April 23, 2013

Media Availability -- Toni Preckwinkle

Reporters, photographers and news crews are welcome to attend a media availability with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, 1231 Lincoln Drive, in the old U.S. Forestry Building.  David Yepsen, Institute director, will serve as moderator.  Preckwinkle, the first woman elected county board president, will discuss her political career in a 7 p.m. lecture in the Student Center Auditorium. Preckwinkle’s evening lecture will be available by livestream at paulsimoninstitute.org/.  For more information, contact Matt Baughman, Institute associate director at 618/453-4009 or 618/201-0082.