The Palatine St. Patrick's Day Parade is a perfect time to show our resolve in standing up for our democracy. Join Greater Palatine Area Democrats as we walk in the Palatine Durty St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 15. We will be walking for a better future for all of us. If you are frustrated with the chaos and destruction in our federal government, join us for this hour-long parade. We need loads of folks to show the community we are standing up for the pursuit of happiness, equality, and justice for all--for them. The parade is a friendly space where we can walk proud and tall. It is a family-friendly, community event, not a protest march. GPAD is proud to be a sponsor of this local parade organized by Durty Nellies. We will have coffee and green donuts while we wait for the parade to start. Please sign up here: https://www.gpadems.org/2025_st_patrick_s_day_parade_20250315

Seeking postcard writers and crafters! GPAD is holding a Working Meeting on Thursday, March 6 for volunteers to write postcards to help reach voters for the April 1 local election and to help make banners for GPAD's entry in the Palatine St. Pat's Parade on Saturday, March 15. The Mental Health Referendum campaign is asking for volunteers to write help write postcards to more than 2,000 voters. (The campaign would appreciate donations of postcard stamps.)

AND we'll be constructing new banners for GPAD to carry in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Palatine. We'll have food, fun, chocolate and music while you meet other Democratic and Progressive neighbors in Palatine Township.

Come out and join us in our work to keep the Republican chaos and destruction of the federal government out of local government, and have fun doing it!

Please sign up so we know you are coming by signing up here: https://www.gpadems.org/gpad_monthly_meeting_20250306

One week after Inauguration Day, the Republicans who control our federal government announced they were stopping ("pausing") federal funding for 2,600 federal programs that help help children, seniors, the needy, veterans, medical research, mental health, the disabled, and basically everything that is paid for with our tax money. Our taxes belong to The People, but the Republicans who control our federal government appear to be making a major money grab. The New York Times (I know, I know) has an interactive listing of every program Republicans are targeting so you can learn more about each program. Here are some --some!-- of the programs Republicans want to cut: