

Rock Out to ‘Concert for Democracy’ and Support Our Community
Concert features local performers and WCPT’s Patti Vasquez
All are invited to the 2nd annual Concert for Democracy, an afternoon of live music in support of grassroots activism on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 1 - 4 p.m. at Belvedere Banquets, 1170 W. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village. Featuring acclaimed local rock, folk, jazz and blues artists and emceed by on-air personality Patti Vasquez of WCPT AM Radio 820, the event is raising funds for Partners for Our Communities, a Palatine-based nonprofit that empowers underserved and marginalized people to develop self-sufficiency and become leaders in their communities.
The musical line-up is SK Horizon (featuring Steve Koerber and Summer Kwai); Dave Rudolf and Friends; Emma’s Revolution; Naüvoo; Chicago Rock Exchange; Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues.

Suggested minimum donation is $25 per person, which may be paid ahead of the event here or at the door.'
The concert will also feature remarks from U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-3), Gen Z Podcaster Ishaan Srivastava and other elected officials and civic leaders. Throughout the afternoon, event-goers will be able to chat with representatives of local organizations who will be staffing tables, and register for volunteer opportunities, including get-out-the-vote activities affiliated with national No Kings Vote Early events on Oct. 17.
The emcee is Patti Vasquez from WCPT, AM Radio 820.
Speakers are U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez; Hanover Park Deputy Mayor and Village Trustee Herb Porter; Gen Z Podcaster Ishaan Srivastava; Partners for Our Communities Executive Director Seth Moland-Kovash; Clerk of Lyons Township Elyse Hoffenberg; State Representative Mary Beth Canty; Nedaa Alwawi, Chief of Staff for State Representative Abdelnasser Rashid, and the Reverend Doctor Michael Woolf.

EVENT DATE: Sunday, Oct. 11
Judy Aronson Indivisiblenmt@gmail.com
The non-partisan event is collaboratively sponsored by eight chapters of the national Indivisible movement: Indivisible Elk Grove Township; Indivisible Niles Maine Township; Indivisible Des Plaines; Indivisible Evanston; Indivisible Highland Park; Indivisible NWSOFA; The People’s Post Alliance Indivisible Chapter; and Indivisible Illinois.