Jan 062022
As We Begin the Year 2022 COAL ISSUE HERE
“Democracy is not a state. It is an act…Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting into what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” John Lewis
We have voted for and helped, in many ways, elect or appoint the following individuals in the state of Illinois and for the Vice President of the United States of America. It should be their understanding that we expect and insist that they act in our best interest.
FEDERAL Hon. Kamala Harris, Vice President, United States Hon. Danny Davis, U.S. Congressman Hon. Robin Kelly, U.S. Congresswoman Hon. Bobbie Rush, U.S. Congressman STATE Hon. Julianna Stratton, Lieutenant Governor Hon. Scott P. Neville, Justice – State Supreme Court Hon. Jesse White, Secretary of State Hon. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General Hon. Christopher Belt, State Senator Hon. Jacqueline Y. Collins, State Senator Hon. Napoleon Harris, State Senator Hon. Mattie Hunter, State Senator Hon. Adriane Johnson, State Senator Hon. Emil Jones III, State Senator Hon. Kimberly A. Lightford, State Senator Hon. Mike Simmons, State Senator Hon. Elgie Sims, State Senator Hon. Doris Turner, State Senator Hon. Patricia Van Pelt, State Senator Hon. Carol Ammons, State Representative Hon. Kambium Buckner, State Representative Hon. Lakesia Collins, State Representative Hon. William Davis, State Representative Hon. Marcus C. Evans Jr., State Representative Hon. Mary E. Flowers, State Representative Hon. LaShawn Ford, State Representative Hon. Jehan Gordon-Booth, State Representative Hon. LaToya Greenwood, State Representative Hon. Sonya Harper, State Representative Hon. Thaddeus Jones, State Representative Hon. Camille Y. Lilly, State Representative Hon. Rita Mayfield, State Representative Hon. Debbie Meyers-Martin, State Representative Hon. Cyril Nichols, State Representative Hon. Lamont Robinson, State Representative Hon. Justin Slaughter, State Representative Hon. Nicholas K. Smith, State Representative Hon. Curtis J. Tarver, II, State Representative Hon. Emanuel Chris Welch, Speaker, State Representative Hon. Maurice A. West, II, State Representative Hon. Jawaharial Williams, State Representative COOK COUNTY Hon. Toni Preckwinkle, President Cook County Board Hon. Tim Evans, Chief Judge Cook County Circuit Court Hon. Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney Hon. Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Clerk Hon. Dennis Deer, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Brandon Johnson, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Bill Lowry, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Donna Miller, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Stanley Moore, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Deborah Sims, Commissioner, Cook County Board Hon. Larry Rogers, Commissioner, Board of Review Hon. Kimberly Neely Du Buclet, Commissioner, MWRD Hon.Barbara J. McGowan, VP Commissioner, MWRD Hon. Kari K. Steele, President Commissioner, MWRD | CHICAGO Hon. Lori Lightfoot, Mayor- Chicago Hon. Erin Ervin, City Treasurer- Chicago Hon. Pat Dowell, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Sophia King, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Leslie Hairston, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Roderick Sawyer, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Gregory Mitchell, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Michelle A. Harris, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Anthony Beale, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Stephanie Coleman, Alderman – Chicago Hon. David Moore, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Derrick Curtis, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Jeanette Taylor, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Howard Brookins, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Michael Scott Jr., Alderman – Chicago Hon. Walter Burnett Jr., Alderman – Chicago Hon. Jason Ervin, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Chris Taliaferro, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Carrie Austin, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Emma Mitts, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Matt Martin, Alderman – Chicago Hon. Maria Hadden, Alderman – Chicago SUBURBAN COOK Hon. Andre F. Harvey, Mayor – Bellwood Hon. Katrina Thompson, Mayor/President – Broadview Hon. Robert E. Polk, Mayor – Burnham Hon. James W. Ford, Mayor – Calumet Park Hon. Thaddeus Jones, Mayor – Calumet City Hon. Ronald Denson, Mayor – Country Club Hills Hon. Fitzgerald Roberts, Mayor – Dixmoor Hon. Tiffany Henyard, Mayor – Dolton Hon. Thomas A. Brown, Village President – East Hazel Crest Hon. Michelle Nelson, Mayor – Flossmoor Hon. Charles Griffin, Mayor – Ford Heights Hon. Rory Hoskins, Mayor/President – Forest Park Hon. Vernard Alsberry Jr., Village President – Hazel Crest Hon. Christopher J. Clark, Mayor – Harvey Hon. Jada Curry, Mayor – Lynwood Hon. Roger A. Agpawa, Mayor – Markham Hon. Sheila Y. Chalmers-Currin, Village President – Matteson Hon. Nathaniel George Booker, Mayor – Maywood Hon. Sterling M. Burke, Village President – Olympia Fields Hon. Taylor Wells, Mayor – Phoenix Hon. Lawrence L. Jackson, Mayor – Riverdale Hon. Darren Bryant, Mayor – Robbins Hon. Derrick Burgess, Mayor – Sauk Village Hon. Joseph E. Roudez III, Mayor University Park GREATER ILLINOIS Hon. Richard C. Irvin, Mayor – Aurora Hon Thomas Simpson, Mayor – Cairo Hon. Rickey Williams Jr., Mayor – Danville Hon. William E. Mason, Mayor – East St. Louis Hon. Leon Rockingham, Jr., Mayor – North Chicago Hon. Rita Ali, Mayor – Peoria Hon. Billy McKinney, Mayor – Zion |
In addition to the listed officials, there are a significant number of appointed Heads of major state, county and local Agencies and Departments, City Managers and Administrators, City and Village Aldermen and Trustees, Committeemen, as well as a number of retired Elder Statesmen and Stateswomen.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
– Frederick Douglass
The above are all African-American. We voted them into office or they were appointed by someone we voted for. Let’s demand that they make a positive, most needed, and measurable difference in Black lives.
Clarence N. Wood, Chairman Emeritus, COAL
Craig K. Wimberly, President, COAL
The song Glory states,“No one can win the war individually,
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people’s energy”
COAL builds upon this and states,
“No one can win the war individually,
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people’s energy,
and the courage and committed work of our elected representativess….”
COAL strongly calls upon our black elected and appointed officials to “gather your courage and together, rise to this moment, to deliver on behalf of black people.”