Elgin Township Democrats
Our Next Meeting
May 14, 2025
(Second Wednesday Monthly)
Doors Open 6:30 p.m.
Speakers: 7:00pm
Business 7:30 p.m.
In Person and Zoom
Elgin Township Building | Lower Level
729 S. McLean Blvd, Elgin, IL 60123
The Next Meeting of the Kane County Democrats will be:
May 27, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.
(fourth Tuesday monthly)
Building A, Kane County Government Center
719 S. Batavia Avenue, Geneva, IL 60134
Updates from our blog
Huge Turnout at “Hands Off” Rally in Elgin
There were huge 1,000+ turnout at the “Hands Off” rally held in Elgin on Saturday, April 5, 2025!
Carl Strathmann, candidate for Elgin Township Board Trustee
I feel seniors, that are living in some of the communities, would like more fellowship with their peers, and that there’s a lot more that we can do to help with that good community building.
Lois Swatscheno, candidate for Elgin Township Board Clerk
After the 2016 election I couldn’t just sit back anymore, and you know, take things that were happening for granted. I had to do something about it.
Upcoming Events This Week
- May 1, 2025
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May Day March in Chicago
May 1, 2025 @ 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
The information below is from CASA MICHOACÁN ELGIN, 340 Grand Blvd, Elgin, IL 60120
Our immigrant community is under attack. Join us in commemorating International Workers’ Day. Join the march!
FREE TRANSPORTATION FROM ELGIN TO CHICAGO! ALL ARE WELCOME! YOUR VOICE COUNTS!
May Day – Chicago’s May 1st, International Workers’ Day Rally and March from Union Park to Grant Park – Thursday May 1st.
Casa Michoacan in Elgin has a sign up for buses leaving from their church on Thursday morning @ 8:30am. Maria Valdez has been working on helping to get this important event out help support the most vulnerable within the migrant community and uplift workers.
- Meet-up place: Casa Michoacán- Elgin, 340 Grand Blvd., Elgin, IL 60120
- Thursday, May 1st @ 8:30 am
For more information and to secure a spot on the bus for Chicago’s May 1st International Workers’ Day Rally and March from Union Park to Grant Park on Thursday May 1st, please sign up in the link below. The deadline to register to secure a spot on the bus is Tuesday 4/29 by 4:00pm. For questions, please call (630) 480-6628.
We appreciate your participation in this important event to send a clear message of unity and support to the most vulnerable community: the migrant community.
Maya Piña, Director of Casa Michoacán Elgin, was on the panel for last Summer’s Kane County Democratic Women’s Immigration 101 forum.
And see below, the Chicago Sun-Times resource guide for immigrants, regardless of status is excellent as part of La Voz Chicago.
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International Workers' Day: May Day 2025 Rally and March
May 1, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Union Park, 1501 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60606, USAIndivisible Chicago stands in solidarity with all immigrant communities and in defense of immigration rights.
We are proud to join the Consejo de Resistencia en Defensa del Inmigrante on May Day 2025, International Workers’ Day!
We will meet up with Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda at Union Park to rally and march together in opposition to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Trump Administration’s catastrophic attacks on our nation and the world.
(Gathering location at Union Park TBD and we will update you closer to the date)
We are joining this coalition of hundreds of organizations as we stand in solidarity to fight back. This will be a nonviolent, broad-based action bringing all of us together from many different causes, communities and issue areas, as the attacks from Trump are impacting us all.
We need everyone who cares about our city, our nation, and our planet to make their voices heard. Join us and let’s show Trump and Musk that we will not sit by as they attack every thing we hold dear. Juntos podemos – together, we win!
A core principle behind this action is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
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- May 3, 2025
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Hands Off! Elgin Fights Back Harder!
May 3, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kimball Street & North Grove Avenue, Kimball St & N Grove Ave, Elgin, IL 60120, USAThey are not stopping and neither are we!
The next Hands Off/50501 movement will be on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Start Spreading the word and talking about it now and every day all day! Everyone has to start coming directly on news sites, Fox news, cnn, NBC, ABC News, News Nation, PBS, etc... all of them! Regardless of the topic of the News Post.Please bring your signs, your voice, and your energy for another great day of peaceful protest, while we still can.
This a local Indivisible event!
Kimball Street and Grove AvenueElgin, IL 60120
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Our Executive Committee
Carl Strathmann,
Chairman,
630.890.3460
Winfried Cooper,
Vice Chair,
224.805.1887
Mike Rende,
Secretary,
847.608.1995
Janice Bennett,
Treasurer,
847.772.4463
Sue Broxham,
Co-Parliamentarian,
847.732.5604
Jose Alfonso Villalobos,
Co-Parliamentarian,
847.346.2069
Brad Vincent,
Sergeant at Arms,
224.688.2609
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