Elisa.

a local Chicago community member, educator, writer, documenter, critic.

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

#CTUSEIUstrike #faircontractnow

[xxxxxxxxxxx @MorganEliseJ]

Meet Cierra Norris, Chicago's Tik Tok famous attorney who has a mission to dismantle the systemic injustices fueling cycles of incarceration in the Black community. https://t.co/5gPairLQSX

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

@mcachicago and then again, I'm called back to my first time at #EXPOChicago in 2023: https://t.co/0pzRhMWi6K

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

It's always a good time when #EXPOChicago is involved. It was nice to be able to see some friends and meet some new ones. I'm glad to have been able to catch a few more Faith Ringgold pieces and to have a moment to honor her legacy.

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

calls me back to my first time digging into Faith Ringgold's work at the recent exhibition at @mcachicago : https://t.co/oqjXCbPznc

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

Looking back at my old tweets from my very first year of teaching and first strike ever is insane! It's been such a wild journey since then. Now I'm one pandemic in, 5 years deep, and tenured.

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

So happy to be back at school!! Seeing my students again was a nice cap on this strike.

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

It's been a minute!

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

So happy to be back at school!! Seeing my students again was a nice cap on this strike.

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

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[SEIU Local 73 @SEIULocal73]

BREAKING NEWS! 7,500 support staff at CPS have overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new contract that ensures good jobs with family-sustaining wages, including wage increases ranging from 17% to nearly 40% over five years #GoodJobs4Chicago

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

Equity always, solidarity always.
Equity ALWAYS, solidarity ALWAYS.
EQUITY ALWAYS, SOLIDARITY ALWAYS.
EQUITY A L W A Y S, SOLIDARITY A L W A Y S.
I believe that we will win. Don’t let them see us fold now.

#CTUstrong @CTULocal1 @StuStrikeBack @StuStrikeBack

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Mayor Lightfoot admitted today that, “There’s a lot of work that we could have done sooner but we didn’t start to do really until after the strike (started).” https://t.co/bKLNo5AsP5

[Students Strike Back #CopsOutCPS @StuStrikeBack]

Sending love + solidarity to our teachers on this freezing Wednesday morning. Stay warm!

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Our members who were arrested in today's Sterling Bay protest are free!!

[Kevin Coval @kevincoval]

schools in the city don't have all the resources they deserve

we are fighting all together as one

it's not about the salary
it's about the staffing
it's not about the money
it's about the where’s of distribution

Daniel Michmerhuizen
Teacher, Benito Juarez
📸 @mercedeszapata_

[⭐️ SDG ⭐️AKA Muse of Chicago Trib Editorial Board @stacydavisgates]

#Update#CTU9 @CTULocal1 educators were transferred to the first district police station. They are being fingerprinted here which can take 3-5 hours. They will be released on an ibond. @CTULocal1 educators have been showing up to support and wait for their release.

[𝖑𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖔 · 🍓 @voxdelalito]

I hate when teachers say that they don't want to make their classroom political. G, everything in the room is political. The fact that your kids don't have pencils is political. The quality of your desks is political. The admin hired at your school is political...

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

If we’re not fighting for them, what’re we fighting for tbh?

[Students Strike Back #CopsOutCPS @StuStrikeBack]

It’s Day 9. We’ve been out here since Day 1 and will continue to be for as long as our teachers are. ❤️

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

🗣 listen to the kids!

[Students Strike Back #CopsOutCPS @StuStrikeBack]

D, @dnonbinarykid stu @ Lindblom - we cant be a sanctuary city when there’s no policies to protect students from ICE. there shouldn’t be playgrounds for the rich, there should only be playgrounds for students. #CTUSEIUstrike #PutItInWriting #FairContractNow

[Elisa. @elisaoverhere]

The rhetoric behind this strike is getting mad nasty. It’s so interesting to witness.