Gabrielle Speller, 16, likes to look at skyscrapers. She appreciates the diversity and beauty of structures in Chicagoland designed by architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The Kenwood Academy High School junior likes it so much that she’s seriously considering attending New York University to study urban planning. “I like how you can see what you’ve created, and you .
The program honors the life and work of Timuel D. Black Jr., the late City Colleges professor, activist and historian. The goal is to help 20 City Colleges students develop into community leaders in the mold of Black, who died in 2021 at the age of 102.
At least 168 teachers received the email from Megan Crane, whose LinkedIn page identifies her as the deputy campaign manager for Lightfoot, starting at 8:33 a.m. on Jan. 11 and continuing for several hours, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.