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In the Press

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What I have written, and where my votes and positions have been reported. Journalists: bios, headshots, and marks are in the press kit.

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Chicago Tribune July 29, 2026

Budget for the revenue our students are owed

 An op-ed arguing the Board could pass a budget that keeps central office cuts but budgets for money the state owes, amendable later if our partners in government fall short. “If the state ultimately forces us to truly consider reducing our workforce, let it be after every other option has been exhausted and our constituents have seen us try to prevent it.”
OCCRL, University of Illinois July 9, 2020

Complicating Latinidad: Learning to be Black in an Anti-Black World

 On growing up trigueño in Puerto Rico, the colonial invention of race that Spain left behind, and what it took to claim Blackness in a culture built to deny it. “While I have always been a Black Puerto Rican, also known as an Afro-Latino, I had to learn how to be Black.”

Coverage

2026
AUG 13 Chicago school board places school funding referenda on November election ballot Chicago Tribune
AUG 13 Chicago school board approves 2 nonbinding tax referendum questions for November ballot ABC7 Chicago
AUG 13A divided Chicago school board adds referendums on new revenue to November ballotChalkbeat Chicago
JUL 31 Seeking to reverse layoffs, Chicago school board approves budget assuming more state money will come Chalkbeat · Block Club
JUL 31 School board amends budget; CPS in “uncharted territory” Board Rule
JUL 30 CPS voted to budget for a piece of what Springfield owes Chicago Teachers Union
JUL 29 Revenue and timing are driving the fight over Chicago Public Schools’ budget Chalkbeat
JUL 16 On The Chicago Report: Velez details his appeal to stay on the November ballot FOX 32 Chicago
JUL 14 Five school board candidates removed from the November ballot WBEZ · Sun-Times
MAY 13 Velez and five members call on Springfield to back students over a Bears stadium WTTW
APR 9 Chicago Board of Education welcomes Angel Vélez as new Vice President Lawndale News
APR 8 Chicago school board names Angel Vélez as new vice president Chalkbeat · CPS Board
MAR 30 Macquline King officially named permanent Chicago Public Schools CEO WTTW · WBEZ

Coverage

2021–2025
SEP 2025 Dr. Angel L. Velez joins the Chicago Board of Education CPS Board
AUG 2025 Mayor Johnson appoints Ángel Vélez to represent South Side neighborhoods Chalkbeat · WBEZ · WGN
OCT 2023 Be You, With Us: empowering authentic voices in corporate spaces Cisco
JUL 2023 “Stop trying to be the saviour”: understanding intersectionality in DEI HRD Canada
MAY 2022 Ángel Luis Vélez: working for diversity Negocios Now
MAY 2021 Named Research Associate at the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce CSW
MAR 2021 Featured on racism within racial diversity, on how assumptions get made about Latinos by how they look and how they speak NBC News · Illinois OCCRL

On the record

“If we unite, we can ask for more funding. If we stay divided, not a lot is going to get done.” Chalkbeat, April 2026
“I remain committed to advancing equity, supporting our schools, and ensuring every student has an opportunity for success.” On election as Vice President, April 2026
“I take pride in being a first-generation college graduate, which fuels my drive to address the many disparities that prohibit equitable access to quality education.” Cisco, October 2023

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