Activist Toolkit

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

2. When in the past have you had to balance competing interests? What process did you use? What did you learn?  

3. What does transparency in government mean to you?  How would you put it into practice? 

4. As more of our local discourse happens in social media, what is your view on how local elected officials should communicate with and respond to constituents? How will you engage with the breadth of the community, and not only those on social media?

5. What barriers do you see for community members who wish to engage with the Bellwood Library? How would you work to reduce or eliminate those barriers?  

6. What do you feel are the three biggest issues facing the Library, and how do you intend to address them? 

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

8. 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?

9. Name an influential Bellwood community member. How did this person’s influence change Bellwood? As an elected official, what do you imagine your influence will be on the community?

10. What lessons learned from the services provided or not provided during the pandemic do you believe will be applicable going forward, even after the pandemic abates?

11. In an era of radical changes to how people find and consume information, what should and shouldn’t change about the services provided by the Library? What is your vision for virtual outreach moving forward?