Public meeting with the candidates of the 2020 Elections at ICN

The Political Engagement& Outreach Committee of Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) hosted a Program wonderful and meaning full meet the candidate’s event on Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 at 6:00 pm to have a dialogue between candidates running for office and the constituents. They are running for county, state, and federal-level offices.

Basically, The Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) was formed in 1991 is a totally non-profit organization that provides religious services, programs for the youth and adults, ICN also promote educational, social, cultural values and interfaith outreach within the surrounding communities and cities.

The Program was started 6 p.m. right after evening prayers. The event was emceed by Ms. Maria Muzaffar. Shoaib Khadri, President, ICN said, “This event is an instrumental value to our community and the goal of the program was to Understand Political candidate's position on local and federal matters that are of interest to their Muslim faith, family, and freedom.”

The event was well attended by more than 30 candidates who were running for office and about 400 Community members. The ICN Community is diverse in terms of their ethnic composition, national origin and professions. There are a significant number of families from South Asia, the Middle East, and other parts of the globe. In the past couple of decades, the Asian communities have become indispensable to the success of our nation because of their high-levels of education, skills and commitment to achieving the American Dream. Islamic Center of Naperville thank all candidates who are running for office and joining our community to share their views.

Every candidate who running for election and office come up to the podium one by one and share their Political views and agenda. At the end emcee asked to answer any questions about common issues. Attendees had an opportunity to hear each candidate speak for a few minutes and asked questions on the spot.

Candidates who came to the event were Jeff Jacobson, Bill White, Azam Nizamuddin, Rachel Ventura, Bill Foster, Krishna Bansal, Sean Casten, Anthony Catella, Gordon Kinzler, Michael Crowner, Karina Villa, Jeanette Ward, Denika McMillen, Jill Otte, David Stevens, Anne Celine Walsh, Chris Kachiroubas, Ron Almiron, Amy Chavez, Kevin Coyne, Paula Deacon Garcia, Mary jo Mullen, Inam Hussain and others.

Naperville attendee, Khan said about this event, “Today forum was very important for us because we get many ideas on their Public policies, they will be representing our community if they are elected to serve.

Mediterranean cuisine served to everyone also served snacks to delicious desserts with tea.

The Illinois Primary will be held on March 17, 2020. Election Day is November 3, 2020.