Mayoral / Aldermanic Candidate Forums
View as Webpage January 14, 2023
Greetings!

COAL strongly encourages an informed electorate; COAL strongly encourages an informed Community.

Please see the below candidate forums featuring candidates running in the upcoming February 28th Municipal Election. We encourage attendance and participation, as your schedule permits. It is important that we make demands of those who endeavor to hold elected office and aspire to serve our community.

Incumbents must be held accountable for their performance in Office in making life better for Black folk, and challengers must speak to plans they will pursue, with specificity, to make life better for our community.

This is not a game; no one should get a free pass.

Due to the number of planned candidate forums, as well as special January meetings COAL is holding on specific issues important to the community, COAL will forego a formal January Coalition Power Breakfast. Please look for continuing COAL communications with civic and political information of import for the Municipal Election.

The next Breakfast will be the February Coalition Power Breakfast, to be held on Saturday, February 4, 2023.

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's Continue the Work
01/15 - Reserve a spot
01/17 - Register
01/18 - Register
01/19 - Register
01/21 - Doris Lewis 312.543.7202
Karen Hicks 708.351.4003
01/21, 01/28 - Register
02/01 - Buy Tickets
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.