BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20191019T180000Z UID: 6846de5bbad6d DTSTAMP:20250609T081507Z LOCATION:Denkmann Memorial Building DESCRIPTION:Lawmakers\, activists and others will gather at a forum in honor of the late \;Congressman Lane Evans of Rock Island\, who represented the Illinois Quad Cities for 24 years. Evans\, who died in 2014\, was a 1974 graduate of Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø college.\n\nPresident Barack Obama has prepared a special video greeting for the gathering\, which will include U.S. Rep. Jan Shakowsky\, D-9th\, former senator and presidential candidate \;Fred Harris of Oklahoma\, columnist and political activist Jim Hightower\, William McNary\, \;co-executive director of Citizen Action/Illinois\, and Thomas Frank\, author of "What's the Matter with Kansas?"\n\nRegistration begins at noon\, and the program at 1 p.m.\n\nThe forum \;is sponsored by the Lane Evans Legacy Project\, \;Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Democrats\, and \;Quad Cities Interfaith.\n\nEvans was the first Democrat to be re-elected in the 17th Congressional District of Illinois since the Civil War.\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2019/lane-evans-forum-election-2020-putting-people-first SUMMARY:Lane Evans Forum: Election 2020: Putting People First DTSTART:20191019T180000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR