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Enjoy the 4th Happy 4th to our DuPage Dems Family! As we celebrate the 4th of July, let's remember what the Promise of America is all about, and then recommit ourselves to continue the fight for that Promise. Take President's Obama's words to heart, as we are indeed the change we seek. Celebrate with Union-Made in America Products: https://aflcio.org/barbecue Celebrate in an Eco-Friendly way: *Compostable Plates, Cups, and Utensils *Avoid Single-Use Plastics *Make Recycling Easy *Digital Invitations Parades & Other Upcoming Events ALL EVENTS: DuPage Dems - Facebook Events | DuPage Dems Calendar NOTE: Be sure to check with your Township Democratic Party/Organization for additional unpublished events/parades. PARADE: Warrenville Friends of the Fourth Parade! With: Winfield Township Democratic Orgnazation Wednesday 7/3 at 5pm (step-off at 6pm) Manning and Warrenville Rd, Warrenville Come march with us in the Warrenville Parade! We are #19 in the yellow section on corner of Manning and Warrenville Rds. Step off is at 6pm! We may line up at 5pm. There will be parking at the old Woodland School at 4S208 Curtis Ave. This is at the end of the parade route. See you there!  Map in the comment section.  Addison Town Hall with Congressman Krishnamoorthi Wednesday 7/3 at 6pm Village Hall, 1 Friendship Plaza, Addison Join Congressman Krishnamoorthi for his monthly town hall meeting. This month, the meeting will be hosted in Addison. Please register at the Eventbrite below. PARADE: Wayne Dems - Carol Stream Parade With: Wayne Township Democratic Party Thursday 7/4 at 9am (step-off at 10am) County Farm Rd north of Lies Rd, Carol Stream Join us for the annual Carol Stream 4th of July Parade. Wear Red, White and Blue. PARADE: July 4 Parade Hinsdale With: Downers Grove Township Democratic Organization Thursday 7/4 at 9:30am (step-off at 10am) 8th Street West of Garfield, Hinsdale Join us for the Hinsdale parade. Line up at 9:30, parade at 10. Look for our DGTDO float. We will be right in front of Casten for Congress. Garfield Street will be closed to traffic at 8:30 am; please use Park or Washington to enter your street. Any drop offs must be done on Park or Washington. • Enter at rear of the street. This insures that groups with large vehicles will not need to turn around. • Groups should assemble in the order listed. • Please be in position no later than 9:30 am. The parade starts at 10 am. • Any young children must ride in a wagon or bike and not be walking the route. PARADE: 4th of July Parade With: Lisle Township Democratic Organization Thursday 7/4 at 9:40am (step-off at 10am) Lisle Jr. High School Join us in sharing our Democratic patriotism on July 4th. This is a well attended parade with lots of our voters present. Please wear your LTDO T-shirt’s or polos or a candidate or elected officials shirt or red, white, and blue. Feel free to bring non meltable candy. Please get there at 9:40 as step off is at 10am. Park on the street behind the junior high, the parking lot or Schiesher grammar school ( 1 block east). We will have a banner. If you have any creative ideas to add or questions lisletownshipdems@gmail.com. PARADE: Villa Park 4th of July Parade With: York Township Democratic Organization Thursday 7/4 at 10:30am (step-off at 12pm) Trinity Lutheran Church Parking Lot Hello York Democrats! This year we will be marching with Senator Tom Cullerton in the Villa Park 4th of July parade. The parade formation begins at 10:30am at the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot on Ardmore avenue, and step off in at 12:00. All are welcome to come join us, and please feel free to wear your blue!  PARADE: DPMT @ Glen Ellyn 4th of July Parade With: Democratic Party of Milton Township Thursday 7/4 at 11:30am (step-off at 12pm) The Milton Dems will be marching in the Glen Ellyn 4th of July Parade this year and we welcome you to join us! Please sign up at the link below or contact Elizabeth Hooper at ehooper1212@gmail.com to let us know you will be joining us via: https://forms.gle/ooJ5vhGbzVW7ABat8 Details for the lineup and location will provided for RSVP. PARADE: July 4 Parade Downers Grove With: Downers Grove Township Democratic Organization Thursday 7/4 at 12:30pm (step-off at 1pm) Downers Grove North High School Join us for the Hinsdale parade. Line up at 12:30, parade at 1. Look for our DGTDO float. More details to come. Join us at the DGTDO Office after the parade for popsicles. PARADE: Wayne Dems - Bartlett Parade With: Wayne Township Democratic Party Sunday 7/7 at 12pm (step-off at 1pm) North Ave & Oak Ave, Bartlett Join us for the annual Bartlett "4th of July Parade". Wear Red, White and Blue. Find Your Voice at PEACE Toastmasters! Sunday 7/7 at 3pm DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd, Lombard PEACE! Toastmasters. Helping Democrats Find Their Voice!   August PC / Candidate Training We have the following three training sessions we are offering in August. #1 - DuPage Dems - PC 101 - Training This is for new PCs, Veteran PCs and those considering being a PC. We will review our PC Calendar through November 2020 and focus on what our PCs should be doing during the 2020 petition season (which starts in September 2019). Feel free to stay for VoteBuilder training which will immediately follow. #2- DuPage Dems - VoteBuilder - Training This training will ensure you have all the VoteBuilder training you need to get you through the 2020 Petition Season (September 2019 - December 2019). Access, how to create a universe of data for your precinct and how to print off a walk list.   #3 - DuPage Dems - Get on the Ballot & How to Circulate Petitions Go over everything you need to know and do to get on the ballot and to circulate petitions for the 2020 Petition Season (September 2019 - December 2019). This event is open to PCs and Candidates alike. Session #1 - PC 101 - Training - Dates Thursday 8/1 at 7pm - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/17 at 10am - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/24 at 10am (event coming soon) Downers Grove Township Dems Office - 908 Curtiss St - Downers Grove Session #2 - VoteBuilder Training - Dates Thursday 8/1 at 8pm - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/17 at 11am - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/24 at 11am (event coming soon) Downers Grove Township Dems Office - 908 Curtiss St - Downers Grove Session #3 - Get on the Ballot & How to Circulate Petitions - Dates Tuesday 8/6 at 7pm - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/17 at 10am - Facebook Event DuPage Dems Office - 1000-7 Rohlwing Rd - Lombard Saturday 8/24 at 10am (event coming soon) Downers Grove Township Dems Office - 908 Curtiss St - Downers Grove RSVP: via links above OR to chair@dupagedemocrats.com Join our Events Team Want to contribute to DPDC fundraising and have fun at the same time? Join our growing Events Team! This team of great friendly people does all of the planning for the major fundraisers for the Dupage Democrats. We work on the Gala, the Holiday Party, the Golf Outing, the Annual Picnic, and several other smaller events every year. We want to expand our team to be able to support more events, especially smaller events that are more accessible and interesting to a broader segment of our members. We are looking for people who want to contribute ideas and are willing to attend monthly meetings and either take charge of an event or help on a team. If this sounds like you, please email Joanne Tyree at joanneiam1953@gmail.com. We look forward to working with you! DuPage Dems Difference Maker - Nobuko Kudo Nobuko has been involved in political activism since 2008 when Obama first ran for president. As part of the Chicago Lawyers for Obama, she drove to one of the reddest counties in Indiana and worked as an election monitor for the campaign and, in 2012, registered voters in Iowa for President Obama’s reelection campaign. She visited a homeless shelter in Iowa and registered a number of people there including an African-American veteran who wanted to vote for Obama in 2008 but could not because he was not registered to vote then. She has been a precinct committeeperson since 2013, first as an appointed PC for York 96 and later as an elected PC for York 57, and has been serving in the positing of Secretary for York Township Democratic Organization (YTDO) since 2014. During her tenure with YTDO, she has served on the Executive Committee, Township Election Campaign Committee, Event Planning Committee, Endorsement Committee and CD8 Summer Picnic Planning Committee, as well as DPDC Executive Committee. In 2018, she, along with a fellow PC, Ann Lobdell, organized, funded and executed the “136 Precinct Strategy Project, by which they reached out to Democratic voters in more than 50 orphan precincts who had never been reached out in the past and provided them with detailed primary election and candidate information tailored to each precinct to educate and inspire them to stay engaged in a democratic process. The result was nothing but positive. She is the author of 4 resolutions on immigration, all of which were passed by YTDO and submitted to U.S Senators and Congressional Representatives representing York Township. The 4 resolutions are: in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and demanding Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017 (S. 1615); demanding Congress to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform; objecting to criminalization of asylum seekers and separation of children from their parents implemented by then Attorney General, Jeff Sessions; objecting to the use of coercion by the Department of Homeland Security against parents who were separated from their children and demanding resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen, then Secretary of Homeland Security. She has also been active in election protection. She served as a member of the IL Ballot Integrity Project’s Election Integrity Conference 2017 Planning Committee and authored a resolution on election integrity. She is a strong supporter of universal healthcare based on her experience of working as a research assistant to one of the most prominent Health Law Professors in the nation while in law school, who authored “The International Human Right to Health”, and her personal experience of surviving breast cancer with which she was diagnosed during the last semester in law school. The National Institute of Health, a Federal government agency, invests nearly $39.2 billion in medical research for Americans, making the United States one of the countries with the most advanced medical technology available, but it should not be reserved only for those who can afford to pay for the medical technology; it should be accessible for all regardless of their economic standing. Professionally, she has been committed to giving back to communities since 2004. As an immigration attorney, she frequently volunteers at the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) Immigration Clinic and has taken cases from CVLS and the National Immigrant Justice Center on a pro bono basis by providing representation to a number of clients who otherwise have no access to legal services. She represented, among others, immigrant victims of domestic violence and helped them acquire legal status in the United States so that they can become financially and psychologically independent of their abusive U.S. citizen spouses. She assisted young immigrants with no legal status in the United States in obtaining DACA protection to minimize a possibility of deportation. She represented a young woman from an African country who was a victim of state-sponsored torture in obtaining asylum and fought for 7 years on behalf of a permanent resident of Pakistani descent in his application for naturalization until the Department of Homeland Security finally agreed to grant him U.S. citizenship. At a personal level, she is an avid conservationist, focusing on the conservation of pollinator plants native to Illinois, bees, butterflies, birds and wildlife as well as supporting environmental protection organizations. Growing up with animal companions, she fostered and adopted neglected, difficult-to-adopt cats and rescued stray and injured dogs. She supports Cat Guardians, a no-kill shelter in Lombard, and has been a sponsor of a resident cat at the shelter. She hand-raised a Monarch caterpillar rescued in late October 2018 who became a magnificent Monarch and lived through January 2019. She is the recipient of the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year awarded by one of the Big 100 firms in 2008 as well as the 2015 PC of the Year and the 2016 Community Service Award, both awarded by YTDO. Paid for by the Democratic Party of DuPage County, who continues the Fight for Economic Justice, Civil Rights and Our Environment within DuPage & Beyond.

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