On December 7, from 5:00-8:00 p.m., NEIU’s Honors Society will host the Chicago Area National Presidential Caucus Event, with candidate representatives from all parties invited to plead their cases on the issues. Alumni Hall will welcome an estimated two hundred student and community participants who will establish the issues they want to hear discussed. Following an assessment of the issues, the political candidates’ representatives will present their candidate’s stand on each of the major issues determined to be of outstanding interest to those present.
Once the candidates’ representatives have shared their views on the issues raised, participants will vote for the candidate of their choice. Results will be tallied and immediately submitted online to be added to the results of caucus meetings held nationwide simultaneously.
From 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., participants will gather to choose the issues they want to hear addressed. Candidate representatives from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. will group issues including health care, the economy, the war, higher education funding, and others, into major categories for discussion, a call for vote will determine the candidate who best addressed the issues. Immediately following the vote, results will be added to those of the caucus events being held simultaneously across the country.
The event will be held at NEIU, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. in Alumni Hall. Parking will be available. Admission is free and coffee will be served from 6:00-6:30 p.m.
There will be media from all major TV stations covering the event. The representatives of each presidential candidate from democrat, republicans and independent parties will address the issues students and the community raise. For more information go to www.nationalcaucus.org. People who are interested can contact Kim Sonju, President of NEIU Honors Society, or Kathleen Kardaras, Faculty Sponsor by calling 773-442-6045 or e-mailing them at kjonju@gmail.com or k-kardaras@neiu.edu.