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i've been working on this campaign since the beginning of the summer and can't believe the big day is TODAY! i can't sleep but need to be up in 2 hours to head back to the HQ.
took a picture tonight of some illegal sign posting by the current alderman. stone really needs to go.
this campaign is the most watched race in the entire city, and if we win she'll be the first asian american alderman in the history of chicago! it's completely grassroots and we've run a very formidable campaign and without the help of unions. a lot of people thought it was impossible but we pulled it together. in hindsight, i should've asked someone to make a documentary of this...of a few exceptional friends who've known each other a long time and, with almost no campaign experience, ran a campaign that is considered one of the best in the city against a 34 year incumbent and vice mayor.
she's one of the few candidates who's been endorsed by both the trib and the sun-times, and nbc5 noted a couple of nights ago that political insiders say she has the best chance of beating the incumbent. tim yu, a political blogger and asian american lit professor who i ended up working with on the duckworth campaign, posted a nice entry on apap for us.
i guess we'll see tonight though. i'm wondering what i'm going to do once the campaign is over. it'll feel weird. it's been an amazing experience, but the one thing that's been the most eye-opening is, well, how so many people who i thought would be the most involved and passionate about the campaign aren't there or just refused to help. we would constantly talk about how we really need more asian americans in political office, but once the constellations were aligned for it to actually happen, they were nowhere to be found. it's gruelling and often doesn't feel very rewarding, but i can't think of a better use of my time to further asian american political empowerment. i think mlk put it best when he said "in the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
took a picture tonight of some illegal sign posting by the current alderman. stone really needs to go.
this campaign is the most watched race in the entire city, and if we win she'll be the first asian american alderman in the history of chicago! it's completely grassroots and we've run a very formidable campaign and without the help of unions. a lot of people thought it was impossible but we pulled it together. in hindsight, i should've asked someone to make a documentary of this...of a few exceptional friends who've known each other a long time and, with almost no campaign experience, ran a campaign that is considered one of the best in the city against a 34 year incumbent and vice mayor.
she's one of the few candidates who's been endorsed by both the trib and the sun-times, and nbc5 noted a couple of nights ago that political insiders say she has the best chance of beating the incumbent. tim yu, a political blogger and asian american lit professor who i ended up working with on the duckworth campaign, posted a nice entry on apap for us.
i guess we'll see tonight though. i'm wondering what i'm going to do once the campaign is over. it'll feel weird. it's been an amazing experience, but the one thing that's been the most eye-opening is, well, how so many people who i thought would be the most involved and passionate about the campaign aren't there or just refused to help. we would constantly talk about how we really need more asian americans in political office, but once the constellations were aligned for it to actually happen, they were nowhere to be found. it's gruelling and often doesn't feel very rewarding, but i can't think of a better use of my time to further asian american political empowerment. i think mlk put it best when he said "in the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."