Election Night Dan Seals 10th Congressional District

Waukegan students worked hard for Dan. Here's where to celebrate,
Hyatt Deerfield
1750 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL

In the Regency Ballroom
Doors Open at 7:00PM

DanSealsforCongress.com

Election Night Pat Quinn

And this invite for all the you students who canvassed and phone banked for Pat Quinn,

After months of hard work and support, kick back, watch the returns, and celebrate with Quinn/Simon.

Please help us with our headcount by filling out the form below.

Doors will open at 6:00pm. The Allegro is located at 171 W. Randolph in Chicago.

Election Night Robert Dold 10th Congressional District

Many students worked on this campaign. It would be fun to be here tonight. Election Night Party

Please join us on Election Night beginning at 7:00pm at Dold For Congress Headquarters, 511 Lincoln Ave. in Winnetka.

Election Night Alexi Giannoulias

And for our city students, 

WHAT: Election Night with Alexi for Illinois WHEN: Tuesday, November 2 @ 7:30 PM WHERE: Fairmont Hotel, International Ballroom 200 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Election Night - Il State Senate 22 District Mike Noland

This would be great for some our Elgin students:

After the polls close, the party starts! Join us at our Victory Party for pizza, drinks, music, and free chair massages:

VFW 5151

520 S. Bartlett Rd.

Streamwood

Election Night Melissa Bean 8th District

I know some of our Barrington students worked on this campaign. This would be a fun local event for them.

Join Us On Election Night!

When?

Tuesday, November 2^nd at 7:30 pm

Where?

The Onion Pub
22221 N. Pepper Rd. in Lake Barrington map

What?

Appetizers and cash bar

 Hope to see you there!

www.melissabean.com

Today, Governor Candidates..last chance

to see them before election day...
Pat Quinn  8:00 PM - Chicago Torchlight Rally at Campaign Headquarters 676 N. LaSalle Drive.
Bill Brady  This Morning - Ogilvie Transportation Center (maybe I'll see him since I'm catching the 7:42 train this morning.)


Still trying to find out Scott Lee Cohen's and Rich Whitney's schedule...

Costumes for the Political Types

Just for fun...don't you wonder how Washington DC dresses up for Halloween? Here's a glimpse.

Sarah Palin with daughter Piper dressed as Snow Princess and grandson Trig as elephant. 

Dick Cheney with granddaughter Elizabeth Perry

Joe Biden mask on Chuck Hagel with the real Joe Biden

Then Sen Obama with Sasha as Corpse Bride in Chicago 2008

All photos: Via www.huffingtonpost.com

Not Too Late to see President Obama!

It's not too late to get down to the city to see the Democratic Rally with President Obama!!! These are the kinds of things you really shouldn't miss. There will be a great vibe, lots of good energy, and beautiful weather. Get your jackets on NOW, hop the train, take the bus, walk, do whatever you can to take part!

Rally with President Obama

Midway Plaisance

1130 Midway Plaisance North

Chicago, IL 60637

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2010

Doors Open: 4:00 p.m.

Kirk/Brady/Dold Rally on Saturday in Northbrook

Your chance to meet and greet the big names in the Republican Races.

Time and Place:

5:00 Renaissance Hotel

933 Skokie Blvd, Northbrook

Hop on the Dold Bus This Weekend

Image: www.doldforcongress.com

The "Let's Get To Work" bus tour for Bob Dold will be traveling all over the Northwest suburbs this weekend. They will be in Lincolnshire, Palatine, Northwbrook, and Lake Forest with lots of fun Halloween events. This is a great chance for you to get some last minute campaigning hours in. Pick a location close to your school and hop on the bus! It sounds like fun.  All the places and times are listed on Bob Dold's website at www.doldforcongress.com .

Waukegan Alternative Campaigning Again

Students from Waukegan Alternative High School did some phone banking yesterday after school for Dan Seals. It is so inspiring to see students show up like this after a long day of studying! Gets me excited to do more.....

