The Black History Awareness Club would has invited our members and government officials to attend their event on Saturday Feb. 8 from 2-5 at the Bolingbrook High School. This is their 15th Annual Black History Month Celebration which is sponsored by the Village of Bolingbrook, Fountaindale Library, and Bolingbrook High School. This event history and attracts 4-500 participants with several vendors, Political officials and leaders in the community. This event celebrates the history that African Americans have made through poetry, song and dance. This is a free event and food is provided as well as free door prizes and give-a-ways from local restaurants and businesses. If any elected officials would like to attend, they request that they sign in at the Honored Guest Table. Elected Officials are also invited to attend the Honored Guest Reception at 1:15.
For more information please contact Janice Haywood at (847)571-3871, historyawarenessclub@yahoo.com
attachment- Black History Month Flyer; Honored Guest Reception Invitation
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Why do you come to the DPDC Gala? Best answer wins admission into Pre-Gala reception with a guest!
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Democratic Party of DuPage County | 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd | Lombard | IL | 60148 |
How to Spot ALEC legislation and WHAT is Alec anyway?
What EXACTLY is ALEC?
ALEC is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that. Through the secretive meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Council, corporate lobbyists and state legislators vote as equals on ‘model bills’ to change our rights that often benefit the corporations’ bottom line at public expense. ALEC is a pay-to-play operation where corporations buy a seat and a vote on ‘task forces’ to advance their legislative wish lists and can get a tax break for donations, effectively passing these lobbying costs on to taxpayers.
Along with legislators, corporations have membership in ALEC. Corporations sit on ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve “model” bills. They have their own corporate governing board which meets jointly with the legislative board. (ALEC says that corporations do not vote on the board.) Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations.
Participating legislators, overwhelmingly conservative Republicans, then bring those proposals home and introduce them in statehouses across the land as their own brilliant ideas and important public policy innovations—without disclosing that corporations crafted and voted on the bills.
ALEC boasts that it has over 1,000 of these bills introduced by legislative members every year, with one in every five of them enacted into law. ALEC describes itself as a “unique,” “unparalleled” and “unmatched” organization. We agree. It is as if a state legislature had been reconstituted, yet corporations had pushed the people out the door. READ MORE HERE and see how Educators are handling this legislation below.
Politicians who belong to ALEC are not going to tell you that they are members of the secretive group that promotes the interests of the wealthy at the expense of American workers. Use our handy guide to help spot ALEC-inspired legislation that's making the rounds at your state capitol.
In 1960, the federal minimum wage earned by a single worker was enough to keep a family of two out of poverty. Today there are only four states in the entire country where the minimum wage is enough for even an individual worker with no family to stay above the poverty line. Share your story and help us make the case for an increase!
"The bill puts students in poverty, children with disabilities and those most in need of extra help ahead of politics."
- Arizona educator and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
Often lost among the partisan rhetoric, talking points and briefing papers dealing with the War on Poverty are the improvements for children and students from poor families.
Action of the Week
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Americans deserve a raise - add your name:
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| DuPage Dems, President Obama said something I'm pretty proud of in last night's State of the Union: "Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise." Some people in Washington have spent their entire careers turning their backs on folks asking for a fair shot. Our movement is defined by fighting for the principle that anyone who works hard and plays by the rules has the opportunity to succeed. The President made it clear last night he isn't waiting for Congress -- he's doing everything in his power to work toward that goal right now. Yesterday, he took action to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers with new contracts to $10.10 an hour, a step that will directly help thousands of Americans -- folks like janitors, cafeteria workers, and cashiers. It's our turn to fight for hard-working Americans who deserve a raise. If you agree that it's time to raise the minimum wage, add your name right now: http://my.barackobama.com/Time-to-Raise-the-Minimum-Wage Last night, the President showed he's willing to walk the walk. When it comes to fighting for what you believe in, I hope you're ready to do the same. Thanks, Lindsay Lindsay Siler National Director of Issue Campaigns Organizing for Action | |
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Six Initiatives to Fight Citizens United
Ever since the Citizens United ruling opened the floodgates to unlimited political spending (and even before), our friends at Open Secrets, The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, The Sunlight Foundation, Democracy 21, Public Citizen
and countless other organizations have been working to turn back the
tide. Click through to read about six initiatives democracy watchdogs
are hoping will help clean up our elections and get money out of
politics.
1) AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
The movement for an amendment to overturn Citizens United has quickly gone from pipe dream to mainstream, says Public Citizen’s Rachel Lewis. Since the Citizens United ruling, over 300 cities, towns and counties have passed resolutions, as have 16 state legislatures. In 2012, President Obama voiced his support.
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A rally to amend the constitution held in Spokane, WA. (Public Citizen)
The movement for an amendment to overturn Citizens United has quickly gone from pipe dream to mainstream, says Public Citizen’s Rachel Lewis. Since the Citizens United ruling, over 300 cities, towns and counties have passed resolutions, as have 16 state legislatures. In 2012, President Obama voiced his support.
READ MORE
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Meet the "Press" Pre-gala Reception
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Democratic Party of DuPage County | 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd | Lombard | IL | 60148 |