State Representative Cyril Nichols

In honor of Black History Month, our featured Black Educator is Marva Collins.

Marva Collins was an educator, an activist, a believer in Black children and the communities they came from; the very people many in society give up on. Born in Alabama in 1936, Collins graduated from Clark College in Atlanta.

Collins had a passion for helping young people and lamented teachers who didn’t have a similar passion. She surmounted one obstacle after another to become one of the world’s most famous educators. She turned her frustration into determination, and started the Westside Preparatory School in 1975. Marva enrolled Black students who educators considered “undesirable” or “unteachable” going from 4 students to 200. She developed her own educational method and empowered students in urban Chicago; her highly effective teaching method was so distinctive that it became known as “the Marva Collins Way.”

Her student-centered school remained in operation for 30 years. Collins was the recipient of over 40 honorary doctorates, and went on to support over 100,000 teachers and educators worldwide. Collins passed away on June 24, 2015 at the age of 78.

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State Representative Cyril Nichols has been an advocate for motorcyclists in Illinois and has worked hard to ensure that our rights and freedoms remain intact. He is running for re-election for Illinois State Representative in District 32, and he is endorsed by ABATE of Illinois PAC. 🏍

Dr. King stood for justice and is a civil rights icon that had a profound effect on the national consciousness. King’s leadership played a pivotal role in ending segregation and the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His impact stretches beyond the past into the right now. Let us all do our part to carry on his legacy.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

The communities we live and work in deserve to be safe. Today, several elected officials stood together because YOU our constituents let your voices be heard: the 8th district police needs to be cut in half to ensure the proper safety of all. You told us that response time of police officers was too long, and you voiced concerns of police being pushed beyond their capabilities due to the size of the 8th District.

Thank you 13th Ward Alderman Marty Quinn for driving this initiative to create another police district here in the Southwest side of Chicago, and thank you for asking me to speak. It was my honor to stand alongside community stakeholders and colleagues on such a momentous occasion:

State Representative Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, Chicago Police Department 8th District Chicago, State Senator Mike Porfirio, Alderwoman Jeylú B. Gutiérrez, Alderman Raymond Lopez, Alderman Stephanie D. Coleman, Alderman David Moore, Alderman Derrick G. Curtis Alderman Silvana Tabares, , Garfield Ridge Neighborhood Watch, West Lawn Neighborhood Watch - Chicago Chicago Mayor's Office District Council 008- CCPSA