League of Women Voters of Naperville

14th Congressional District Republican Primary Candidate Forum
2022-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom Meeting
Join Us

Thursday, May 19

7pm by Zoom Meeting
Hear from the Republican Candidates running for the Illinois 14th Congressional District
All official candidates have been invited:
Scott Gryder, Mike Koolidge, Jack Lombardi, Jim Marter, Jaime Milton
Sponsored by The League of Women Voters of Naperville, The League of Women Voters Aurora Area,and The League of Women Voters of DeKalb County
The Candidate Forum is free and open to all, but registration is required.

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How a Candidate Forum Works
All candidate forums are run by trained, non-partisan moderators. Equal time is given to all candidates to answer each question.
The candidates will have two minutes to present an opening statement, in turn, alphabetically.
Questions will be chosen in advance by the League for appropriateness and relevance from those solicited from League members as well as community members. The moderator will ask questions in rotation so that each candidate will have the opportunity to be the first to answer. Candidates will each have up to two minutes to answer each question.
After the questions are completed, each candidate will have two minutes to provide a closing statement, in turn.
No surrogates are permitted to participate. An uncontested forum, that is, one with only one candidate, is not permitted.

Tuesday Book Group: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
2022-04-19 19:00 - 20:30
Are our polarized political institutions driving our political system towards crisis?
From Goodreads:
Discover how American politics became a toxic system, why we participate in it, and what it means for our future–from journalist, political commentator, and cofounder of Vox, Ezra Klein.
In this groundbreaking book, Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the 20th century, and what that polarization did to the way we see the world and each other. And he traces the feedback loops between our polarized political identities and our polarized political institutions that are driving our political system towards crisis.

Friday Book Group: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
2022-04-15 12:30 - 14:00

The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
2022-04-09 19:00
Join the League of Women Voters of Naperville for a live virtual tour of The Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama. The museum is situated on a site in Montgomery where Black people were forced to labor in bondage. It is only blocks from one of the most prominent slave auction spaces in America, and steps away from the rail station where tens of thousands of Black people were trafficked during the 19th century. After the virtual tour we will hear about EJI’s legal and racial justice work and there will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions and share reflections.
Register in advance for this event HERE.
Watch this video to learn more.
