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>> people say asean has what it takes to be mayor of chicago some day. his school, marcus garvey, is on the closure list, but the 9-year-old believes there's a chance to keep it open if he can make enough noise. >> i respect the man. i'm not saying he's racist. i'm saying trying to close the schools, that's racist. because the majority of the schools are in black neighborhoods. >> asean hits the pavement with his mom, a public school clerk and a member of the mighty chicago teachers union. >> gotcha. okay. >> joey mcdermott is a teachers union field rep, organizing against the mayor's plan to ...

>> and parents, like single mother shareece mcdaniel. >> we have a great school here. our kids have art, drama, dance. i mean, those are all the things that rahm emanuel's kids have at his schools. why can't we have that? >> this is about balancing the budget on the backs of poor people. we know they're going to turn around and put the money in charter schools and open up more charter schools so that billionaires that are living loud can name schools after themselves. because of what he's doing to our schools, the people of chicago are going to stand up and say to rahm emanuel, see you later! ...

>> gotcha. okay. >> joey mcdermott is a teacher union field rep, organizing against the mayor's plan to close schools. joey is making a big push to mobilize teachers. >> they've got to know that the teachers are very strong and want to save their school. >> and parents, like single mother shareece mcdaniel. >> we have a great school here. our kids have art, drama, dance. i mean, those are all the things that rahm emanuel's kids have at his schools. why can't we have that? >> this is about balancing the budget on the backs of poor people. we know they're going to turn around and put the money i...

>> joey mcdermott is a teacher union field rep, organizing against the mayor's plan to close schools. joey is making a big push to mobilize teachers. >> they've got to know that the teachers are very strong and want to save their school. >> and parents, like single mother shareece mcdaniel. >> we have a great school here. our kids have art, drama, dance. i mean, those are all the things that rahm emanuel's kids have at his schools. why can't we have that? >> this is about balancing the budget on the backs of poor people. we know they're going to turn around and put the money in charter schools...