(MEMBERS ONLY PLEASE! )

Time for our League holiday social... with a twist!! We want to support our downtown businesses that have been affected by the Streetscape project. So we are using our holiday social to give back to the businesses who have always supported us. And it is a excellent excuse to shop! Do your shopping downtown in Glen Ellyn on Thursday (any time) and bring your receipts to the Parlour at Park and Oak (499 Penn. Ave) for our holiday social from 6:30-8:30p. We will enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. There will have a drawing for a 'big prize' chosen from all of those who made a purchase from any downtown business that day. The drawing will be held at 8:15pm. We hope to see you all there!

Please RSVP (affirmative only) so that we know who is coming! See RSVP button below.

Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Central Kane County, Naperville, and Roselle/Bloomingdale continue their Civic Awareness Series on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 pm.  DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin has agreed to be our November 16th CAS speaker.  He will have statistics on crime trends in the county, discuss all of the County's restorative justice programs and illustrate the changes to the SAFE-T Act made by the General Assembly pursuant to recommendations made by the working group which included Bob and two other State's Attorneys.  

Cantigny Visitors Center and Zoom (Hybrid)

1S151 Winfield Road

Wheaton Illinois 60189
Register for Zoom as well as hybrid to ensure free parking at Cantigny

Meet the Speaker:  DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin

Bob Berlin has been a prosecutor for 36 years, beginning his career in 1987 as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County. In 2004, he joined the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office as Deputy Chief of the Office’s Juvenile Division. He was appointed DuPage County State’s Attorney in December 2010 and was elected to full four-year terms in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Berlin was awarded the Illinois State Crime Commission’s State’s Attorney of the Year Award in 2013, and in 2020, the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association named him Public Official of the Year. He is a frequent lecturer on a variety of criminal justice issues and has testified before the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee and Illinois House Judiciary Committee on numerous criminal justice bills.

Questions about the event? Contact Barb Laimins, LWV Wheaton, blaimins@gmail.com or Jeff Reiter, Cantigny, jreiter@cantigny.org

The program is offered as a hybrid. You will need to register for both in-person and zoom. To register in person, you will need to make a login account on the Cantigny site.  You will use this account for all Civic Awareness tickets in the future. 

You can submit your questions to blaimins@gmail.com.  Please use the Q&A button located on the bottom of the Zoom screen when asking questions during the event.

Are you a teacher? Illinois teachers can earn 1.5 PD credits for watching the presentation and filling out a short PD activity.

Step 1: Register for the webinar above.
Step 2: Register to be on the teacher list for the PD activity and ISBE forms. 

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Barb Laimins

630-260-8257

blaimins@gmail.com

Come one, come all and spend an hour defending democracy. Why not bring a friend and then go out for lunch afterward in Glen Ellyn! Topic for the November 14 session is Voting Rights and Election Security, key issues for the League, and for democracy!

Please bring your cell phones as we will be making calls together. or emailing. If possible you can also bring your laptops/tablets in order to log on to the public official’s websites to send e-mails. The day’s leader will provide background information on the issues  as well as talking points for phone calls and/or post card/letter writing. Postcards and stamps will be provided for those who want to purchase on site (under $1).

Come help defend democracy!

DemocraSee What You Can Do: Member Engagement- Thursday, October 26 at 7 pm at the Glen Elyn Police Station, focused on member engagement. Bernie Laszewski and her energetic committee have been crafting a fun and inspiring meeting to get our juices flowing! Jeopardy, the One Meeting Challenge, the Monthly Democracy Drop ins- attendees will get excited about all the ways they can help strengthen democracy. Informative slides and an interactive talk about what LWVGE does will then lead into a panel with members who have served on local boards to give an idea about ways to become more civically involved.

One of the most interactive and important meetings of the year. Don't miss it! Why not bring a friend?

This is a brand new event for members and guests to engage in defending democracy! In our first ‘drop in’ we will:

1. Hear about purpose of the new group and LWV guidelines for engaging in advocacy and/or lobbying on important issues.

2. Take action on an LWVIL Action Alert to ensure IL legislature sunsets the Invest in Kids Act. There will be multiple options for participants to get involved - calling and emailing state senator and/or representatives and Governor Pritzker’s office to urge them not to extend the Act. Guidance will be provided to those who want to post op-ed written by LWVIL president on their own social media about this issue.

3. Action on money in politics and judicial ethics.

Please bring your cell phones as we will be making calls together.  If possible you can also bring your laptops/tablets in order to log on to the public official’s websites to send e-mails. The day’s leader will provide background information on the issues  as well as talking points for phone calls and/or post card/letter writing. Postcards and stamps will be provided for those who want to purchase on site (under $1).

Come help defend democracy!

The Civic Awareness series, presented by Cantigny Park in partnership with the League of Women Voters, is a free program offered in person and online. For those attending in person, parking is also free if registered in advance — click on the button below. Zoom registration is at the same link.

