It was the start of the coronavirus pandemic and City Council candidate Selvena Brooks-Powers was scrambling. Her uncle had just died in a nursing home – presumably from COVID-19, the very virus raging throughout the city. The city was locked down. PPE supplies were hard to find. Working from home with a young baby in tow, Brooks-Powers hunted down masks to hand out to the community. She called local lawmakers to get their help with PPE giveaways and arranged pop-up food distribution sites.
It was during this frenzy that she realized she needed to run for City Council again.