Politifact

image: www.politifact.com

Another great site that rates campaign ads as true or false. Easy to browse with cute little meter graphics for each ad, Politifact is a quick way to check just how real your candidate is. This site is updated often with the most current ads added and reviewed frequently.

Senate Debate Tonight on WTTW

Tonight WTTW is hosting a Senate debate and tomorrow night they are hosting a Gubernatorial forum. Both events begin at 7:00.  Many many many Mikva students have campaigned in these races. This is a perfect chance for you to hear the latest on how the candidates stand on the issues and to see how well they perform in front of an audience. If you can't watch the forums, you can access the videos here .

Rich Whitney Rally Thursday Oct 28

Last Friday Mikva students took part in a protest at WTTW studios protesting Rich Whitney being excluded from the Gubernatorial forum scheduled for "Chicago Tonight" which broadcasts on WTTW at 7:00 tomorrow. Here is a video of Mikva students protesting.

The Rich Whitney campaign is hosting another event tomorrow night outside the WTTW studios on the campus of Northeastern Illinois University. This event is to continue the protest and to have a little fun while doing it! They would love for you to show up in a costume.. some suggestions include, a machine of any kind, washing, polling, adding, sewing, gumball. Or a zombie?!

Rally:  6:00

Where: WTTW studios 5400 N. St. Louis, Chicago

Contact the Whitney campaign if you have any questions, 217-819-1591

Trick or Vote

http://trickorvotewiki.pbworks.com/Trick-or-Vote-History-and-Overview

Trick or Vote is a nationwide effort to remind people to get out and vote. Go to the website to get great ideas on politically savvy costumes to wear. Maybe someone could be a giant "M" for Mikva?  Or you can organize your own Trick or Vote event and get it listed on their website.

 via http://trickorvote.org/

Brady to Rally with other Governors Tonight

Bill Brady will be joined by 3 other governors at a rally today in downstate Homer Glen. Homer Glen is south of 55 so I realize it is a little far for most of our students to travel to, but for some of the Brady supporters that were out campaigning this weekend in Lombard, it  is doable. The governors of Mississipppi, Louisiana, and Virginia are scheduled to appear.

via http://www.fox59.com/news/sns-ap-il--illinoisgovernor-rally,0,1875643.story

Former President Clinton in Chicago Today!

Today you have a great opportunity to stop by the Palmer House to see former President Bill Clinton do some campaigning for the democrats. Doors open at 9:30. This last week before the election will be full of big names showing up to lend support for their candidates. President Obama will be in Chicago on Saturday. The venue has not been announced yet but the event is open to the public.  If you get out to some of these events you are sure to see some of the political elite.

Rain or Shine- Mikva Students Still Campaigning

Mikva Students from Glenbard North and Glenbard South campaigned this weekend for both the Quinn and Brady camps. The day began with rain but by the afternoon the rain stopped and the sun came out. Most encouraging quote of the day was when a woman answered her door, looked at the students standing in the rain, and said, "I usually don't vote but if you are willing to come out on a day like this to support your candidate, I'm going to make sure I vote for him".  Yay!

Mikva Center For Action Civics is Now Open

Mikva Challenge is excited to announce their newest venture into providing the best possible resources for civic educators. The Center for Action Civics develops curricula, provides training and technical assistance to educators and youth workers, facilitates a network of civic educators, manages an online library and provides ongoing support through classroom visits, guest speakers, and relevant and topical materials. Check it out at www.actioncivics.org

Students Campaigning with Dave Anderson for State Senate

Vote Naked Illinois

Voting in Illinois just got easier.  It’s so easy, you can do it from home, naked.

Vote by mail is the newest addition to Illinois voting law, and Rock the Vote has partnered with Roosevelt University and Equality IL on a Vote Naked Illinois campaign to make sure that you know about - and take advantage of - this new law.

