Jackson Potter

Teacher and Union enthusiast, attended Chicago Public Schools.

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

Public ownership of the Bears sounds like the path

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Texas Rep. Greg Casar want communities to be able to buy a sports team before “billionaire owners” try to move it, very pointedly bashing the Chicago Bears’ effort to relocate to Indiana. https://t.co/9qvVMWQ96b

[IL Federation of Teachers @iftaft]

As educators and public workers, we know that history is not only the past but is something we carry forward. Juneteenth - 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation - is a reminder that freedom has always been delayed & contested, but ultimately won through collective action.

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Chicago’s public schools are full of brilliant, resilient young people whose stories remind us what is possible when students are seen, supported and believed in. CPS graduates are carrying with them the lessons of growing up through COVID, immigration raids, instability and so much more, while still finding their voice, chasing big dreams and preparing for what comes next.

Congratulations to Destiny Singleton, Rigoberto De La Torre Fonseca and Zachary McCarney, three CPS graduates whose stories reflect the power of our school communities who help create the conditions for young people to thrive.

This success takes counselors, classrooms with resources, libraries, art programs, athletic teams, restorative supports, mentors, social workers, nurses, school clerks, teaching assistants and educators who know their students by name.

And every round of summer cuts puts that work in jeopardy.

Our students deserve fully funded neighborhood schools where every young person has what they need to grow, lead and dream big.

Congratulations to the CPS Class of 2026. Now let’s fund the schools our students deserve.

Read more: https://t.co/NT22UNUTKX

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

On the 161st anniversary of #Juneteenth, America’s unions celebrate and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. 

We’ll continue organizing and mobilizing across the country to fight for and protect our civil rights and bring economic justice to all workers.

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Illinois made a promise to fix school funding. But halfway through 2026, too many districts are still waiting on the resources students were supposed to have by 2027.

You do not close that gap by spreading already inadequate funding even thinner through Trump’s voucher scheme. You close it by making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

If Illinois lawmakers can move with urgency when billionaires want stadium deals and tax breaks, they can move with urgency for the billion dollars still missing from our students’ classrooms.

Tax the rich and fully fund our schools.

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Teen gatherings, without organization and safety precautions, can create real danger, and that danger deserves a serious response. But turning Chicago into a sundown town isn’t it.

Curfews and parent-punishment measures don’t make our communities safer. They feed politicians who want to criminalize Black and brown youth, pull families into a punitive system, and treat our students as problems to be policed instead of children to be invested in.

We’ve seen this playbook for generations. More fines, more arrests, more surveillance of the same neighborhoods, never more resources.

If Alders want to keep our young people safe, the answer is clear: fully fund our schools, expand youth employment, invest in park programs and libraries, and open social spaces that are safe and resourced. That’s what helps young people thrive. Criminalizing students and their parents does not.

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

Thank you to everyone who showed up to celebrate the 48th Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade! 🇵🇷

This historic tradition is not just to celebrate the rich culture and history or Puerto Rico. We participate every year so that students and families can see that we value and love every member of our school communities. And we deserve a school board that celebrates the diversity and richness of Chicago. That’s why we were proud to share part of the parade route with Hilario Dominguez, candidate for Chicago School Board president. Thank you for celebrating with us!

This parade kicked off a whole season of summer celebrations! Join us at an upcoming parade at https://t.co/GGexAxHziu

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

A historic moment for Chicago.

Last month, CTU and IFT President Stacy Davis Gates joined Mayor Brandon Johnson in Vatican City for a meeting with Pope Leo XIV.

"It is one of the greatest honors of my life to meet Chicago-born Pope Leo—a south sider and son of an educator – who chose his name to seal his place as a defender of workers in a time of disruption and inequality," shared President Stacy Davis Gates.

Public education, labor, and faith communities all have a role to play in building a more equitable world.

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

Honor the warriors not the wars. https://t.co/70n9UmbHRo

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

At a time when Trump’s cuts are leaving local government with less, Mayor Johnson is showing that taxing the biggest companies in the world not only works, but it exceeds expectations.

In a state with a 1 trillion dollar GDP, school budget cuts and families going hungry should not be a thing.

The Governor and the ILGA left an estimated $3B in solutions like this one unpassed this session. Time to get back to work and tax the rich.

https://t.co/m8P5I098JO

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

This is rich, the Alderman invested in ICE surveillance tech and whose wealth derives from the military industrial complex, is now decrying companies investing in ICE.

[Alderman Bill Conway @AldConway]

The company vying to buy Chicago’s parking meters helped ramp up inhumane ICE deportation flights.

We need to investigate & can’t have ICE infiltrating our meters or accessing related data.

Appreciate colleagues raising this after raids on our communities & childcare centers.

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

“The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January.” https://t.co/B7sBB5xHu9

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

Elon's wealth is directly connected to our misery "the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for American workers. On Friday, Elon Musk [became] the world’s first trillionaire." https://t.co/34ApfpLyuy

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

🇵🇷Join us TOMORROW, JUNE 13TH for the 48th Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade!

Last year, CTU showed up loud and proud and represented our Boricua pride. This year, we’re back again, and we hope you can join us in celebrating the rich culture, history, and love of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago.

When we walk the parade route repping CTU, students and families see how we show up for them, not just in school, but outside of the classroom too. We invite you to join us this year as we keep this joyful tradition alive and celebrate our Puerto Rican pride!

The parade is this Saturday, June 13 at 12pm starting from Humboldt Park.

Learn more and sign up at https://t.co/GGexAxHziu

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

In Chicago, we believe in academic freedom, teaching Black history, supporting trans and immigrant youth, teaching civics, and doing our part to stand up to the billionaires who have taken over the federal government. The same people erasing the Tuskegee Airmen from museums are investigating CPS for staying committed to teaching about them. It is not a coincidence that the administration disenfranchising Black voters in the South is investigating how we teach children in the North.

That’s why a delegation of Chicago youth, families, and educators went to D.C. this week to fight for our education and protect our academic freedom. Thank you to our CTU delegation who stood up for our students and our schools.

This is what democracy looks like.

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

How about a special session to fund special education, higher education, childcare and meals for hungry children instead of subsidies to a billionaire family? https://t.co/GnBGfwGSt3

[Miles Kampf-Lassin @MilesKLassin]

The economic principles Rahm Emanuel upheld as Chicago mayor included promoting unfettered corporate profiteering & plunder of communities of color, attacking labor unions, shutting down public schools & privatizing as much as possible—Good he didn’t get the World Cup but come on

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

📢Join our union siblings @NationalNurses this Thursday, June 11th, for a strike in support of 6 nurses who were wrongfully fired while exercising their right to unionize.

Join us throughout the day outside the St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital.

When one of us fights, we all fight!

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

In case we needed one, another reason the @ChicagoBears shouldn't move to Indiana as "Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signs bill allowing local police to enforce immigration law." https://t.co/66v8J8rbux

[Carlos Ballesteros @ballesteros_312]

Who will be the first Chicago politics reporter to bravely ask Susana Mendoza why her campaign purchased a ticket for AIPAC’s DC conference earlier this year

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

…Billionaire Sacks and Right Wing Berg? Now that’s a juicy (and diabolical) turn of events. Rage electioneering against CTU in full swing? Are they the new Voltron? 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