Action Ridge members Nan Parson and Kristin Berg joined the Palatine area League of Women Voters via Zoom on October 13, 2021 to share the grass roots efforts Action Ridge has engaged in to address obstacles to securing affordable housing, including data gathering, meeting with local officials, and influencing community members in Park Ridge. AContinue reading “Action Ridge Presents on Affordable Housing to Palatine LWV”
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Meeting Minutes ~ 10.6.21
Action Ridge Meeting Minutes October 6, 2021 Park Ridge Community Church and via Zoom Meeting began at 7:08pm Review of Action Ridge Restructuring Nan Parson talked about the new structure of Action Ridge and the process for developing it. A Work-in-Progress (WIP) group met several times over the summer to design a leadership structure thatContinue reading “Meeting Minutes ~ 10.6.21”
SHINE A LIGHT: Perspectives on Cook County Government
September 2021 NewsletterBy Michael Rabbitt Cook County government has been referred to as “stealth government” – its offices and services being relatively unknown compared to government at the federal, state and city levels. Although our county government has a low profile, this monthly update will “shine a light” on Cook County by providing important information andContinue reading “SHINE A LIGHT: Perspectives on Cook County Government”
October General Meeting ~ Wednesday 10/6 at 7:00
Please join us and invite a friend to come in person to our October general meeting at 7:00 next Wednesday, 10/6 in the lower level of the Park Ridge Community Church. Masks and distancing will be required to meet in person or you can attend virtually. Email actionridge 2017@gmail.com to request a Zoom link. MarkContinue reading “October General Meeting ~ Wednesday 10/6 at 7:00”
Voter Registration at Maine West High School
An intrepid band of volunteers (most were Deputy Registrars) from Action Ridge and the Park Ridge League of Women Voters spent four hours registering students at Maine West High School on Tuesday 9/28 (National Voter Registration Day). Karen Yee Reid from the PRLWV organized and lead the effort. We registered 89 students today!!!!
2021 Summer Newsletter
Diversity Discussion Group: The Sum of Us. 9.29.21
Join us for the discussion on “The Sum of Us” – what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. The library has the books ready for pick-up at Reader Services so get your copy now of “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGee and start reading! You are welcome to join us onContinue reading “Diversity Discussion Group: The Sum of Us. 9.29.21”
Virtual Discussion with Filmmaker: The Long Shadow, Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7:00
Filmmaker Frances Causey was born in segregated Greensboro, N.C. in the early ’60s, “where white superiority was never questioned.” But with family in N.C. and Mississippi, with ancestral ties to slavery era Virginia, as an adult she pondered what she and her family had seen and accepted in “the racist South of my childhood.” SpurredContinue reading “Virtual Discussion with Filmmaker: The Long Shadow, Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7:00”
Purple ERA Van Brings Message of Equality to Park Ridge
Community members and representatives of Action Ridge, the League of Women’s Voters and AAUB for Equity signed the “Notorious RVG” and heard rousing speeches from former Illinois House Rep Lou Lang and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Voter Registration with the ERA RV ~ 9.1.21
WEDNESDAY, 9/1 the ERA RV Rolls Into Park Ridge for Education, Voter Registration An RV promoting the ERA will make a stop in Park Ridge from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 1 in the parking lot of Park Ridge Community Church, 100 Courtland Ave. Volunteers from the League of Women Voters of Park Ridge andContinue reading “Voter Registration with the ERA RV ~ 9.1.21”
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