Niles Township

Congress is working with President Obama to develop comprehensive health care reform, and Representative Schakowsky wants to hear your thoughts and stories as Congress moves through this process. Congresswoman Schakowsky's goal is to make sure that every man, woman and child has access to quality, affordable health care.

Please join her at this health care town hall to
find solutions to the health crisis affecting our communities!

Sunday, June 14, 2009
2:00 - 3:30pm

(In the Niles Civic Center complex on the southeast corner of
Oakton St. and Waukegan Rd.) Contact Rep. Schakowsky's Chicago District office with any questions:
773-506-7100

Forest Preserve District of Cook County Commissioners Larry Suffredin (13th District) and Gregg Goslin (14th District) will join volunteers for a workday in Miami Woods in Niles on Sunday, April 22, 2007 in celebration of Earth Day.  Volunteers will meet near the picnic pavilion and will walk to the work site.
Details:  Volunteers are welcome to participate for as long as they wish.  All equipment and supplies will be provided.  The site is often muddy in the spring; please dress accordingly.  We’ll be working rain or shine. Questions:  Contact Bill Koenig, Forest Preserve District Volunteer Resources Coordinator, 773-631-1790 x11  “April 22, 2007 is the 37th Anniversary of Earth Day and I am pleased to help organize the Miami Woods workday in recognition of this important annual event,” commented Commissioner Suffredin.  “The exciting story behind the turnaround of the Cook County Forest Preserve District is the dedication of so many volunteers – those who work in all kinds of weather to do what most of us dread doing in our own backyard,” commended Commissioner Goslin. This workday caps off a weekend of Earth Day events, including workdays at other sites and an Earth Day celebration featuring refreshments, nature walks and exhibits that will be held at Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, on Caldwell Avenue, between Devon and Touhy, from 1pm – 3pm on Saturday, April 21. For more information on Earth Day activities and other work sites, visit the Forest Preserve District website at www.fpdcc.com or visit the Earth Day Network at www.earthday.net.

Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn plans to join us, his schedule permitting, to show his support for Barack Obama's presidential campaign — and to see how the grassroots grows in Niles Township!

This is going to be a special night, one you won't want to miss!

We'll be hearing about the Obama campaign from Bridget Gray, Chicago field director for Obama for America, and you'll learn how you can be a part of transforming our country. There are lots of exciting ways to get involved--there's something to suit everyone's interests, talents, and time.

Join us any time after 6:15 to dine early, or you can get a bite to eat throughout the meetup. The speaker begins at 7:00. (RSVP below...)

Our speaker this month is a recently returned Iraq war vet. Joe Baez, a staff sergeant who served as a medic in Iraq, came home just before the November election. He'll share his experiences and his view of the current -- and ever-deteriorating -- situation with us.

The speaker begins at 7:00, but some of us arrive earlier to get a start on dinner. Join us any time after 6:15 p.m. (Sign up below...)

Our first meetup of the year is this Thursday night (Jan. 18th). On the agenda is a celebration of the first 100 hours of the 110th Congress, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the helm, along with freewheeling conversation about politics, current events, and whatever else is on our minds. This is the first time in more than a year that we haven't had a speaker, so let's get together and speak our own minds! (Sign up below...)

Our special guests are Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin. They'll give us a pre-election roundup and their perspective on the county, state, and federal races. And they'll fire us up for the last push to Democratic Victory on November 7th!

Please note the earlier start time, as well as the day of the week -- a Tuesday night this month. (Sign up below...)

You can make a real difference locally and nationally this election cycle by becoming a deputy registrar and registering lots of new voters. (Sign up below - include address in 'comments' box...)

Time is short, though. Voter registration closes on October 10th.

The Niles Township Progressive Democrats in cooperation with the Niles Township Democratic Organization is hosting a deputy registrar training class. The class lasts about an hour and is conducted by a representative from the Cook County Clerk's office. Once you're deputized, you can begin registering—and you can register anyone in the State of Illinois. The verification receipt you give new registrants guarantees that they will be able to vote on election day or can vote by absentee ballot.

We need 25 participants to guarantee a trainer.

If you are already deputized, feel free to sign up for a refresher and to familiarize yourself with the new rules.

Please RSVP to Leah Yarrow at lkyarrow@yahoo.com and include your full name, address, and city/zip The clerk's office needs that information to confirm that you are a registered voter yourself. (You can also be registered the night of the class.)