At the lake's edge: Dancing toward love and liberation

Hello! Here are my 2024 General Election recommendations.  I greatly appreciated the commentary and research from Girl, I Guess . I relied heavily on Injustice Watch for their guide on judges (truly an incredible resource!).  The short version here, with a lot more explanation below, is that I am supporting Ebony Deberry (District 2) and Karen Zaccor (District 4) for Chicago's first elected school board. (I live in District 2, but wanted to give Karen a shout out as District 4 covers the northside as well.) Please note, if you're voting by mail, this is on the back of the first page of your ballot.  Otherwise, I voted Democratic straight down the ballot, with the exception of one race and judges for retention. If you want to learn more about elected school board, check out these resources: To identify your district, go to:  https://projects.chalkbeat.org/2024/interactive-map-chicago-school-board-districts/  OR  https://map-chicago.pages.dev/ If you’re not ...

Hello!! It's election season again!  And there are some critical questions on the primary ballot.  I'll put all my other recommendations at the bottom, as well as resources if you need to register to vote, want to see your own sample ballot, etc.  Also, if you can sacrifice a few precious hours of your time on election day (March 19), we need everyone who wants the city to do something to address homelessness to volunteer for a shift, the first and especially last shifts of the day are most important.  You can sign up here.   Can't join us on Tuesday?  Help us reach voters this weekend . Many people still don't know about the Bring Chicago Home campaign.  Vote YES on The Bring Chicago Home (aka Ballot Question 1) ballot referendum to amend the Real Estate Transfer Tax This is our opportunity to change a  one-time tax, that already exists , to make it more fair AND generate over $100 million in funding every year dedicated to combatting homelessnes...