Join the Leagues of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn and Wheaton at this informative community meeting to learn all you need to know about the legalities, facts and myths surrounding the upcoming 2010 Census. The League will be hosting the meeting where DuPage County's Mark Avery will lead the discussion.
Meeting date: Thursday, February 18th,
Time: 7:00pm social, announcements; 7:45pm Presentation
About the Census Speakers:
Mark Avery, DuPage County-Complete Count Committee leader
Todd Scalzo, Wheaton-Complete Count Committee leader
Chris Oakley, Carol Stream-Complete Count Committee leader
Rosemary Mackey, West Chicago-Complete Count Committee leader
About Redistricting Speakers:
Mary Schaafsma, True Census Count, Project Manager, State of Illinois Complete Count Committee, League of Women Voters of Illinois
Rep. Mike Fortner (IL-95), winner in Ohio's Redistricting Map Drawing contest
Ms. Schaafsma and Rep. Fortner will be discussing the Illinois Fair Map Ammendment project and how members of the community can work to change Illinois' antiquated system for redistricting after the Census figures are in (hint: the current process involves a toin coss and Lincoln's top hat).
Join us for a fun informative evening: Open to members of the community.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT http://www.lwvge.org
and
http://dupagecounts.org/
Event Start Date:
02/18/2010 7:00pm - 9:00pm