You can visit www.votenakedillinois.org <http://www.votenakedillinois.org/>  to request your ballot (and see some pretty classic videos).  Submit your ballot request form by mail, in person, or at one of our drop off parties, and when your official ballot arrives to your home, just vote and mail it back by October 28th.

See, voting made easy!  Request your ballot today.

Also, Vote Naked is always looking for volunteers to help spread the word and democracy, if you want to volunteer, feel free to email TFouche@cohenlawgroup.com for opportunities to get involved!

Tell your friends!

And Rock the Vote (naked),

Mikva Students Campaigning for Brady

Mikva Students and Dick Durbin Columbus Day 2010

Waukegan Alternative Students Campaigning

Lisa Madigan Wants You!

Photo courtesy of www.lisamadigan.org

It was great to see the Lisa Madigan campaign for Attorney General at our Mikva Kick-Off event this past weekend. This is a young and fun campaign that is always excited to get students involved in campaigning and action civics. They would love to put some students to work on the phones or canvassing. Stop by the office at 500 N. Dearborn Suite 510 or contact their volunteer coordinator, kellan@lisamadigan.org or 312-670-0606.  I have not gotten a chance to visit their campaign office yet so I have no fun personal photos, but hopefully the one above will give you the idea that it's a friendly happy place (I know this to be true).

Truthish or Falsey

www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room

NBC Chicago Ward Room blog has a  new series "Truthish or Falsey in which we judge politicians tenuous grasp of hard facts and tendency to cast unfounded aspersions".  Ted McClelland examines campaign claims and judges them as "truthish","kinda truthish", or "way falsey". The best part is the accompanying cartoon profile which renders a politician's nose in proportion to the "truthishness" of the claim. This series is an excellent resource for students  to accompany our Action Guide "Your Message Matters".
 
Via http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Truthish-or-Falsey-Giannoulias-new-Obama-ad-102446694.html

Project Vote Smart

This website is so much fun! Using great graphics Project Vote Smart has created a 2010-2011 voting guide. Based on your address, VS displays your candidates and tells you how each one feels about several issues. Not only does it use great graphics to display where each candidate 'stands' (literally), it also allows you to input how you feel about the issue and gives you a best match candidate. This is such an important way to learn about candidates. Often times we endorse a candidate because of a particular party affiliation without knowing exactly where they stand on the issues. Candidates do not always line up along  party lines on all issues. So navigate to this site and have fun while you learn (caution, there is a barking dog in the background noise so do not visit the site while in a quiet place i.e., a classroom).

DIY Local Voter's Guides - www.theballot.org

Guide-Havin' States, Guide Needin' States. www.theballot.org

This week WBEZ's Eight-Forty-Eight played an interview with Billy Wimsatt an author, youth activist, and former graffitti artist. The guy has tons of energy and while he is a tad partisan, the bigger message is youth activisim. Listen to the interview here . He has many big ideas; how vital youth involvement in politics is, how his generation (he is 37) needs to lead, how local communities can make a difference. Right now he is leading a nation-wide movement to have local communities make their own voter guides.  Check out the website www.theballot.org to see how you, yes YOU, can make a guide.  He is currently on a book tour promoting his book "Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs" (we like the title of this book more than his first one, "Bomb the Suburbs"). The book outlines his vision for a new youth movement and continued political involvement. You can order it through Amazon or BN or give an independent bookstore a chance.  Now go make a voter's guide!

