March 18th Mayoral Runoff Forum - Registration Link Update
View as Webpage March 5, 2023
Greetings!

Please join us for this critical forum, at which we'll ask the hard questions, relevant to our community and to the future of Chicago.

Let's move forward, together.
Register now.

Respectfully,

COAL Board of Directors
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"The time to work seriously and collectively, to improve the state of our Community, is upon us..."
Let Us be intentional in all aspects of the Work that must be done.
Please feel free to send COAL a question you may have for the candidates, in the areas of education, or housing, or public safety and requiring police serve and protect equally, or business, jobs, taxes and economic growth, or public health, or the environment, or racial equity and parity, or human investment, or a more livable Chicago, or justice for all, or...
Remember, we want to get specific answers to very specific questions, both as a means of understanding where the candidates truly stand, and to hold them accountable for delivering on their commitments, once in Office.
If they do not deliver to our satisfaction, then no 2nd term.
We need to make it that straight-forward.
And that's the 'Stone COAL Truth'.
ELECTION INFORMTION
NEXT COALITION POWER BREAKFASTS
  • April Power Breakfast 04/08/23, Assessing Runoff Results and a path forward
  • May Power Breakfast 05/06/23, Gun Violence Prevention
  • June Power Breakfast 06/03/23, Aldermanic Panel, Visions/Plans
About COAL
COAL is an umbrella organization founded by 13 of Chicago's historic African American mens clubs. COAL's overarching mission is to identify, examine, illuminate and find resolution to issues impacting the greater community. We strive to use our collective experience, expertise and resources to improve the quality of opportunity, quality of preparedness and the quality of outcomes (expressed as 'quality of life') for our Community.
Founding Member Organizations
100 Black Men Of Chicago ■ Chicago Assembly ■ Chicago Connection ■ Druids Club ■ Frogs Club ■ Lunch Bunch ■ New Committee ■ Original 40 Club Of Chicago ■ Rat Pack ■ Royal Coterie Of Snakes ■ Saints ■ Sigma Pi Phi Beta-Boule ■ UIC Male Forum (now Chicago Good Health Group)
What We Believe
The Coalition of African American Leaders believes that it is important to examine the critical issues confronting the African American community where injustice, inequality and the absence of access and opportunity continue to prevail, thereby negatively impacting us as a people.

COAL is an assemblage that advocates and organizes for appropriate and responsible public policy change, system behavior change and equality of opportunity. We aim to achieve for all of our people the fullness of the life experience without any form of racism or exclusion as a deterrent.

We believe we must prepare ourselves for the opportunity of this full participation, thereby achieving the necessary education and training to participate.
Contact: Clarence Wood, Chairman 312.404.8269 - Craig K. Wimberly, President 773.350.9315
Email: publicpolicy@coalchicago.com
COAL is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Illinois, USA.
Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by U.S. law.