Friday, March 24 - WI Text Party (3/30) / Demystifying Chicago City Council (4/18)
Action You Can Take Today
Action 1: Text Party for Janet Protasiewicz (WI Supreme Court General Election) on Thursday, March 30, from 6-8pm
Action 2: City Council 101 Seminar on Tuesday, April 18, 9 am - 12 pm, at the Harold Washington Library
Action 1: WI Text Party on 3/30
Wisconsin has an absolutely essential election coming up on April 4th that many voters haven’t heard about. Conservatives currently control the state's supreme court by a 4-3 majority, but with the conservative Chief Justice retiring, we have the opportunity to flip the court and make real progress for Wisconsinites. Conservatives on the state Supreme Court have handed down some of the most damaging voting rights decisions nationwide just in the past year (anyone remember ballot drop boxes or the abandonment of fair maps?). And WI has a strict abortion ban that dates from 1849!
Sign up to support Janet Protasiewicz for WI Supreme Court in a two-hour Text Party on Thursday, March 30, from 6-8pm hosted by Laura Tanner and Kitty Knecht of Indivisible Chicago Alliance and Indivisible Evanston. NOTE: You will need to create a TextOut account, if you don't have one currently, before the day of the text party.
Action 2: Demystifying Chicago City Council (4/18)
Featuring two panels focused on the history and current practices of Chicago’s City Council, The Better Government Association’s policy team’s City Council 101 seminar event is intended to be helpful to newly elected alderpersons and their staffs, as well as members of the public and grassroots organizations active in the legislative process.
Featured panelists include:
Anna Valencia, Chicago City Clerk
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th Ward)
Ald. Matt Martin (47th Ward)
Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa (35th Ward)
Michele Smith, Former Alderman 43rd Ward
Joe Ferguson, Former City of Chicago Inspector General
Dick Simpson, Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago
Attend the City Council 101 Seminar on Tuesday, April 18, 9 am - 12 pm, at the Harold Washington Library.Attendance is free and refreshments will be provided. Panels begin at 9:00 am and run roughly one and a half hours each.
Action via Better Government Association
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