Green Party LeAlan Jones for Senate

LeAlan Jones answered 5 questions  for the Huffington Post this summer. The Green Party in both the Senate and Governors race are getting a lot of attention. Voters are looking for other candidates besides the standard Democratic and Republican brand. Some are protest voters, angry at other parties, but many are voters who are researching and deciding that the Green Party would represent them best.  In such a close race, Republicans and Democrats worry that enough votes diverted to the Green Party could make a big difference. Research all the Green Party candidates in our upcoming elections at www.ilgp.org .



via Huffington Post

Visetop

Last week my old laptop had a hardware malfunction. Seems 2 of those teeny tiny metric screws in the ULHS of the plastic frame had been loose and finally gave way. I took it into the really nice guys at my local Ace Hardware and asked them to help me find replacement screws. Turns out it's an impossible repair for the non-expert since the anchors(?) where the screws fit have been stripped bare of threads...therefore my new screws will not hold. So instead of sending this fine old friend to the repair shop I scrounged around the garage for a solution. Here it is, vise grips.  I carried my visetop around like this all last week and while a tad bit heavier, I think it's a fine affordable solution. I know it has nothing to do with politics, but then I wouldn't be blogging without the story or the vise grips.

Today - Rudy Giuliani in Town

For those students who love to rub elbows with the big names in the political world...you need to catch up with former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani today. He was downstate this morning, raising cash for Bill Brady but this afternoon he is headed up to the Union League Club in Chicago from 4:00- 5:30 to help Robert Dold out.  I know we have some student Dold volunteers out there...how about a last minute field trip?

Campaign Office Visit - Dan Seals 10th Congressional District

Outside of Seals's Office in Arlington Heights

Boo! On Wednesday I dropped by the Illinois Victory Office at 73 W Rand Rd (Rte 12) in Arlington Heights(just north of Trader Joes and Pet Smart) to visit the Dan Seals field office. Not only does Dan have a great and welcoming office staff, he has the absolute best location for the Nov 2 election. Why you ask? Because he is right next door to Halloween City! So the best idea is to stop at the Halloween store, grab yourself a mask or complete costume (some great ones here ) then walk down to the Dan Seals office and have a little fun while doing some phone banking.  You can also use your mask for Trick or Vote which is an awesome event we will be posting about soon.  Ram and Matt are a happy to have a slew of high school volunteers and will make you feel right at home. Monday night they have PIZZA and on WEDNESDAY night it is potluck dinners. Contact Ram Villivalam at 312-933-4131 or ram.villivalam@ilvictory2010.org .  If you want more info on the Dan Seals campaign go to http://www.dansealsforcongress.com. Don't forget to tell them 'Mikva Challenge' sent you.

Great Halloween Shopping Right Next Door!

Matt (L) and Ram (R) Will Welcome You to the Office.

Campaign Office Visit - Mark Kirk for Senate

Last week I visited the Mark Kirk campaign office. They are located at 3100 Dundee Rd in Northbrook, Suite 108.  This is an office building complex. Suite 108 is located on the east end of the complex.There is not much signage out front. Look for a Kirk bumper sticker on the door. You can see it in the picture on the door to the right.  Megan Toal is a great contact there. If you want to volunteer at this campaign you must first submit you information on the internet. Visit their website at www.kirkforsenate.com to fill out a form. There are also internship possibilities. This is a very exciting race and would be a good office to work for.

Outside of Kirk Campaign Office

Kirk Campaign Office in Northbrook

Ballotpedia

Another Wiki mob-rule monument?
I find it useful.

List of Candidates, Issues, and Funds

One week ago the Illinois Board of Elections decided who would be on the Nov 2 ballot.
Here is a link to a summary of the big races on the ballot along with links for each campaign on what the big issues are and where the campaign funds are coming from. It's a good tool for your classroom when discussing the upcoming election.

via WBEZ, The Election File

Fundraising Caps Doubled in Senate Race

Lynn Sweet has a lot of information in her blog about local fundraisers with many many big names coming to our state to raise funds for our high profile elections.  Interesting note about why ticket prices are so high to many of the senate race events,
"That Nov. 2 special election for Senate in Illinois--to fill the few weeks that will be left to President Obama's term, in addition to a vote for the full six year term also on Nov. 2-means that Giannoulias, the state treasurer and GOP rival Rep. Mark Kirk (D-Ill.) can fund-raise for both contests at the same time"

via Lynn Sweet "Chicago Sun-Times"

