Suresh Shah
CHICAGO: Mayoral Candidate Dorothy Brown has urged Chicago’s youth and their families attending the 89thAnnual Bud Billiken Day Parade to go back to school and strive for educational excellence and prepare themselves for a great future
The Bud Billiken Parade, first held on August 11, 1929, was created to be a symbol of pride, happiness and hope to Chicago’s children, and is the second largest parade in the nation.
Brown has participated in the parade for many years, and encourages families to celebrate and revel in the fanfare of the Parade; enjoy the talented demonstrations by youth. However, she pitched that a commitment to educational excellence would give the youth a fighting chance against crime that plagues the community. Brown urged the African American community to work together to ensure that schools improve neighborhoods, and most importantly stop the violence.
As Mayor, Brown promised to overhaul the Chicago Public School system to provide high-quality education to all of Chicago’s children so that they have the tools they need to care for themselves and their families, and most importantly have alternatives.
Brown first became Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2000 and has brought revolutionary changes to the operations of the office through her focus on technology and providing effective and efficient customer focused services.
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