ALMAS to hold Naperville City Council candidates forum
The Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs, known as ALMAS, is hosting a Naperville City Council candidates forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 24, at the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive.
All candidates running for the council in the April 1 election have been invited, organizers said.
A Spanish-language interpreter forum will be on hand, a news release said.
Residents interested in submitting a question to the candidates should go to the ALMAS Facebook page for a Google form. ALMAS organizers will review all submissions and select a range of questions to ensure a fair issue-focused discussion, the release said.
Council candidates are Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Ian Holzhauer, Derek McDaniel, Ashfaq Syed, Mary Gibson, Meghna Bansal, Benny White and Nag Jaswal. Four, 4-year terms are up for election.
John Bramlette added to DuPage Children’s Museum Board
The DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville has named John Bramlette to its board, officials announced.
Bramlette is the senior vice president-commercial relationship manager team lead at Busey Bank and was named its 2024 Volunteer of the Year. He is a coach for the Naperville Park District and serves on the board and finance committee of the Naperville Education Foundation for District 203, a news release said. He also served on board and the finance committee for HOME DuPage.
Bramlette said in the release that his children have visited the children’s museum numerous times and he is passionate about driving youth education.
“I am very excited to join the DCM board to assist in the mission of helping children learn through play,” he said in a statement. “I look forward to being actively engaged by using my time, connections and skills to help raise awareness in an effort to drive fundraising to advance the mission and goals in the near term and long term.”
The board helps the museum accomplish its mission of providing access to science, art and engineering learning experiences for children.
