SOUTH BEND — A public town hall — titled “The 2nd Congressional District Town Hall Meeting: Important Issues Facing Indiana and the U.S.” — will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 14, where experts will speak on issues like education, immigration, civil rights, campus free speech, health care, the environment and foreign policy.
The groups Common Cause Indiana and Michiana Alliance for Democracy are organizing the event, which will be in the Gillespie Conference Center, 53995 Indiana 933.
The groups say they have invited Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-2nd) to participate, but, as of Thursday morning, they hadn’t received a confirmation from him.
Indiana’s 2nd District U.S. House Rep. Rudy Yakym speaks during a ceremonial groundbreaking event on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at Century Center in South Bend. The event celebrated Amazon’s new data center campus being built in St. Joseph County.
In their invitation to Yakym, the organizers said the event is “non-partisan” and stressed the importance of representatives hearing from their constituents and constituents hearing from their representatives.
“As Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District Congressperson, we recognize your expertise and would value your input on our panel to discuss topics of interest to the voters in your district,” they wrote in their invitation to Yakym. “You bring knowledge of the workings of our House of Representatives, and you hold a key role as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, so your participation will greatly inform the discussion.”
The town hall also will include time for questions and answers. Audience members will submit their questions to a moderator, who will then pose them to the panelists for any of them to respond.
Michiana Alliance for Democracy organized South Bend’s rally that drew thousands of participants as part of the national April 5 “Hands Off!” protests.
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