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Jackson Potter

VP of the Chicago Teachers Union

Jackson Potter is the Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union. He

has been an education activist since he led a student walkout at his high

school in 1995 to push for equitable funding for schools in Illinois. As a high

school teacher and union delegate, Jackson fought school closings. After

playing a key role in organizing for Karen Lewis’s election to the CTU

presidency, Jackson served as the CTU staff coordinator from 2010 to

2018, when he left his Union staff position to return to the classroom as a

social studies teacher. Jackson was elected Vice President of the CTU in

2022.

Jackson Potter
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