Black politicians release coaching program for subsequent

Black politicians and others attached to politics in Chicago are becoming a member of forces for a six-month coaching program for the following era of Black leaders. The program, known as the Black Bench, will release on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and is co-chaired by way of Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Jacky Grimshaw, a political marketing consultant for the past due Mayor Harold Washington and the present vice chairman of presidency affairs for the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Members of this system’s advisory board come with Michael Strautmantis, leader engagement officer of the Obama Foundation; Andy Zopp, the president and CEO of World Business Chicago; Kurt Summers, former Chicago town treasurer; Greg Kelly, president