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Suburban Civic Fairs The Citizen Advocacy Center's Civic Fair is an opportunity to see democracy in action: citizens becoming informed about their community and taking action that impacts the community in a positive manner. The Suburban Civic Fair is an opportunity for people to learn of the countless community groups close to home that provide an opportunity to create a citizen-initiated community, to attend stimulating panel discussions with community leaders on hot topics affecting Chicagoland and suburbia and to listen to keynote addresses by people such as Ralph Nader, Dr. Quentin Young and Jim Hightower. GET UP, GET OUT & GET ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY! In celebration of our seventh anniversary, the Center is sponsoring the Suburban Civic Fair. A day-long event jammed with activities featuring 50-100 community groups from DuPage and Cook County, stimulating panel discussions with community leaders on hot topics affecting Chicagoland and suburbia and a keynote address by, "America's #1 Populist", Jim Hightower. All nonprofit organizations, projects, associations, clubs or religious groups were invited to attend the Civic Fair on Saturday, October 13, 2001 at Harper Community College in Palatine to gather under one roof to meet one another, to build coalitions, and to provide countless opportunities for people who live in suburbia and Chicagoland to Get Up, Get Out and Get Active in Your Community. Community organizations that participate in the Suburban Civic Fairs to have the opportunity to network with other organizations, attract new members and volunteers, increase organization visibility and educate the community about organization's mission and goals ! Keynote Speaker: JIM HIGHTOWER Hightower is a progressive populist political commentator heard on radio and published nationwide. He has been an advocate for consumers, hometown businesses, working families, farmers, and minorities for more than 30 years. His new book, If The Gods Had Meant Us To Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates, comments on the state of politics in the new millennium, focusing on the presidential candidates, all beholden to the powers-that be; the topics of interest to ordinary people which no candidate will discuss; and moving stories of citizens beginning to create a new politics with candidates beholden to the power-that-ought-to-be- America's workaday folks. Visit his website at www.jimhightower.org and listen to his daily commentaries. Civic Fair Agenda Fair Open to Public - FREE! 10:00 AM- Table Talk & Panel One - Electoral Reform Table Talk & Panel Two - Justice? KEYNOTE SPEAKER JIM HIGHTOWER Table Talk & Panel Three - Cyber Space Table Talk & Panel Four - Transportation & Sprawl Group Discussion on War on Terrorism - Panel Discussions & Confirmed Speakers Panel One: Electoral Reform: Community leaders discuss how to improve the electoral process in Illinois Cynthia Canary, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform Dan Johnson-Weinberger, Midwest Democracy Center Andrew Spiegal, General Council, Libertarian Party of Illinois Panel Two: Justice: Community leaders discuss racial profiling, police brutality and for-profit prisons. Rev. Theresa Dear, DuPage County NAACP Emile Schepers, Committee To Defend the Bill of Rights Carlos Vega, Prison Action Committee Panel Three: Cyber Space: Community leaders discuss ICANN, privacy, and Internet communities. Panel sponsored by: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Panel Four: Transportation: Community leaders discuss O'Hare expansion, transportation and sprawl. Jacquelyn Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology Elle Shubart, Campaign for Sensible Growth Jack Saporito, Alliance of Residents Concerning O'Hare
DEMOCRACY & ACTIVISM In celebration of our sixth anniversary, the Center is sponsoring the Suburban Civic Fair. A day-long event jammed with activities featuring 50-100 community groups from DuPage and Cook County, stimulating panel discussions with community leaders on hot topics affecting Chicagoland and suburbia and a keynote address by Dr. Quentin Young. All nonprofit organizations, projects, associations, clubs or religious groups were invited to attend the Civic Fair on Saturday, June 24, 2000 at College of DuPage to gather under one roof to meet one another, to build coalitions, and to provide countless opportunities for people who live in suburbia. Community organizations that participate in the Suburban Civic Fairs to have the opportunity to network with other organizations, attract new members and volunteers, increase organization visibility and educate the community about organization's mission and goals ! Keynote Speaker: DR. QUENTIN YOUNG Dr. Young is a practicing internist in Hyde Park, a Clinical Professor of preventive Medicine at the University of Illinois Medical Center and Senior Attending Physician at Michael Reese Hospital. During the 1970s and early 1980s. He served as Chairman of the department of Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital, where he helped establish the Department of Occupational Medicine. In addition to his distinguished career as a physician, Dr. Young has been a leader in public health policy and medical and social justice issues. ln l998, he had the special distinction of serving as President of the American Public Health Association and in 1997 was inducted as a Master of the American College of Physicians. In 1980, Dr. Young founded the Chicago based Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, of which he is currently Chairman. Health & Medicine is a nonprofit organization created to be an advocate for the health care needs of the poor and under served in Chicago. Dr. Young is also the National Coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), a Chicago based organization of over 9,000 physicians who support single payer national health insurance. He has served as Chairman of the American College of Physicians' Subcommittee on Human Rights and Medical Practice and has been a member of both the Humana-Michael Reese Medical Board and the American College of Physicians Health and Public Policy Committee. Every Tuesday morning, Dr. Young hosts "Public Affairs" on WBEZ, Chicago public