GetOutCampaigning- GOC Good Idea #1, Scavenger Hunt

We all know that sometimes it takes some creative ideas to get students to visit a campaign office for the first time. We try to provide students will all the information they need to take that first step; the address, phone number, and most importantly, a contact name or two. Also, we always remind them to tell the volunteer coordinator that "Mikva Challenge sent me". All of these things help.  But one of the best GOC Good Ideas came from Carrie Kelso at Morgan Park High School.  Carrie sends her students out on 'scavenger hunts'. She encourages her class to collect unique campaign paraphernalia from each office...you know, bumper stickers, signage, pencils. These items are displayed in her classroom and often there is some sort of reward for the most diverse (showing they went to many different offices) collection. Sometimes it's that little sense of competition that gets the students motivated. I wonder what type of reward this ginormous sign would get....

Campaign Office Vist - Robert Dold, 10th Congressional District

Yesterday I had a great visit with the Robert Dold campaign in Winnetka. They are a young, energized campaign with a couple of  fun ideas for working off the stress of campaign work...a ping pong table AND cupcakes! Seriously, these are a bunch of hardworking people and I think any high school student would have a great experience spending some time working at this office. The office is not hard to find, with great signage outside and inside they have fabulous blown-up photos covering the walls. I even recognized some of our Mikva students from last fall! This office is open 7 days a week from now until the election. If you have any questions, please contact Phillipe Melin pmelin@doldforcongress.com or Mick Paskiewicz at michael@robertdoldforcongress.com and tell them Mika Challenge sent you. The address is 511 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka. Office phone # is 847-251-3653 and the website is www.doldforcongress.com.

Working out a Little Stress at the Ping Pong Table

Amazing Dold Cupcakes. Yum.

Front of Dold Headquarters in Winnetka

Giannoulias and Kirk on "Meet the Press" Oct 10th

Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias are going to have a senate debate  on NBC's "Meet the Press".  Nationwide coverage on your local election. Rah Rah

via Chicago Tribune Clout Street

2010-2011 Election Season Begins for Mikva Challenge

We are so excited to be back here posting news, updates, events, and photos of the upcoming 2010-2011 election season. Here in Chicagoland we have oh so many exciting local and state-wide elections to get involved with. Our gubernatorial and senate elections are already full of intrigue and controversy and the 10th district congressional race has garnered nation-wide attention. Add to that the state-wide office races and you have more than enough to hold your interest. I'm going to post a few pictures of last year's events to remind all of you of the great spirit that students bring to politics.

Waukegan students worked on the Dan Seals Campaign

Students attended the Lake County Republican Annual Event
 and heard Gov. Pawlenty give the Keynote address.

Elgin Students Phone Banking in  Ethan Hastert's 14th District Office

Headed to 14th

I'm headed off to the 14th District to do some campaigning with Elgin HS students. We are working at Ethan Hastert's office in Geneva and Randy Hultgren's office in St. Charles. Come on down and join us! It should be fun.

GOTV 1st District Cook County Commissioner's Race

The candidates for 1st District Coook County Commissioner are busy with special GOTV activities. Here is some contact information.

Chris Harris contact chrisharrispolitics@gmail.com. Chris is running a grassroots campaign and could use some youth to help energize his campaign.

Earleen Collins contact roryhoskins@gmail.com. Earleen's campaign office is at the corner of 25th and Roosevelt. They would love to get some student volunteers to phone bank.

Ade Onayemi contact shirimae3@yahoo.com. Ade's campaign office is close to the high school at 1209 S. 5th ave.

GOTV Dan Hynes Canvassing Sites

The Hynes campaign has organized more canvassing sites for their GOTV efforts this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday. If you want to join one of these teams, please call or email the contact person to find out times.

