Weekend of Action!
Sunday September 22 (rain date September 29)
Voter contact is the best way to energize voters to support our Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. We’ll be knocking doors in and around Highland Park this Sunday, September 22, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Come to the Moraine Dems office, 474 Central Avenue (lower level). We’ve now got Voter Guides and other literature and we can give you a list of doors to knock.
Election Day is barely six weeks away. What better way to spend an end-of-summer day?
Looking for yard signs?
Here’s the link.
How fired up are you after the Democratic National Convention? It was a remarkable event, and it’s clear Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have momentum. But we need to keep it up. You can show off your Dem enthusiasm (and help support Democratic candidates) by getting a Harris-Walz yard sign.
Click here to get your Harris Walz yard sign.
We’re asking for a $3.50 contribution (our cost), though more is welcome and encouraged.
Lake Dems is providing yard signs (at cost) to Democratic township organizations and other groups—please let us know if your group would like to buy signs from us (which could then be resold by the group at a different price).
Get your yard sign at lakedems.org/kamalasigns. Show off your 2024 pride, and we’ll contact you about sign delivery after your order is placed.
Party With Our Party This July!
Join Us At Our Annual Spring Forward Reception
Sunday, March 10, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
Once Upon A Bagel
1888 1st Street, Highland Park
RSVP Here!
MORAINE TOWNSHIP FOOD DRIVE
Celebrate the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy by donating food to Moraine Township Food Pantry.
Monday, January 15, 2024 9:00 to 10:30
Drop off donations of unopened, unexpired food at the Recreation Center of Highland Park Parking Lot.
Most needed items:
Tuna
instant rice boxes
salad dressing
jelly / jam
ramen or Progresso soup
hot chocolate
instant coffee
toilet paper
We need you, now more than ever.
10/29/23 Moraine Township Democrats October Meeting
When: Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:00pm
Where: Highland Park location to be determined
What: The meeting includes a conversation about important issues, and an opportunity to sign petitions and/or collect signatures for President Biden and Lake County offices that will be on the ballot next year. Open to Democrats.
RSVP online.
Moraine Township Democrats is the official Democratic Party organization in Moraine Township, Illinois.
We are Democratic precinct committeepersons, volunteers, and donors who are committed to getting Democrats elected in local, county, state, and federal offices.
Moraine Township includes most of Highland Park, parts of Deerfield and Lake Forest, and all of Highwood.
July 4th 2022
Our world was rocked on the morning of July 4th by the tragedy in Highland Park. So many in our community are suffering. Our hearts go out to the families of those who lost their lives or were injured, to everyone walking in or watching the parade, to everyone in the Moraine Dems community, and to victims and survivors of gun violence everywhere. Moraine Dems volunteers had just begun to move toward the parade route, holding our banner and bags of pencils and sunglasses to distribute to the children and families lining the parade route, when we heard shots and saw waves of people running toward us and away from the parade route.
We’re grateful that all of our volunteers and interns escaped physically unharmed, and we mourn the incalculable pain and loss shared by the entire Moraine Dems community. This Facebook post by Lauren Beth Gash, Chair of the Lake County Dems and Tenth Dems Founder, tells our story of that day. It’s quoted below, and here’s a link to the original post.
“The mass shooting at the Highland Park parade today was just so awful. Democrats had a large entry in the parade - lots of volunteers, interns, candidates and elected officials/maybe 60-ish people. We're all physically OK. I was in my decorated car. Banners for Tenth Dems, Lake Dems, Moraine Dems, and many candidates and elected officials were lined up and ready to start. Volunteers had bags of pencils and candy to give out. We were about to move (we were toward the middle of the parade) when we saw tons of folks running and heard what many described as pops. And folks started shouting, "Active shooter!" People started running away from the sounds and for shelter, like you see in the movies, only it was real life. While folks were fleeing the gunfire, our own Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg left us and ran in the other direction -- heroically running toward the danger.
I turned my car around, which was decorated with flags, Dem logos, and stars for the festive day ahead, and drove back to my house (a few blocks away) to drop off volunteers and interns. And I went back to shuttle more interns to the house so all were safe. Interns, parents, and volunteers sheltered together through the afternoon. What a day. So sad. Such a nightmare. It's unacceptable that our society would allow this type of tragedy to traumatize our communities over and over again. Gun violence prevention isn't partisan and isn't just a talking point. We need stronger gun laws. VOTE as if our lives depend on it. Because they do. #EnoughIsEnough #HighlandParkStrong”
