Monthly Meetings

Blue Wave Thank You

November 21, 2018 By Carl Strathmann

ETD had a great turnout in a holiday week meeting. We were able to celebrate the victories and near victories of our candidates.

Those that were able to make it were able to share in celebratory cake, have a chance to talk of their experience as a candidate, and listen to our guess speaker James Keough Bishop Jr. who is an Ambassador that spent time in Niger, Liberia, and Somalia. Ambassador Bishop spoke to the diplomacy in the Trump era.

Again I would like to congratulate all of our candidates and our precinct people and all who helped make this a great turn out election. Keep it up.

August Guest Speaker Jim May

August 14, 2018 By Mike Rende

The Guest Speaker at our August 21, 2018 meeting will be author and storyteller, Jim May.

Jim was born in Spring Grove, Illinois where his ancestors first settled in the 1840’s. Raised in this small German-Catholic farming community, his stories resonate with the rural voices of the Illinois prairie. His relatives spent time “visiting” and telling stories as an integral part of daily life–a means of weaving the social fabric of the community.

As an Emmy award-winning storyteller and author, Jim seeks to reestablish live storytelling as an art form, ideal not only for entertainment and education, but also for the grounding and healing that is needed in complex, modern times.

You can learn more about Jim at jimmaystoryteller.com.

The Politics of Immigration under Trump: Lessons in Fear and Cruelty

May 16, 2018 By Mike Rende

Our special guest speaker for the June 19th 2018 meeting will be Elgin based Immigration lawyer Shirley Sadjadi.

Her talk is frighteningly titled “The Politics of Immigration under Trump: Lessons in Fear and Cruelty”.

Please join us for what will certainly be an interesting presentation.

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Learn more about Shirley and her law practice.

Upcoming Meeting on October 17, 2017

October 13, 2017 By Mike Rende

Pot luck as usual at 6:30.

We have no speaker scheduled. Instead we will use the 7:00 time slot for signing and notarizing candidate petitions. We will have 3 or 4 notaries present. Please finish walking your precinct and bring in all of the signed petitions that you may have. We will collect them and forward to the various campaigns.

If you are running for election as precinct committeeman, we will file your petition for you. You will also need to provide your Statement of Candidacy and Loyalty Oath which have to be filed with the petition sheets. The Loyalty Oath is optional.

Business meeting will start at 7:30. We will try to keep it short. Because Mark Gaethle has arranged a gubernatorial forum in Aurora which starts around 7:30 and will be live streamed, we will have equipment set up to watch it in the church as soon as we can wrap up our meeting.

If you have any questions, please call Carl or Donna.