Location 1:
41st Ward
Wendy’s
7243 N. Harlem Ave.
Niles, IL 60714
Contact: Jeff Rauch (708) 217-6796
Email: jrauch@friendsofdan.com

Location 2:
Norwood Park
Dunkin Donuts
7801 West Lawrence Avenue
Norridge, IL 60706
Contact: Joe Garramone (847) 275-4939
Email: jgarramone@friendsofdan.com

Location 3:
4th Ward
Z&H Café
1126 E 47th Street
Chicago, IL
Contact: Lizzy Whitehorn (312) 342-6839
ewhitehorn@friendsofdan.com


Location 4:
South Side
VFW Hall
9701 South Kedzie
Evergreen Park, IL
Contact: Denny Kasper (312) 636-8523
dkasper@friendsofdan.com

Location 5:
Du Pag e County
IBEW Hall
28600 Bella Vista Parkway
Warrenville, IL
Contact: Frank Bilecki (312) 593-0749
fwb_13@hotmail.com

Location 6:
IBEW Hall
1100 NE Frontage Rd
Joliet, IL 60431
Contact: Frank Bilecki (312) 593-0749

Reflections on WTTW Gubernatorial Candidate Debates

Jeff Berkowitz's blog has a summary of the Gubernatorial debates which took place on WTTW Monday and Tuesday nights. I watched and played my gubernatorial bingo game (provided by WBEZ) and was surprised when I couldn't get a bingo with either the Republican or Democratic debate. Something must be wrong.

Learn about the Lieutenant Governor Candidates

Here is well organized and interesting article on the candidates for lieutenant governor. An issues link for each candidate is listed on the RHS of each candidate's name.

Justin Oberman for Treasurer

I met Justin Oberman at the Dan Seals Campaign office this past weekend. He is running for the office of Treasurer and was handing out information about his campaign. He mentioned that he has had some Mikva students volunteer at his city campaign headquarters. Below is his campaign contact info. If you are interested in volunteering, please use the following contact information, John Langford, Field Director, john@obermanforillinois.com .

Dan Hynes Suburban Canvassing Locations

For the final 3 weekends of the campaign calendar, Dan Hynes is canvassing in suburban locations. Below is the information for a couple locations that are somewhat close to our schools. Canvassing will start at these locations for the next 3 weekends, Saturdays 10:00-2:00 and Sundays 12:00-4:00. This is a good opportunity for suburban students to catch up with and volunteer for a state-wide campaign.

Du Page County
IBEW Hall
28600 Bella Vista Parkway
Warrenville,

IL 41st Ward
Wendy’s
7243 N. Harlem Ave.
Niles, IL 60714

Why are Illinois Primaries So Early?

Here is an interesting blog about why our primary is so early and how it compares with other states.

New Hamos Campaign Office

More good news for Waukegan. Julie Hamos, another 10th Congressional candidate, has just opened a new field office at the Chapala Restaurant at 2211 Grand Ave. Our contact is Akil Holmes and he can be reached at Akil@juliehamos.org . It is so great that the campaigns are adding new field offices as we get closer to the election. The 10th district is large, Here is a picture so there is a lot of territory to cover.

"Where is Mikva? " T-Shirt Contest!!

Yes, announcing the first (and maybe only?) Mikva T-shirt contest!  Send me a  picture of you wearing your t-shirt in an interesting place. This can be in a campaign office, canvassing, with a candidate or with your grandpa. Maybe the Grand Canyon, Washington DC, or Springfield. ???  Prizes will be awarded for different categories. I really haven't decided on the categories yet but I'm thinking things like...most original, farthest place, most 'political', and others.  You can also share your T with someone else...say a campaign field worker, a candidate, or your baby sister.  I will post the winners here at the end of the elections program (end of Feb). We will use these photos for some of our Mikva video that we are creating. Also ANY Mikva t-shirt counts. For you old-timers out there, there are plenty of different designs (10 years of them) to go around. Send photos to annalisa@mikvachallnge.org.  If you need an extra T to share, just email me and I can get you one.

