The Kane County Democratoc Women present a forum on off-target damage caused by herbicide drift from agricultural and lawn applications. Why drift happens, how to identify herbicide damage in your environment, and what can and can’t be done to stop it.
Featured Speakers
Sue Styer
Retired Science Teacher
Patsy Hirsch
Community Garden Advisor
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The Kane County Democratic Women (KCDW) will host a forum on “The Environmental Drift!” on Thursday, July 27, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Kane County Government Center, Building A, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva, IL.
The purpose of the forum is to bring the community together to create awareness of herbicides and lawn applications that are sprayed in the environment and signs that these chemicals are drifting into other areas and affecting vegetable gardens, trees, and native plants and possibly our health. The presentation will include PowerPoint slides that show the effects of herbicides, and attendees will learn about the broken regulatory system and ways community members can advocate for change. Several weeks later, a tour of the speaker’s property is available to see firsthand the effects of chemical drift on keystone oak trees that are 100 to 200 years old. Our forum speakers include:
- Sue Styer: Sue grew up in a family of gardeners. She is a retired science teacher who teaches local community classes on gardening and composting as a volunteer. Sue grows vegetables and native plants and does natural areas restoration.
- Patti Hirsch: Patti grew up on a family dairy farm that also raised vegetables. Patti volunteers at a local community garden where she teaches people how to grow their own food and how to compost, while helping them to reconnect with nature through natural areas restoration activities.
The forum is free and open to the public. Questions regarding the Women & Power Speaker Series or the Kane County Democratic Women can be sent to KCDW Chair, Carolyn Bird Salazar at kcdw@kcdwomen.com
ABOUT THE KANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN: The mission of the KCDW is to harness the political power of Democratic women to create positive social change through engagement, education, and empowerment. Meetings are open to the public and held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. They alternate between Oak Street Bar and Grill Restaurant in North Aurora and Carmina’s Mexican Restaurant in Elgin.
Join the Hampshire Township Democrats for their monthly meeting on the last Sunday of the month at 11:00am. Meetings are currently on Zoom, but information here will be updated once meetings are in-person again. Please contact the township chair at hampshireildems@gmail.com to request Zoom log-in information.
Join the Kane County Democratic Women on the first Wednesday of every month for their general meetings. Every month’s meeting is either at Carmina’s Restaurant at 1055 N Randall Rd. Elgin or Oak Street Restaurant at 945 Oak St. North Aurora.
The Geneva Dems meet on the first Thursday of every month. Please email the Geneva Dems at genevaILdems@gmail.com.
The St. Charles Dems monthly meetings are Hybrid (In Person and on Zoom) on the second Tuesday of each month.
We’ll meet in person at the Kane County Democrats Saint Charles office.
473 N Dunham Rd, Suite 102, St. Charles, IL
Doors open at 6pm for social time. Meeting begins at 6:30pm.
Please email Miki Powell at mikipowell@gmail.com with any questions.
Please join the Sugar Grove and Big Rock Democrats on the second Wednesday of each month at the:
Tap House Grill
3341 W Main St, Saint Charles, IL 60175
Join the Western Township Democrats for their monthly meeting! The second Wednesday of every month at the Tap House Grill, 3341 W Main St., St. Charles, IL (otherwise known as Peck and Rt 64).
We encourage attendees to join our conversation with a drink and learn more about our push to elect Democrats in the western townships of Kane County! Any democrats from Blackberry, Campton, Plato, Kaneville, Burlington or Virgil are welcome!
To learn more or join our e-mail list to receive updates, please email us at WesternKaneDems@gmail.com
The Batavia Dem’s will be meeting at East China Inn, 140 W Wilson St, Batavia.
Please email Kim Tarver at BataviaTwpDems@gmail.com with any questions.
Join the Aurora Dems at the IBEW Local 461 for their monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month starting at 7:30pm.
This will be one of many community canvassing events where we go out and introduce ourselves to the Elgin Community! We will trying to get people to become Precinct Committeemen. This will be a new way to get people to our group. See you then!