This month’s topic examines the Campaign Legal Center’s recent report: (Dis) Trust in Elections – Identifying Who Distrusts the Election Process and Why. As a new election cycle dawns, CLC believes now is the time to educate, provide transparency and rebuild Americans’ confidence in our elections. With that goal in mind, CLC commissioned a study by the Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) to determine Americans’ trust in the election process. Informed by a dual-phased, mixed-methods research study, ACRI and CLC targeted seven key states: Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia. The resulting (Dis)Trust in Elections report was released in May 2023.

Meet the Speaker: David Hiller is an experienced news media publisher, attorney, and philanthropic executive. He had a 20-year career with Tribune Company, where he started as VP & General Counsel in 1988. Mr. Hiller served in many leadership roles in that time, including President of Tribune Interactive, Publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and Publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Highly involved on the boards of various philanthropic and charitable organizations, Mr. Hiller also served as President and CEO of the McCormick Foundation from 2009 to 2020. His board involvement has included the Field Museum, Chicago History Museum, the Illinois Holocaust Museum, and Thrive Chicago.

Cantigny Visitors Center and Zoom (Hybrid)

1S151 Winfield Road Wheaton Illinois 60189 See map: Google Maps

REGISTER for in person and zoom:

cantigny.org/event/civic-awareness-series-racial-and-economic-justice/

Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Central Kane County, Naperville, and Roselle/Bloomingdale continue their Civic Awareness Series on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 pm.  

The speaker is Audra Wilson, President and CEO of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law. Sign up coming soon...

The program is offered as a hybrid. You will need to register for both in-person and zoom. To register in person, you will need to make a login account on the Cantigny site.  You will use this account for all Civic Awareness tickets in the future. 

You can submit your questions to blaimins@gmail.com.  Please use the Q&A button located on the bottom of the Zoom screen when asking questions during the event.

Are you a teacher? Illinois teachers can earn 1.5 PD credits for watching the presentation and filling out a short PD activity.

Step 1: Register for the webinar above (when link is available)
Step 2: Register to be on the teacher list for the PD activity and ISBE forms. 

Glen Ellyn, IL —The League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn is holding several voter registration drives in the area to mark National Voter Registration Day on September 19th.  The League is asking residents if they are “Vote Ready” by registering to vote, or ensuring that their voter registration is up to date with current address or name change information.  National Voter Registration Day is the nation’s biggest nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to getting every eligible American registered to vote for their next election.  Nationally, only 65% of those eligible to vote are registered, and many who are registered do not vote.  

National Voter Registration events in Glen Ellyn Area on Sept 19th, 2023

• Glen Ellyn Library, from 4:30-6:00p in the front door portico (all residents)

• Glenbard West, 10:00a-1:00p in the 4th Floor Bridge (students/staff only)

• Glenbard South, 10:00a–1:00p by the main door (#4) 

• Glenbard East, 10:00a-1:00p (location tbd)

• College of DuPage, 9:00a-2:00p Student Resource Center behind the coffee shop “Brew 425”

Join the League of Women Voters at the Wheaton Library where will will hear UIC Professor Steven Schwinn provide an update of the cases and issues currently active on Supreme Court's docket. Prof. Schwinn's engaging style will help us navigate this complex topic.

This is a hybrid event. If you would like to sign up for the Zoom portion, or to get further information, please visit: https://wheatonlibrary.org/.../civic-awareness-series...

Prof Schwinn's bio can be found here:
https://law.uic.edu/profiles/schwinn-steven/

Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Central Kane County, Naperville, and Roselle/Bloomingdale continue their Civic Awareness Series on Thursday, May 11, at 7 pm.  

Americans are disinclined to see themselves as others see them, which limits what the U.S. can accomplish in international affairs. This program will explore American “exceptionalism” and the notion that only Americans have a keen insight into global problems and solutions. Our speaker will also discuss how the hyperpartisanship in America’s political landscape affects global perceptions. Be prepared for a thought-provoking evening that challenges conventional thinking and encourages ideas without borders!

The League of Women Voters will be hosting Dr. Richard Farkas for this month’s Civic Awareness Series. He has been teaching at DePaul for over 40 years. He holds an honorary degree from Corvinus University and has lectured in Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Croatia. His research compares strategies for political and economic development in post-Communist and post-conflict countries. Professor Farkas has consulted for some of the largest corporations in the U.S. and has appeared frequently on U.S. and international media.

Questions about the event? Contact ccorrigan@cantigny.org.

The program is offered as a hybrid. You will need to register for both in-person and zoom. To register in person, you will need to make a login account on the Cantigny site.  You will use this account for all Civic Awareness tickets in the future.

You can submit your questions to ccorrigan@fdmuseum.org or blaimins@gmail.com.  Please use the Q&A button located on the bottom of the Zoom screen when asking questions during the event.

Are you a teacher? Illinois teachers can earn 1.5 PD credits for watching the presentation and filling out a short PD activity.