CONGRATULATIONS FROM OUR CHAIR By Julia Kennedy Beckman, DGTDO Chair Please join me in congratulating two of our amazing DGTDO volunteers.  They were both honored at the recent exciting DPDC Gala.  I could not be prouder of them and the great work they do for us: Sue Sitton – honored as Democratic Party of DuPage...Read More

CANDIDATE CORNER – SCHOOL BOARD D99 By DG99 Slate Kara Casten, Don Renner and Ken Dawson are running for the three open seats on the D99 School Board. They are coordinating their campaign and calling it ‘Educational Excellence for D99’ because they have similar views about D99 and public education. They believe all students should...Read More

BUILD A STRONG DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY By Carla Feinkind I grew up in an almost totally homogenous Left/Liberal, Pro-Union, Pro-Civil Rights community and I even during my childhood attended a camp with those values. Fast forward to 1995 when we moved to Hinsdale. I was in for the SHOCK of my life!!!!  I had seen Republicans on...Read More

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IN ILLINOIS IS PROTECTED AND RESPECTED By Chris Hotchkin Abortion is legal in Illinois up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, and after that if the mother’s health is at risk. Governor Pritzker signed the Reproductive Health Act in 2019 codifying the right to abortion services, anticipating that Roe v Wade may be...Read More

THANK YOU, DEB CONROY. By Joanna Williams On January 13th DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick released a statement saying he would not enforce parts of H.B.5471 (the Protect Illinois Communities Act which prohibits the distribution and sale of assault-style weapons) calling the act unconstitutional and refusing to arrest or jail anyone who is charged only with...Read More

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR THE APRIL 4 SCHOOL BOARD AND LIBRARY BOARD ELECTIONS. At the Indivisible DuPage January meeting, they held a discussion on recent events in school board governance throughout Illinois with a presentation and panel discussion.  At our DGTDO February meeting, we shared the recording of Jim McGrath’s presentation “What You Should...Read More

PC CORNER – FEBRUARY 2023 By Chris Hotchkin If you attended the Downers Grove Township Democratic Organization meeting on February 8, you viewed a video reviewing the several right-wing groups in Illinois that are constantly attacking school boards and library boards using red herring non-issues such as the teaching of critical race theory or concern...Read More

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR – FEBRUARY 2023. By Julia Kennedy Beckman, DGTDO Chair DGTDO Chair Report – February 8, 2023 DGTDO continues to be active and involved in our township community.  Right wing radical groups like Awake Illinois and even Proud Boys have been appearing at school board, library board and village council meetings since the...Read More