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Anthony David Bryant

Bryant has worked as a government affairs associate for Metropolitan Family Services, as a legislative administrator for State Representative Lamont J. Robinson, and as a community outreach and engagement associate for The TRiiBE. Alderperson Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward), Desmon Yancy (Fifth Ward aldermanic candidate), Jocilyn Floyd (Seventh Ward aldermanic candidate), State Representative Lamont J. Robinson (Fifth District), and the Center For Racial & Gender Equity Coalition of African American Leaders have endorsed.

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Kenya Franklin

A political strategist and mother of three, Franklin has lived in the third police district her entire life. She wants to improve transparency between CPD and residents. She supports a two-strike rule for officers who garner racial and violent complaints and wants to end qualified immunity.

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Jim Blissitt III

A member of CAARPR, Blissitt has worked with a variety of community organizations including Resident Association of Greater Englewood and Chicago Community Trust. With the Woodlawn Children’s Community Promise Freedom School, he organized youth demonstrations against gun violence. He also worked with the Urban League to facilitate police board community input forums. Blissitt owns a secured transportation company that serves the cannabis industry.

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Ana Marija Sokovic

A computational scientist at UIC, Sokovic participated in the nonviolent student movement in Serbia that overthrew Slobodan Miloševic. “I experienced firsthand that the people together, with discipline, humor, and careful planning, can move mountains,” she said. She envisions a public safety approach where “the community is empowered, and healing and reconciliation are prioritized over punishment.” Alderperson Gregory Mitchell (Seventh Ward) and Martina Hone (5th Ward aldermanic candidate) have endorsed.

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Craig T. Carrington

A community court case manager for the Restorative Justice Community Court in Englewood, Carrington has also worked as a court liaison for the Cook County Adult Probation Department, as a community organizer for St. Anthony Hospital, and as a paralegal in the office of the Illinois Attorney General.