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Champaign School Board Candidates Answer Questions: News-Gazette

In the kickoff of a new News-Gazette feature, Unit 4 teacher and parent Melissa Shungu asks 10 candidates for Champaign school board seats how they'll build trust between the board and the community, and how they'll ensure they hear voices and perspectives from all district families.

School Board Candidates Unit 4

See the article on the News-Gazette at this link: 
 https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2025/your-questions-their-answers-spotlight-on-champaign-school-board/article_2516e3f2-ab74-11ef-8203-9b447a92db68.html

The Nursing Home Crisis in Champaign County: Video Presentation

Background: Champaign County’s 65+ population has grown by 67% in the last 20 years. Recent closures of three nursing homes has resulted in the County being short over 300 beds or 60% of the beds needed for the population. 

On November 20,  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Lynne Barnes, a member of the steering committee of Advocates for Aging Care (AAC), discussed what AAC and others are doing to close the gap and to provide the care that is and will continue to be needed.    

If you missed the presentation, it's now available on video on the LWVCC YouTube site  at this link: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOF8wYcGi4

This presentation is part of LWVCC's series Keeping It Local. 

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Living in a World of Mis/Disinformation: Video

If you missed the September 25 program on Mis/Disinformation, the video of the program is now available on the LWVCC YouTube site . 

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up9mOrcCWNA

The speakers were the co-chairs of the LWV of Illinois (LWVIL) Mis/Dis Information Task Force. Their presentation shared smart, doable, practical ways to fight back against the deluge of mis/disinformation during the remaining weeks of the Presidential Election season.  (For more background on the original program, see this announcement or the press release.) 

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Oops, I missed the meeting!  See the LWVCC YouTube site for videos of past LWVCC  programs such as Keeping It Local and election information topics. Or browse this   full list of videos to see what's available. 

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