When: Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 12:00 to 2:00pm
Where: Asia-Azteca Restaurant inside American Place Casino, 4011 Fountain Square Place, Waukegan
What: Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim welcomes the Year of the Dragon with the drum beats of the Chinatown lion dance troupe and performances by the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago. Entry includes buffet lunch. Holly is this year’s chair of the Asian American Caucus of Illinois. RSVP here.
Register here. For questions or if you would like to join but are unable to pay the full price of a ticket, contact Eli Brottman at brottmaneli@gmail.com.
When: Monday, February 19, 5:30 to 7:30
Where: DoubleTree by Hilton, 510 E. Il Route 83, Mundelein
What: Due to popular demand, we have asked frequent MSNBC Contributor/Legal Analyst Jill Wine-Banks to speak to us again. And she said yes! Jill was so popular last year that the event completely sold out. We hope you will save the date and join us for this very special evening. Jill Wine-Banks will be giving us her insights into our national political situation and so much more. A former Watergate prosecutor, Jill is particularly well-equipped to discuss Trump and his legal woes. We’re sure you’ll want to join us.
Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC Legal Analyst, regularly appearing on primetime and daytime shows. A sought-after speaker, Jill appears before professional, political, women’s and business groups, universities and law schools. Jill has also written op-eds for NBC.com, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Politico, and the Huffington Post. Several documentaries and films have featured her, including Academy Award winner Charles Ferguson’s Watergate – Or: How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President, Robert Redford’s All The President’s Men Revisited, ABC’s 20/20, and Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.
When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30pm
Where: Hubbard Inn, 110 W. Hubbard St., Chicago
What: An evening in support of State Representative candidate Maria Peterson with Personal PAC’s President and CEO Sarah Garza Resnick and the Host Committee. Register here. For more information, email maria@mariafor52.com or call 773-398-6986.
When: Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 12:00 to 2:00pm
Where: Online via Zoom
What: Phone bank to support Maria Peterson, pro-choice candidate for State Representative, District 52. She is running to defeat an anti-choice Republican zealot for State Representative. No matter where you live, who represents our area in Springfield matters. Let’s add a 100% pro-choice voice and a strong gun violence protection advocate to our team. To RSVP, email info@lakedems.org with “Maria” in the Subject Line.