Since Lori entered this race six months ago, she’s spoken at community meetings and candidate forums. Team Lightfoot has joined parades, festivals, marches, and rallies. We’ve held press conferences, hosted meet and greets, and released detailed policy proposals on the tough challenges facing our city.
With just 100 days until Election Day, we’ve got so much to look forward to—more opportunities to meet Chicagoans at neighborhood events and community meetings, more policy areas to discuss with issue experts and advocacy groups, and more of those unexpected chances to learn, listen, and connect that have made these last six months so special. But before we get started on all of that, we’re taking a moment to look back at where we’ve been by celebrating 100 of our favorite campaign moments.
To everyone who has been a part of this campaign, thank you! And to everyone who wants to join in these last 100 days, welcome to our team! You can sign up here to get involved.
- Launched the campaign on May 10th!
- Profiled in the Chicago Tribune
- Attended the Back of the Yards Unity for Peace March
- Joined the mayoral candidate forum hosted by the Liberation Christian Center
- Met Logan Square residents at the Logan Square Farmers Market
- Interviewed by Carol Marin on Chicago Tonight
- Joined in Wear Orange weekend at Hadiya Pendleton Park
- Delivered the keynote address at Sullivan High School graduation
- Spoke at Midsommarfest in Andersonville
- Interviewed on WGN TV morning news
- Joined the Saint Sabina’s Annual end-of-the-school-year Peace March and Rally
- Marched with supporters in the Puerto Rican People’s Parade
- Held a press conference calling for action following the CPS sex abuse scandal
- Profiled in N’Digo
- Marched in the Chicago Pride Parade
- Included in the Go Mag “100 Women We Love: Class of 2018”
- Hosted a young professionals happy hour
- Profiled in the Windy City Times
- Attended the Families Belong Together Rally
- Spoke with Rick Pearson on WGN radio
- Celebrated the 4th of July at the annual 4th on 53rd Parade in Hyde Park
- Launched a petition in support of an elected and representative school board
- Interviewed on WCPT’s Back on the Beat with Dick Kay
- Marched in the 95th and Dan Ryan anti-violence march
- Attended the 40th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair
- Joined Mike Flannery on FOX’s Flannery Fired Up
- Spoke at the IVI-IPO mayoral candidate forum
- Spoke out in support of a living wage of $15 per hour
- Attended Taste of WVON in Dixon Park
- Profiled in Austin Weekly
- Raised more than $10,000 a day in the 50 days after launching the campaign
- Met with Bold Resistance Against Violence Everywhere (BRAVE) Youth Leaders
- Attended the mayoral candidate forum hosted by the 33rd Ward Democrats
- Interviewed by Paul Lisnek on WGN radio
- Voiced support for hospital workers fighting for living wages
- Spoke at the Workers Center for Racial Justice Forum for Safety and Liberation
- Profiled in Marie Claire magazine
- Attended morning motivations at Cara Chicago
- Met with leaders at the Lawndale Christian Health Center
- Condemned the police department’s use of bait trucks
- Profiled in the Chicago Defender
- Joined the Summer of Opportunity Street Fair in Austin
- Launched our online store
- Interviewed for the Politico Women Rule podcast series
- Marched with supporters in the 56th Annual Englewood Back to School parade
- Honored as the BlackHer Shero of the Week
- Marched with supporters in the Bud Billiken parade
- Announced support for a universal basic income
- Profiled in the University of Chicago student newspaper
- Join supporters at the West Side Music Festival
- Discussed violence prevention at the Chicago Teen Vogue meetup
- Spoke at a We Will legislative coffee date
- Discussed the campaign with Univision Chicago
- Released a plan to clean up city government
- Marched in the Southeast Side Labor Day Parade
- Spoke at the Outspoken LGBTQ+ storytelling event
- Met with Edgebrook residents at the Edgebrook Farmers Market
- Explored the 79th Street Renaissance Festival
- Joined the Chicago Indivisible podcast
- Launched a petition to clean up city government
- Marched in solidarity with Chicago Hotel Strike
- Released a comprehensive public safety plan
- Met Hyde Parkers at the Fall Forward Fest
- Spoke at a #StopKavanaugh Rally in Daley Plaza
- Profiled in Mother Jones
- Called for substantive revisions to the consent decree
- Launched a petition to support public safety in every neighborhood
- Collected petition signatures at the dog beach
- Profiled in INTO magazine
- Attended the Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce Apple Fest
- Spoke at City Club about the need for a consent decree
- Published an op-ed in Essence magazine
- Spoke about the campaign on The Jam
- Released an LGBTQ+ policy framework
- Joined The Ben Joravsky Show on WCPT
- Spoke at the mayoral forum hosted by the 17th Ward Democratic Organization
- Stood in solidarity with NTA parents and community members
- Met with volunteers and youth at Stand up For Kids
- Hosted an LGBTQ+ roundtable discussion
- Met members of the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
- Spoke at the Chicago Future Museum to kick off Chicago Ideas Week
- Demanded justice for Dejanay Stanton and Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier
- Launched a petition to support Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community
- Joined the March for Racial Equity to advocate for affordable housing options
- Attended a vigil against gun violence with Moms Demand Action
- Profiled in Essence magazine
- Toured Growing Home Inc in Englewood
- Marched with supporters at the Women’s March Chicago March to the Polls
- Launched a petition to build a Chicago that works for people with disabilities
- Spoke at the mayoral panel hosted by WeWill
- Attended a West Side and Garfield Park Community Stakeholders Monthly Executive Meeting
- Attended services with the Power Circle Congregation
- Stood against bigotry and hate at the Tree of Life vigil
- Knocked doors in Andersonville with volunteers
- Released a comprehensive housing plan
- Joined the March to the Midterms rally
- Spoke out against elevated lead levels in water
- Met Wicker Park residents at a community meeting
- Spoke at the Emerging Leaders of the Business Leadership Council forum
- Collected food for Chicago families with the Greater Chicago Food Depository