{"id":1407,"date":"2019-11-05T00:32:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T00:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=1407"},"modified":"2019-11-05T00:32:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T00:32:35","slug":"durhams-first-latinx-council-member-wants-to-keep-working","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/durhams-first-latinx-council-member-wants-to-keep-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham&#8217;s first Latinx council member wants to keep working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Javiera Caballero became the first Latino member of the Durham City Council in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>She was appointed after longtime council member Steve Schewel was elected mayor of a city whose Latino community has grown substantially in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the council, Caballero has pushed for change she thinks benefits Latino and many more Bull City residents.<\/p>\n<p>During her first campaign, she has also found herself in the middle of political dramas she did not create. One was a formal challenge to Caballero&#8217;s candidacy that elections officials rejected after saying no evidence supported it.<\/p>\n<p>9th Street Journal reporter Rebecca Schneid explains Caballero&#8217;s efforts and priorities <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_9xMugS_JLZ-OYIjqftOX-VY6Pc4hxVZDAea-qWHXiY\/edit#gid=709964795\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>At top: A poster from the student group Plan for All, which invited Javiera Caballero to speak at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Javiera Caballero became the first Latino member of the Durham City Council in 2018. 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