The candidate discusses a multitude of issues that affect the 9th ward and offers solutions.
Interviewer: What is your vision for the south side, for Pullman, for Roseland, the community you live in?
Cleopatra: Better leadership. Resources. Affordable housing. Employability. Soft skills to teach but most importantly correcting the exodus of Illinois and that starts right here in terms of turning this thing around and really realizing there’s a 100,000 people that live in this region alone. And the only 2 reasons typically people come here is if they live here or they care about people that live here, but we have to change that. And that changes with understanding and defining true community!
Chicagoist TV educates on exactly what an alderperson does or is supposed to do. Informative and entertaining.
Roses In Roseland Give and Go.
Roses In Roseland Give and Go.
“I’ve seen Laquan’s face on many of my students and I’m tired of burying boys that won’t grow to become men.”
Cleopatra Draper participates in a documentary that delves into the soul of Chicago.
CBS2 Chicago spotlights Roses In Roseland’s first annual Peace Parade.
The candidate weighs in on the 9th ward’s current leadership communication style re: COP houses in the ward.
Cleopatra Draper and Egypt Watson participate in Chicago Teacher’s Union demonstration.