Our own 10th District Congressman, Brad Schneider, is hosting his annual Women for Brad luncheon on May 7th at the Northbrook Hilton. This amazing event is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the wonderful work done locally, in Illinois, and across the country by countless women in pursuit of social justice, comprehensive gun control, reproductive rights, and more. We would love for you to join us at our Tenth Dems tables!
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza will be joining Brad as the event’s keynote speaker. Additionally, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering will be honored for her leadership in addressing gun violence and helping our community through the past year following the horrific Independence Day Parade shooting.
Both of these incredible elected leaders have done so much for us here in the 10th District and we hope you will join us on May 7th to celebrate them and all they have done for us.
So please mark your calendar and, if you have not yet done so, please RSVP for the 2023 Women for Brad Brunch on Sunday, May 7th from 11:30am-1:30pm, and put in the ticket notes you would like to sit with Tenth Dems.
To RSVP, please use this link here.
Tenth Dem joins Lake Dems to co-sponsor a tutorial on campaign finance on Wednesday evening, April 12th, from 6 to 7pm. As a Continuing Legal Education provider, Tenth Dems and Tenth Dems University are able to offer an hour of continuing legal education credit to attorneys who attend the hour-long program. We’ve also requested approval for legal ethics credit for the program. Presented by prominent election attorney Ross Secler, this training should be valuable for candidates, treasurers, lawyers, accountants, and interested campaign volunteers.
On March 18, a Saturday afternoon filled with sun and snow, Tenth Dems hosted Let’s Talk Politics at the Fox Lake District Library, in partnership with Lake Dems and Grant Township Democrats.
Democrats from the area and across the county brought new perspectives and ideas about the issues facing their communities, our state, and our nation to this well-attended event. The wide-ranging discussion branched from ways to engage more Democrats and new voters, to how we can maintain our Democracy for the next generation.
The conversation included establishing a committee focused on veterans and organizing events specifically designed to engage young people. A Labor event is already being planned for the near future and many people signed up to help plan events and organize volunteers.
There was also discussion of practical ways to increase voter turn out. To that end, in the fall Lake Dems will be repeating our Connection Canvassing initiative that made such a difference in 2022. (We did it in the summer and fall of 2021.) And in the summer and fall of 2023, months before the 2024 election gets underway, Lake Dems volunteers will knock doors to listen to what’s on voters’ minds. We will be letting voters know that Democrats care about them, even when there’s not an election coming up, and without reference to any particular candidates.
The lively dialogue energized many of those attending to volunteer to organize and lead some of these projects. If you are interested in planning or hosting a TDU event please reply to this email. There are so many ways to get involved with Lake Dems. Click here to volunteer and let us know what areas you are interested in.
