Oct 11, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, is inviting community members to nominate a member of their local school board for the Thomas Lay Burroughs Award. The award is presented annually to an outstanding member of an Illinois school board by the...
Sep 23, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — In continuation of her support for women’s rights and gender equality, state Rep. Dagmara Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, is encouraging all nonbinary and female-identifying young people in Illinois to apply for the Illinois Council on Women and Girls’...
Aug 31, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, will help lead an effort to improve the quality of life for seniors in residential care as part of the new Senior Housing Residents’ Advisory Council. “The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the many...
Aug 24, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, is reminding constituents in need to apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP helps low-income households pay for home energy services such as heating and electricity....
Aug 8, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, in partnership with state Sen. Eric Mattson, D-Joliet, is hosting a Mobile Secretary of State event on Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Romeoville Recreation Center Bodine Room, 900 W. Romeo Road...
Jun 24, 2022 | Avelar
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. – State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, issued the following statement in response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade: “Today the U.S. Supreme Court — a body made mostly of men — decided to discard decades of settled law and strip women and...