radio. Dr. Young has chosen to limit his medical practice in order to spend more time fighting the corporate takeover of medicine in America. Dr, Young lives in Hyde Park, with his wife, Ruth. He is the proud father of five grown children and the grandfather of an ever growing number of beautiful grandchildren. Civic Fair Agenda Fair Open to Public - Table Talk & Morning Panel A - Affordable Housing in DuPage County Morning Panel A : Dru Johnston Bergman, Director of DuPage Home Ownership Center Terry Owens, Shared Housing Case Manager of DuPage County Human Services Sheila Frett Maronta, Director or DuPage Habitat for Humanity Robert Wahlgren, Director of Community Housing Association of DuPage. Table Talk & Morning Panel B - Building Civic Muscles Morning Panel B: Diane Brown, Director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group Cynthia Canary, Director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform Will Conrad, Volunteer Student Activist Michelle Miscara, CO-Director of the Campaign for Better Health KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. QUENTIN YOUNG Table Talk & Afternoon Panel A - Smart Growth: Quality of Life in Our Communities and Region Afternoon Panel A: Jacquelyne Grimshaw, Coordinator for Transportation and Air Quality Programs for the Center for Neighborhood Technology Joyce O'Keefe, Assistant Director of the Open Lands Project Lois Morrison, Campaign Manager for Campaign for Sensible Growth Jo Patton, Policy Analyst for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest Table Talk & Afternoon Panel B - Democracy & Cyberspace Don Goldhamer of Computer Professional for Social Responsibility Florence Appel of Computer Professional for Social Responsibility Scott Berman of Computer Professional for Social Responsibility Joyce Latham of Computer Professional for Social Responsibility Citizen Initiative Awards BUILDING COMMUNITIES ......SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED In celebration of our fifth anniversary, the Center is sponsoring the Suburban Civic Fair. A day-long event jammed with activities featuring 100 community groups from DuPage and Cook County, stimulating panel discussions with community leaders on hot topics affecting Chicagoland and suburbia and a keynote address by Ralph Nader. All nonprofit organizations, projects, associations, clubs or religious groups were invited to attend the Civic Fair on Saturday, July 10, 1999 at the Odium in Villa Park to gather under one roof to meet one another, to build coalitions, and to provide countless opportunities for people who live in suburbia. Community organizations that participate in the Suburban Civic Fairs to have the opportunity to network with other organizations, attract new members and volunteers, increase organization visibility and educate the community about organization's mission and goals ! Keynote Speaker: RALPH NADER Honored by Time magazing as one of the 100 most influential Americans of the Twentieth Century, citizen advocacy Ralph Nader has devoted his life to giving people the civic tolls they need to challenge corporate negligence and government irresponsibility and indifference For over three decades, Ralph Nader has demonstrated that committed individuals can made a difference in advancing justice and improving the quality of all of our civic lives. Ralph Nader and the numerous citizen groups he has helped to create at the local, state and federal level have raised our standards living. He has helped draft and pass laws that touch our daily existence, including the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Meat and Poultry Inspection rules, the Freedom of Information Act, and of course, auto safety legislation His message today is as compelling as it was in 1965 when he published Unsafe at Any Speed. Each of us can make a difference and we must. Civic Fair Agenda Fair Open to Public - Table Talk & Morning Panel A - How to Volunteer Panel: Phyllis Antonelli, Ambassador of Mercy for United Way Michael Leonard, Board Member, Community Chest of Oak Park & River Forest Susan Norris, Director, External Volunteer Initiatives for United Way, Crusade of Mercy Mike Simmons, Volunteer Advocate Table Talk & Morning Panel B - One Step Beyond Voting - A Citizen's Guide to Political Action Panel B: Cynthia Canary, Director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform Denise DeBelle, Director of Political Responsibility Project for the Office for Ministry of Peace & Justice of the Archdiocese of Chicago Marcia McConnell, Vice President of Voter Services & Citizen Education, Illinois League of Women Voters Patrick Quinn, Former Illinois State Treasure Table Talk & Morning Panel C- Getting Your Message Across - Media Hints for Exposure Panel C: Ray Baranak, Chairman, Government Accountability & Information Network and Radio Host of Citizens' Lobby Hank DeZutter, Vice President of Community Media Workshop at Columbia College Jack Koenig, President of Impact Voters/Impact Networks Chris Lackner, Program Director of Sustain KEYNOTE SPEAKER RALPH NADER Table Talk & Afternoon Panel A - Transportation, Air Quality, Sprawl and Regional Planning Panel A: Mary Sue Barrett, President of Metropolitan Plantain Council Jan Metzger, Co-Dir. of CTAQ, Center for Neighborhood Technology Susan Harney, Member of Dane County Regional Planning Commission Ann Spillane, Staff Attny for Environmental Law & Policy Center Table Talk & Afternoon Panel B - Healthcare - Coverage, Accessibility, Costs & Quality Health Care Options Panel B Candace Crossley, Clinician Consultant of Community Health Service, DuPage County Health Department Mary Shesgreen, Member of Fox Valley Health Care Coalition Jim Duffett, Exec. Dir of Illinois Campaign for Better Health Dr. Quentin Young, National Coordinator for Physicians for National Health Care Table Talk & Afternoon Panel C: Housing - The Future of Suburban Living Matthew Hanafee, Exec. Dir. of Illinois Coalition to End Homelessness Tracy Occomy, Housing Justice Coordinator, Statewide Housing Action Collation Bernie Kleina, Exec. Dir of HOPE Fair Housing Center Deborah Washington, Director of Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Project Review/Work Program Development. Citizen Initiative Awards
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