Lori Lightfoot
The media mogul will be joined by other celebrities scheduled to deliver speeches during the event, including Lil Nas X, Jennifer Garner and Simone Biles.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said police Superintendent Eddie Johnson engaged in "actions that are intolerable for any leader.”
More than 300,000 students missed days of classes, but they will be made up at the end of the school year under the terms of the deal.
The standoff between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union has resulted in an eighth day of striking, the city's longest in over 30 years.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
About 25,000 teachers are on strike in the Windy City — and negotiations are fraught.
The Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate stood alongside the Chicago Teachers Union in its sixth day of striking for a better contract deal.
The Chicago Teachers Union rejected Lori Lightfoot's request to halt the strike during contract negotiations as the walkout reached its third school day.
"Teachers just wanna have funds."
The City Council passed zoning regulations for recreational marijuana sales, but the Black Caucus is concerned about minority-owned business inclusion.
They will be building on a wave of teacher of activism that they helped set off in 2012.