{"id":1803,"date":"2012-09-20T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2012\/09\/20\/latinos-and-college-students-flex-political-muscle\/"},"modified":"2012-09-20T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:09:27","slug":"latinos-and-college-students-flex-political-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/latinos-and-college-students-flex-political-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos and college students flex political muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political Forum organized by the Greater QC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black Hawk College students<\/p>\n

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MOLINE \u2013 The Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black Hawk College\u2019s College Democrats and College Republicans proudly present 2012 Candidates Forum. The event will be held at Black Hawk College, Building 4, 6600 34th Ave., Moline on Sunday, Sept. 30, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Parking is available by Building 3 in Lot 3 and Lot 2 (the lots are accessible from 34th Avenue). This event is free.<\/p>

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Participants include:<\/p>\n

For U.S. Congress District 17: Congressman Bobby Schilling (R) & Cheri Bustos (D)<\/p>\n

For State Senate District 36: Illinois Senator Mike Jacobs (D) & Bill Albracht (R)<\/p>\n

For State Representative for District 71: Rep. Rich Morthland (R) & Mike Smiddy (D)<\/p>

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For State Representative for District 72: Rep. Pat Verschoore (D) & Neil Anderson (R)<\/p>\n

For States Attorney: John McGehee (D) & Jim Wozniak (R)<\/p>

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\u201cWe as American voters must inform ourselves about where our candidates stand on the issues that matter to us and the Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce forum will help the voters do exactly that,\u201d said Greg Aguilar, Political Forum Co-Chair for the event.<\/p>\n

Mr. Aguilar is Co-Chair along with Maria Mier-Llaca, who has been working with Black Hawk College political clubs to get them involved in this unique event.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber and Black Hawk College students have come together on a mission to educate the young voters and to encourage Hispanics to get involved in their civic duty to vote,\u201d Maria said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the confirmed participants other local county candidates will also be present. This event will offer a chance for Illinois voters to know where the candidates stand on the issues that matter to our region. There will be voter registration areas coordinated by the College Democrats, College Republicans and QC Voto Latino. The Association of Latin-American Students will also be assisting in this event.<\/p>

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Other event highlights include the presentation of flags by the Mexican American Veterans Association, singing of National Anthem and voter registration information.<\/p>\n

For more information about the event, or the Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, visit www.gqchcc.com or call (309) 797-8650.<\/p>\n

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