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’...
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...
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....
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...
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...