43rd Annual Legislative Breakfast
Northwest Suburban Teachers Union, Local 1211
2022 Legislative Breakfast Agenda
Opening Remarks
Steve Elza, Northwest Suburban Teachers Union, Local 1211 President
Topic Breakout Sessions
There will be five pods in which the legislators will rotate after every 15 minutes. You will have the opportunity to ask questions during this time. See the topics below and follow the links to find information and potential questions to ask.
Topic: New Revenue/Educational Funding
Topic: Disinformation in our school communities that impacts the classroom + Workers Rights Amendment
Pod 1: Senator Gillespie (27)
Pod 2: Senator Murphy (28)
Pod 3: and Representative Mussman (55)
Pod 4: Representative Walker (53)
Pod 5: Representative Suzanne Ness (66) & Representative Terra Costa Howard (48)
Keynote Speaker
Raja Krishnamoorthi (US Representative 8th District)
Honoring John Braglia
Closing Remarks
United States House of Representatives 6th District
Northwest and West Suburbs of Chicago
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi represents the 8th District of Illinois, which includes Chicago’s west and northwest suburbs. He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, the Committee on Oversight and Reform and as Chairman of its Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Vice-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Immigration Task Force, and as an Assistant Whip for the Democratic caucus.
He also is the founder and Chairman of both the bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic and the bipartisan Solar Caucus.
2022 Legislative Special Guests
Elaine Barios, President of Local 943
Rod Craig, Mayor of the Village of Hanover Park
Mike Cudzik Democratic Party Committee person
Dave Cumerford, Legislative Director, Illinois Federation of Teachers
John Cusick, Legislative Director, Illinois Federation of Teachers
Greg Czajka, President, Carpenters Union Local #839
Bob Kaplan, Representative, Illinois Retired Teachers Association
Bob Lyons TRS Pension Board
William McLeod, Mayor, Village of Hoffman Estates
Dan Montgomery President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers
Pat Noonan, Carpenters Union Local 1185
Jane Russell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Federation of Teachers
Nick Scipione, District 87 Glenbard Education Association
Kimberly Tarver, President of the Elgin CC Faculty Association
Andrew Webber, Vice-President of Political Action, Southwest Suburban Federation of Teachers Local 943