Early voting event for CPS students hosted at CTU headquarters highlights issues important to youth such as solutions for violence and support for Palestine
Chicago Public Schools high school students line up to vote at Union Park, March 15, 2024, during the Student Power Forum and Parade to the Polls. As Kalli Vaughn prepared to vote in the city’s primary election Friday morning, she said she was voting because she wants answers to the violence she sees in her community – particularly gun violence that targets young people.
Issues important to the students included gun violence, racism and universal health care, all of which came up during the students’ questions to the four candidates present running for the congressional seat.between Israel and Hamas, with students pressing candidates on their positions and previous statements. The loudest cheers of the day came when candidate and progressive activist Kina Collins said her “commitment to the Palestinian people” is to support a cease-fire in Gaza.
A spokesperson for the teachers union told the Tribune that Bring Chicago Home was never involved in the event and information in the circulated email was not verified. A Chicago Votes spokesperson also said Bring Chicago Home was not on the agenda, saying that the annual forum is an “opportunity to celebrate first-time voters and it’s unfortunate that it is being spun into something it’s not.”
“Chicago Public Schools encourages student civic engagement with the electoral process through our nonpartisan election and civic engagement curriculum. We do not endorse specific campaigns or advocate for specific election results,” said district spokesperson Mary Ann Fergus. “CPS has shared with the CTU our concerns that the March 15 event be nonpartisan and that it must comply with our ethics policy.
As Nazir McBride, 18, quietly walked in the large group, he recalled how losing a friend to gun violence on the West Side last year has made him want politicians who will address racism and violence.
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