From a press release:

US SENATE AND HOUSE CANDIDATES FORUM

SPONSORED BY PEORIA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 AT THE GAR HALL IN DOWNTOWN PEORIA

The Constitution and Civil Liberties will be the theme of a forum in Peoria next week featuring candidates for federal office. The event is sponsored by the Peoria chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The forum takes place from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 25 at the historic GAR Hall, located at 416 Hamilton Boulevard in downtown Peoria. The event is free and open to the public.

Candidates will be asked to comment on issues including the growing power of the presidency, religious liberty, torture, warrantless wiretapping and the USA Patriot Act.

Candidates who accepted an invitation to participate include:

For the United States Senate: Republican Steve Sauerberg will attend. (Senator Dick Durbin was invited.)

For the United States House of Representatives from Illinois’ 18th District: Democratic candidate Colleen Callahan and Green Party candidate Sheldon Schafer will attend. (Republican Aaron Schock was invited.)

ACLU of Illinois communications and public policy director Edwin C. Yohnka will moderate the forum. The program will begin with questions from a panel of local journalists, including Pam Adams of the Peoria Journal Star, Tanya Koonce of WCBU-FM and Dwayne Bartels of the Peoria Times Observer. Written questions will be accepted from the audience.

For further information, contact Paul Miller, President, Peoria Chapter ACLU, 579-3038 or cpmiller12947@yahoo.com.