Illinois State House District 33 issued the following announcement on Sept. 10.
Active Transportation Alliance is excited to co-host a discussion on public transit during Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s second annual Racial Equity Week.
Register for the discussion, which will be held as a virtual event on Thursday, September 17 at 11 a.m.
The event is a roundtable on transportation equity in the time of COVID-19, with a spotlight on Cook County’s Fair Transit project on Chicago’s South Side and South Suburbs. Panelists will discuss the transportation needs of essential workers and how transit issues intersect with racial equity.
Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Amy Rynell will deliver opening remarks.
Moderator
Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Government Affairs, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Presenters
Andrea Reed, Co-Chair, Coalition for a Modern Metra Electric
Audrey Wennink, Director of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panelists
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle
Illinois Sen. Bill Cunningham, 18th District
Illinois Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr., 33rd District
Illinois Sen. Ram Villivalam, 8th District
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller
Mayor Rick Reinbold, Village of Richton Park
Original source can be found here.
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