Join Women On The Brink: Elgin Area and the YWCA Elgin on Tuesday, October 19th from 6:30 – 8 pm for a forum discussing Elgin’s Children in Poverty: Awareness and Advocacy.
During this event, local leaders and experts will discuss the effects of poverty on women and its impact on our community, especially children.
Guest speakers include:
- David Kaptain, Mayor of Elgin
- Pat Chamberlain
- Mitch Lifson, Voices For Illinois Children
- Steve Moon, Grand Victoria Foundation
Panelists include:
- Nancy Coleman, Alignment Collaborative for Education
- Lea Conrad, Gretchen S. Vapnar Community Crisis Center
- Kristi Dahlquist, One Hope United
- Deb Dempsey, Kane County Regional Office of Education
- Corey Dixon, Elgin City Council and HHS
- Pilar Garcia, More at 4
- Karla Jimenez, School District U46
- Amber Peters, Elgin Partnership for Early Learning
- India Smith, YWCA
- Kris Young, YWCA
Register by visiting gailborden.info/register, calling 847-429-4597, or in-person at the Gail Borden registration desk.
Women On The Brink is an organization that began as a program of the League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area.
