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Who is this daughter of Chicago who wants to unseat Emperor Rahm?
Personal dialogue with Amara has revealed a deep seated belief in RIGHT and WRONG, a strong sense of fairness.
Perhaps this can be traced back to her roots as a child of Nigerian immigrants who moved here expressly to give her a chance at a better life. After earning both a PhD in education policy studies and a law degree simultaneously from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign she found her self in her mid 20's working under the legendary Daley.
Perhaps things she seen and heard while doing so prompted her to develop a noticeable emphasis on FAIRNESS and EQUITY.
This experience as both a private sector and governmental player also explains the overall picture one starts to see of a person with a pragmatic, broad based view. Yet the question remains will this be enough to convince Chicago voters to vote for a candidate who can be fairly called an underdog?
Her party platform is fairly liberal and with it being nearly identical to alderman Bob Fioretti it must be noted that she has been campaigning on her stated platform for nearly 6 mos LONGER than Fioretti.
All of the ever more popular ChicagoProgressives Challenger cues are there: moratorium on charters, an elected school board, hiring more police, but Enyia appears to want to focus more on practical skills improvement by mentioning incentivized zones and specialized vocational training as opposed to simply speaking of "developing our neighborhoods and creating jobs".
Enyia appears to be a populist pragmatic if I may, I base this on noting that her time spent engaging people is not used to offer so much as preaching but more so LISTENING than the other average candidates.
What also isnt there is main stream media coverage. To any Chicagoan truly interested in a fair, equitable mayor, she is just as strong a candidate as any one else yet WHY does no one know of her? What's curious to note is that the usual response when Amara Enyia is mentioned to people who do know of her is very enthusiastic support with the phrase " I LIKE HER!" being used on a noticeably frequent basis.
Are we making the mistake of dooming a viable candidate because of whom we're told will win by a media which most Chicagoans no longer trust?
Is Chicago ready for her grass roots, under the radar effort?
Will Chicago, ALL of Chicago including African American, white and Hispanic Chicago, recognize it's immigrant daughter as the viable option she is?
All of the ever more popular ChicagoProgressives Challenger cues are there: moratorium on charters, an elected school board, hiring more police, but Enyia appears to want to focus more on practical skills improvement by mentioning incentivized zones and specialized vocational training as opposed to simply speaking of "developing our neighborhoods and creating jobs".
Enyia appears to be a populist pragmatic if I may, I base this on noting that her time spent engaging people is not used to offer so much as preaching but more so LISTENING than the other average candidates.
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| The Amara Day of Action voter registration and petition drive in effect on the south side in Englewood . |
What also isnt there is main stream media coverage. To any Chicagoan truly interested in a fair, equitable mayor, she is just as strong a candidate as any one else yet WHY does no one know of her? What's curious to note is that the usual response when Amara Enyia is mentioned to people who do know of her is very enthusiastic support with the phrase " I LIKE HER!" being used on a noticeably frequent basis.
Are we making the mistake of dooming a viable candidate because of whom we're told will win by a media which most Chicagoans no longer trust?
Is Chicago ready for her grass roots, under the radar effort?
Will Chicago, ALL of Chicago including African American, white and Hispanic Chicago, recognize it's immigrant daughter as the viable option she is?
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