10th Congressional Campaigning this Past Weekend

Mikva students were present at 2 of Dan Seals's campaign offices this past weekend. His Arlington Heights office at 1310 W NW Hwy is a great cozy space jam packed with computers. Here students work with VoteBuilder software to do phone banking. The field staff there is so friendly and welcoming.  THIS OFFICE IS WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE ARLINGTON PARK METRA STATION. The contact here is Ram Villivalam and you can reach him at rvillivalam@dansealsforcongress.com
Dan's Waukegan office at 818 Washington Street held an open house on Saturday. This colorful  and happy office is WALKING DISTRANCE FROM WAUKEGAN SCHOOL. The event was attended by many volunteers and local elected officials. Dan spent time speaking with the students and our Mikva Waukegan teacher. I was also so happy to hear Dan speak to the crowd and give a shout out to the students, saying that people should not say that young people don't care or are uninvolved, because here they are! That's what Mikva believes and is all about. The contact here is Adithi and you can reach her at adithi.chandrashekar@gmail.com

"Dock" Walls Update

Dock Walls has dropped out of the Democratic primary and is going to run as an Indpendent in the Fall Gubernatorial election.. I spoke with Dock last week and he is very impressed with the students he met at the forum. He requested that if students are still interested in helping him get elected they can do 2 things. First they can help get signatures to get his name on the ballot in November. This effort does not start until March 23, 2010.  Also he is interested in a grassroots effort to set up some social networking sites for the youth vote. If you are interested in helping Dock design his youth social networking effots, grab a group of your friends and start designing facebook, twitter, webpage sites that organize youth for Dock. Stay in touch with his campaign by giving Sheila Hubbard a call at 773-285-7803. This is a great chance for some independent election work that has potential for great exposure.

Election Homepage Suggstion

Check out the Trib's beautiful new election site, http://elections.chicagotribune.com/ . This site gives you the latest news, opinions, and a link to "Clout Street" the Trib's election blog. It has a well organized "Issues" link on the RHS that makes it very easy to find out where the candidates stand on issues..something like what we did at the forum. I think it would be a great choice for your homepage from now until Feb 2.

"Dock" Walls Contact Info

Several students were interested in working for Bill "Dock" Walls.  Our contact is Sheila Hubbard and she can be reached at 773-285-7803.  Sheila accompanied Dock to the candiate forum..perhaps you met her?

Dold for 10th Volunteer Opportunities

Robert Dold, http://www.doldforcongress.com/ ,  is a Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District. There are opportunities for students  to volunteer for his campaign. You can contact Cristen O'Meara at cristen@robertdoldforcongress.com . She is a college student and lives in Barrington and is eager to help Mikva students.

10th Congressional Candidate Forum, Saturday Jan 9th

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring an 10th Congressional  District Candidate Forum on Saturday, January 9th beginning at 9:00 at Arlington Heights Village Hall. Both Republican and Democratic Candidates have been invited. If you can't make it to the forum, you can catch it LIVE on Comcast channel 17. See the LWV website for more details http://www.lwvah.org/calendar.html

Lake County Democratic Candidates Meet and Greet

The 8th District Democrats are sponsoring several meet and greets with the candidates. These events provide a perfect informal time for you to talk to candidates.  One event that is close to a couple of our schools is on Sunday, Jan 10 at 2:00 at the Lakeside Inn in Wauconda  Candidates for many different offices will attend. Visit the website for further information on this event and other meet and greets.  http://www.illinoiseddi.com/.

Meister for Senate Volunteer Opportunity

Jacob Meister is a Democratic candidate for Senate and has field officies in the suburbs that might be easy for students to get to.
His website, http://www.meisterforsenate.com/ , has information on issues and good links to news articles.
Two of the suburban offices are 123 N. Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling and
17949 S. Halsted St., Homewood. Wendy Meister 312-933-5676 will help you organize a group. They are wonderful to work with and very accomodating.