• Our Metropolitan Water Reclamation District candidates are on the ballot!

• Volunteer today at www.mwrdgreens.org/volunteer

BOLINGBROOK, IL – Are you Congressional District 17 and looking for an alternative outside the corporate parties? Write-in Brad Ahrens! For more information visit https://bradforprogress.com.

The Green Party is in 72 countries, if you’d like to be part of this effort, consider:

• Joining the state party as a dues paying member:
  https://www.ilgp.org/membership/ https://www.ilgp.org/membership/faq/
  
  
• Donating to the ILGP:
  https://www.ilgp.org/donate/
  
  
• Joining a local chapter:
  https://www.ilgp.org/get-involved/chapters/
  
  
• Attending an event:
  https://www.ilgp.org/events/
  
  
• Running for office, either in a non-partisan race or as a Green in a partisan race.
  https://www.ilgp.org/candidates/

Join the Coordinating Committee (CC) 

The CC is the administrative body that keeps the party running. The Coordinating Committee meets the 3rd Sunday of each month at 7:30 (~3 hours). Any member, after 6 months, is eligible to be a Illinois Green Party Coordinator! Help Steer the Illinois Green Party!

Here’s a brief summary from the September 18th Illinois Green Party Coordinating Committee Meeting:

Highlights include:

• Approval of $1,000 to the Cook County Green Party for the MWRD candidates.
• Approval of up to $40 for a website domain for the Young Greens of Chicago Caucus (pending chapter approval).
• Galesburg Green Party Chapter is approved. Thank you to David Peter and Brad for getting this started!
• Workers Rights Paper (50th Ward)

Details on the Fall Conference in Springfield, IL on 10/15/22 from 10am - 4pm. Visit www.ILGP.org for more information.

Full minutes are available to any member on Basecamp, the ILGP’s administrative platform

Other Event News

The Fridays for Future 9/23 Chicago march was nice! It was a beautiful day for a march! Pictures and a video are at:
https://public.3.basecamp.com/p/KQiveNyFpv2q9YrWCJhsKecH.

On a separate note, some upcoming events are listed below:

Fundraiser for our MWRD candidates is on 10/1 in Glenview at 6pm, contact [email protected] or 773-809-4547 for the location.

Abortion & Full Reproductive Rights National Day of Action! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022 AT 12 PM Federal Plaza, 219 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL

DuPage County Green Party and Cook County Green Party welcomes phonebankers on Wednesday 10/26 at 7pm virtually. Sign-up at: https://actionnetwork.org/events/green-party-phonebanking

Illinois Green Party
www.ILGP.org