Tammie** Vinson, a special education teacher at DePriest Elementary School in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, will speak** on the challenges facing the Chicago Public Schools in the coming year. Tammie is a_ _member of the Chicago Teachers Union’s house of delegates and a leader of the union’s Black Caucus.  She also serves as Vice Chair of the Illinois Green Party and plans to run for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board in 2018.

Tammie Vinson’s talk will take place on Sunday, September 17th at Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield in Chicago (just 2 blocks east and one block south of the Austin Green Line stop.  Her talk is this week’s Social Mission Forum and will be held in the basement of the church from 10:00 to 11:00 am.  All are welcome.