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CONTACT these officials with your questions and concerns:
- Alderman Leslie Hairston (5th Ward) at l.hairston@cityofchicago.org, or ward05@cityofchicago.org (include a cc to her Chief of Staff Kim Webb, at Kimberly.webb@cityofchicago.org
- Alderman Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) at Jeanette.Taylor@cityofchicago.org (include a cc to her Chief of Staff, Candis Castillo at Candis.castillo@cityofchicago.org)
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at lori.lightfoot@cityofchicago.org (include a cc to her Chief of Staff, Maurice Classen at Maurice.classen@cityofchicago.org)
- Park District CEO Mike Kelly at Michael.Kelly@chicagoparkdistrict.com
- Obama Foundation Vice-President for Civic Engagement Michael Strautmanis at mstrautmanis@obamapresidentialfoundation.org.
WRITE letters to the editors and contact reporters to make sure the word gets out:
Note: If submitting a letter to the editor, include your full name, address, and telephone number.
- The Chicago Sun-times:
- letters@suntimes.com
- reporters Lynn Sweet, at lsweet@suntimes.com, Rachel Hinton, at rhinton@suntimes.com, and Fran Spielman at fspielman@suntimes.com
- The Chicago Tribune:
- letters@Chicago.Tribune.com
- reporter Lolly Bowean at lbowean@chicagotribune.com and Morgan Greene, at mgreene@chicagotribune.com
- Crain’s Chicago Business:
- letters@chicagobusiness.com
- reporter Jan Parr, at janparr@crain.com
- Chicago READER:
- reporter Deanna Isaacs, at disaacs@chicagoreader.com
- Hyde Park Herald:
- letters@hpherald.com
- reporter Aaron Gettinger, at a.gettinger@hpherald.com