The League of Women Voters serving the communities of Warrenville, West Chicago, Winfield, Wheaton and Carol Stream, the Wheaton Public Library and the Robert McCormick House at Cantigny Park invite you to a program on Gerrymandering. Madeleine Doubek, Executive Director of Change Illinois, will present on how we can all work together to create fair maps for Illinois

This event will be a virtual event due to Covid-19 and social distancing guidelines. Please feel free to submit any questions you have to blaimins [at] gmail.com before the event. During the presentation, please use the chat box located on the bottom of the Zoom screen.

 A zoom link to the presentation will be sent a day or two before the event.

Madeleine Doubek

Madeleine Doubek is a passionate, long-time advocate for improving government and politics in Illinois. As the former vice president of policy at the Better Government Association, she was responsible for a new law that limits golden parachutes for public executives. She also worked to stop efforts to limit government transparency and championed laws that boost government efficiency. Doubek writes a government-focused column for Crain’s Chicago Business. Prior to her direct advocacy and policy work, Doubek spent 32 years in journalism, many covering local and state government and politics. She has won several regional and national journalism awards during her career. Her work on Illinois’ historic budget impasse was honored by Voices for Illinois Children and with two Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club.Doubek previously served as publisher of Reboot Illinois, a citizen-focused website covering state politics and government. Before that, Doubek was the former Assistant Vice President/Executive Editor of the suburban Daily Herald. She served as the paper’s political writer, columnist and editor for many years. While there, she also led a team of reporters and editors who wrote an award-winning, 5-part series, “44 Minutes in January,” that told in unprecedented detail the story of the Palatine Brown’s Chicken murders. Her work on series examining homeland security spending, foster care, chronic drunken driving and burgeoning suburban hard-core drug use also was honored with regional and national awards.

You can follow Madeleine on Twitter: @mdoubek. Any media inquiries for CHANGE Illinois can be sent to her at mdoubek [at] changeil.org.