Activist Toolkit

[Karen Taubman has not submitted answers to the Activist Toolkit questionnaire.]

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1. What motivates you to seek this office? What skills, experiences, and perspectives would you bring to the position you are seeking, and why would those contributions be valuable to River Forest Township?

2. What steps will you take to improve and expand community engagement with the Township and the Board? What is your view on how to involve residents in the decision making process in the Township?

3. Give an example of a time when you worked to understand a situation or view different from your own. What helped you to move through that process? What hindered you as you moved through the process?

4. Who or what is your role model for your approach to governing?

5. What do you feel are the three biggest issues facing River Forest Township, and how do you intend to address them? How will you prioritize among competing priorities?

7. What do you believe has been the most significant action taken by the Township in recent years, and why? Do you believe the Township acted appropriately?

8. What relationship do you believe the Township should have with the other local taxing bodies? How can the Township and other government bodies work best together?

9. How do you define racial equity? Have recent events and discussions in the larger community informed or changed your thinking?

10. How do you plan to solicit feedback from people who may be experiencing this community in a different way than you? What barriers do you believe may exist in this process?

11. What is your position on the extent to which the Township includes or should include accessibility features? Please address both physical structures and virtual/information processes.

12. What are your plans for collaborating with our neighboring communities?