters important in 36th Ward race

Report from the field: Talking and listening to voters important in 36th Ward race

CTU members Daniel Burke and Paula Barajas are two of hundreds of rank-and-file members out in the field, knocking on doors, supporting our mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson, 36th Ward aldermanic candidate Lori Torres Whitt and other education champions seeking to transform city hall this year. Read their report from the field.

Brandon Johnson: father, organizer, educator, leader taking on city hall

Brandon Johnson: father, organizer, educator, leader taking on city hall

CTU organizer and mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson credits his large family with teaching him how to negotiate, collaborate and refuse to accept “no” for an answer — traits he’s used well in his career as an educator, organizer, and county commissioner because, “When you’re fighting for what our students and communities need, you never take ‘no’ for an answer.”