10th Congressional District Dems Celebrate Opening of Community Connection Center

Members of the Tenth Congressional District Democrats came out for a night of progressive politics recently to support the Community Connection Center, eat food at Jerry's Tacos, and enjoy comedy at the Lewis Black show at the historic Genesee Theatre.

The group was joined at dinner by Violet Ricker, the executive director of Waukegan Main Street, who discussed the opportunities to get involved in supporting local businesses and organizations in the downtown Waukegan community. And, attendees were introduced to the core mission of Tenth Dems Community Connection Center, 118 N. Genesee St. in downtown Waukegan, whose purpose is to connect residents of Waukegan, North Chicago, and the entire district with the social, non-profit and government services needed to improve their own lives.

The outing followed a strategy meeting and open house in January that was attended by more than 200 elected officials, community leaders, and activists from Waukegan, North Chicago, and across the 10th Congressional District, who came to learn more about the Center’s mission, to discuss the work already begun in the community, and to plan ways to collaborate with the Center and with one another.

The Tenth Congressional District Democrats is a volunteer group that has formed to help elect Democrats at all levels of government within Illinois’ Tenth Congressional District. Illinois’ Tenth Congressional District contains portions of both Cook and Lake Counties stretching from Wilmette on the south through Waukegan and from Lake Michigan west through parts of Arlington Heights and Palatine. The District includes all or part of the following townships: Waukegan, Warren, Shields, Moraine, West Deerfield, Vernon, Libertyville, New Trier, Northfield, Wheeling, Elk Grove and Palatine.