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One on One with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Since her historic election as the city’s first Black Woman and LGBTQ Mayor, Lori Lightfoot has faced unprecedented challenges and obstacles running the city. From dealing with a global pandemic, racial unrest, a contentious relationship with the Chicago Teachers Union, and local alderman, Mayor Lightfoot has had much to contend with. The Chicago Defender met with Mayor Lightfoot to talk about what the past two years have been like and what lessons she’s learned during her administration.

CHICAGO DEFENDER – I believe that the best form of governance is a hybrid. That is what we that is what we need. Particularly when you talk about the learning loss and growing achievement gap that is so detrimental to black kids in Chicago. None of these discussions about governance on the other side even addresses those issues, is purely about a power grab, and about dividing up what they think are going to be the spoils of CPS, but it is not about our children. That is the wrong approach.

The post One on One with Mayor Lori Lightfoot. first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

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