6th Ward Aldermanic Forum

sponsored by
Greater Chatham Alliance Community Council
January 22, 2011
Kennedy King College - Great Hall 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

GCA Membership Chairman Arthur Turnbull opened and greeted the

audience. Then introduced WVON 1690 AM radio personality, Cliff
Kelley

The forum started at 1:15 p.m. with opening remarks and Audience,
Candidate and Panelist introductions/guidelines from Moderator -
WVON personality, Cliff Kelley.

All Candidates for 6th Ward Alderman participated:

Candidates

Attorney - Cassandra Burton

6th Ward Alderman - Freddrenna M. Lyle

Attorney - Roderick Sawyer

Attorney - Brian Sleet

Businessman and Entrepreneur - Sekum Walker

Officer and Small Business Owner – Richard Wooten

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Panelists

Representing the 6th Ward communities of Chatham, Chesterfield,

a small section of Englewood, Park Manor, Roseland Heights and
West Chesterfield:

Dr. Niva Lubin- Johnson, Treasurer

Greater Chatham Alliance (GCA)
(Substituted for GCA President Roosevelt
Vonil who was called to work by the city
of Chicago that morning.)

John Paul Jones, President

Sustainable Englewood Initiatives

Michael LaFargue, Vice-President

West Chesterfield Community Association
(He also took questions from Chesterfield
audience members. Unfortunately, a
representative from the Chesterfield
Community Council was not able to attend)

Ronald Stewart, 1st Vice President

Park Manor Neighbors

Clevan Tucker Jr., Vice-President

Roseland Heights Community Association

ESTIMATED AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE

265, 6TH Ward citizens attended.

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CANDIDATE GUIDELINES

Candidates drew cards in the holding area to determine order of

seating.

Each candidate was given 3 minutes for opening and closing

remarks

Each candidate was given 2 minutes to answer each question they

are asked.

Each candidate stayed within the requested time allotted for each
question or remark. All candidates were clocked.

PANELIST GUIDELINES

Panelists have up to one minute to ask a question and two-fold

questions are not allowed. Follow-ups by another panelist on a
similar extension of a question were allowed.

The community representatives asked the questions in rotating order

to the candidates. These questions were submitted by residents from
each community and presented to them in advance.

Finally, the panelists were allowed to ask one question of only

candidate by choice.
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THANK YOUS

Kennedy King College and President John Dosier

Marv Dyson, WKKC Radio,
Ms. Billie Lee, Kennedy-King
Deborah Crable and Kevin Brown, Kennedy-King
WVON personality, Cliff Kelley
Madelyn James, Outgoing GCA President,
Roosevelt Vonil, Newly elected GCA President, Term 2011-2013
Romana Branker, GCA Aldermanic Forum Chairman
Ava Martin, GCA Forum Publicist
Darwin Honore, JP Paulus, Julius Stanley, and Anthony Washington,
GCA Forum Committee Members

Julius Stanley, GCA Vice President & Forum Committee Member

Leslie Honore, GCA Corresponding Secretary
Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson, GCA Treasurer
Toya Bey, GCA Chairman Safety & Security
Allison Butts, GCA Education Chairman
Arthur Turnbull, GCA Membership Chairman

Remember on February 22nd, your vote counts, go out and exercise

your right to determine your future and the future of our community.

A video program of the full GCA 6th Ward Aldermanic Forum

will be presented on CAN-TV (Comcast cable only) for those
voters who were unable to attend.

Programming date to be announced soon.