I have always counted on you.

My greatest hope is that I have proven:

You Can Count On Me, too.

The current crisis definitive of our lives is of life and death. Your health is in my heart first and foremost.

The next crisis to follow will be the existential one, and one that will require our shared communal ingenuity.

We will be forced to realize the inter-dependency of our economy, our society, and our identity like never before. Those at the top, those at the bottom, those delivering packages and those waiting indoors: we are becoming less blind to how desperately we need each other.

Where once we were local, we became global.

Now, if you allow: We Must Offer Leadership For a New “Glocal.”

Because the next wave of global impacts will be felt on our street corners, and only by addressing our street corners can we work against global impacts.

Please.

SURVIVE. Wash your hands. Cover your mouth and nose. SURVIVE.

Then, let’s count on each other to elevate this message to a point that is harder to ignore.

Math: I’ve run and won twice. For every volunteer hour spent spreading our message on Election Day , we can earn as many as 15 votes. I am determined to earn 45 myself.

Three more volunteer hours might help us break 100 votes.

Let’s.

Help me build a volunteer base that will help us break 100 votes.

Here’s why:

LSC Community votes are so easily overlooked because they only ever earn 30 – 50 votes.

Let’s multiply that number.

Let’s exponentially grow that number to the point where it cannot be ignored.

We know what type of leadership we need.

It’s the type of leadership that we’ve built over the years.

It’s us.

It is just a small Local School Council election,

But to so many children learning this as their first reality, and to so many parents learning this as their new reality, and to all of our Teachers whose true front-line of the upbringing of society should never have been but now even more can not be ignored, and to our renters and property owners with a common but un-conflated effort against conglomerate lenders,

It is just a small Local School Council election,

But with our resolve,

It’s implications will be

“Glocal.”

Yours,

Daniel Steven Kleinman

Here:

https://facebook.com/events/s/stand-with-daniel-steven-klein/790734354796099/?ti=icl

update 4-5-2020-

My prayers for your health and that of your family.

I have long argued for proactive measures to protect Chicago students.

When we reach the other side of this catastrophe, let us be sure we work together to prevent this from ever happening again.

Your support is valued. Your relationship is treasured. A shout out to my current and constant community allies and guiders.

We will keep this going.

While the election is not our current priority, I will keep us updated as to date changes. Thank you.

Yours in service, to your health,

We need you on April 22. I need you.

We have an opportunity to send a clear message of participation to Chicago Public Schools that the whole city will hear.

Join me in front of the school to greet voters as they arrive on report card pick up day. 30 minutes? A full 2 hours?

Come on. Take a look around. We could use you.

We need you on April 22. I need you.

I moved to Rogers Park to attend Loyola University and there grew into the elected role of Student President. From that developmental age, I was lucky to learn from my peers what leadership is.

My first job was an “Obama-job:” a grant from his federal program sent me and others on a mission through Rogers Park to help those who were unduly impacted by the housing crisis.

After, I joined with neighbors to organize community events in Edgewater with then newly-elected Alderman Osterman and was elected to Senn High School’s Local School Council.

My experience led to forming Block Clubs with then-Alderman Ameya Pawar in North Center and Lincoln Square.

I have been privileged to fight for legislation in Springfield and City Hall to stabilize the devastation of the housing crisis especially in communities of color, and lucky to have helped win funding for an amazing program that builds diversity in the teacher work force, called Grow Your Own Teachers Illinois.

I must recognize that all of these accomplishments were met by the hard work of dedicated stakeholders working together, not by those of a separate individual— and so I am left with one hope:

That we keep this going.

On Disney’s Local School Council, I made the successful motion to hire an additional social worker for our students. As someone with memories of growing up a student with a disability, that was very meaningful to me. Holistic education prepares the hole person, and for some young people, the support of a social worker can change a life.

I have started an unprecedented level of community outreach, to our local small businesses and to our elected officials. It is my belief that we are in this together.

I am honored to have had you read this,

Together, we can continue to push the boundaries of what dedicated neighbors and stakeholders can accomplish.

With thanks,

Daniel Steven Kleinman

We need you on April 22. I need you.