Serendib Politics

Also blooming at my house — yard signs! Mine are finally in, with less than two weeks until the election, yes I’m cutting it close, it’s been a year, people. If you signed up for a yard sign, I have yours ready, and if you’d like ones for Kebreab Henry and/or Elias Ortega, please let

Heading into my possibly last library board meeting (depending on whether I get elected to school board — if I don’t, I’ll have one more library board meeting after this). I’m mildly amused by how meeting remotely has relaxed dress conventions a little bit — I think I wore a blazer to most of the

2.5 hr candidate forum with the high school students — it was long, but SO well run, I was really impressed. Amazing civic engagement on their part! They’ll be sending us a link to the recording; I’ll put it up when I have it.

Candidate profile in the local paper — my bio, plus brief answers to a few questions. (They asked that we keep them brief.)  

Chicago Tribune piece on the candidates for D200 school board; we answered various questions for them.

A student journalist at Medill has published this timeline and explication of some of the recent events in Oak Park politics. It’s been a rough election cycle here.

Yard signs ordered! Yes! Checking things off the darn list, finally. If you haven’t told me already that you’d like a yard sign, and would like one, please let me know! If you HAVE told me, just hang in there — I’ll be back in touch as soon as I have them in hand. 50

Good morning, folks! ActBlue wasn’t set up for our school board race the last time I checked, but they are now, and I’ve finished my set-up, so if you’d like to donate to my campaign, this is your chance. This is a non-partisan election, so I’m not running as a Democrat per se, but by

Delighted to receive an endorsement from the Illinois Asian American Caucus. As someone who has taught Asian American literature & history at the college level, I know how far we still have to go in providing a comprehensive and complete education on those subjects to our students and the community at large. If elected as