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Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis, the firebrand former Chicago Teachers Union president who led a seven-day strike in 2012 and was a one-time mayoral hopeful who was unable to run for office because of a cancer ...
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis was a fighter. As the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, she battled for the best contracts her members could get, even as she struggled against aggressive brain cancer.
Feb 15, 2021 · As the president of the Chicago Teachers Union from 2010 to 2018, Lewis preached that “great schools with great teachers is the most important civil right of our generation.” She inspired ...
Feb 9, 2021 · (JTA) — Karen Lewis, the firebrand former president of Chicago’s teachers union, has died at 67 after a long battle with brain cancer. Lewis, a convert to Judaism who said she was attracted to ...
Feb 8, 2021 · Lewis grew up on the city’s South Side, the child of two public school teachers. She graduated from Dartmouth College, often noting she was the only Black woman in the 1974 graduating class.
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis, fighter for public education, charismatic ex-leader of Chicago Teachers Union, dies Lewis had considered running against then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2014 but decided against it after ...
When Karen Lewis, the past president of the Chicago Teachers Union, succumbed to a long battle with brain cancer on Feb. 8, 2021, we lost one of the greatest freedom fighters of our time.
