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Illinois Fiscal Crisis panel Oct. 23 at Loyola
2014-09-16
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"It's Your Money: Illinois Election 2014 and Fiscal Crisis in Illinois" is the focus of a panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 23, 4-6 p.m. at Loyola University's Lake Shore Campus.
The program is hosted by The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership and The Chicago Network.
The conversation will be moderated by Tracy Baim, publisher of Windy City Times. The panelists are G. Dennis Conroy of Metropolitan Family Services, Katie Drews of the Better Government Association, Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business, and Twyla Blackmond Larnell from the political science department of Loyola University Chicago.
Longtime Chicago gay playwright and activist Nick Patricca is one of the organizers of the event.
See LUC.edu/gannon . The panel is in McCormick Lounge, on Loyola's Lake Shore campus. See www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/webteam/pdfs/lsc.pdf .
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