# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Community Dialogue: The Importance of Voting In Local Elections
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Are you running or petitioning to be on the ballot for a local election (that serves Jackson County, IL) or work in social advocacy?

Please join us for a discussion panel focused on the importance of voting in local elections. We welcome community members to join us to meet panelists, ask questions, and learn about the impact our local elections have on our community.

Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center is offering safe space for a community discussion and inviting any candidates (or hopefuls) and those that work in social advocacy to speak on a panel about the importance of voting in local elections. As a 501(c)(3) organization, Rainbow Cafe cannot support, endorse or oppose any individual candidates for elected positions.

Here are some things we will hear from the panelists:

1. How voting in local elections affects us as constituents.

2. The importance of supporting candidates that align with personal values.

3. What changes can voters be a driving force in by participating in local elections?

4. What are your unique qualifications, background, or areas of expertise that give you insight into the needs of those you serve?

Registration Required: 

Attendees: Please register here to attend this event: https://forms.gle/LeSBmU39h6zsP2jRA 

Panelists: In order to speak on the panel, you must register here: https://forms.gle/SSq6HYRx9KUv5vCM8
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carbondale/community-dialogue-the-importance-of-voting-in-local-elections/200029146485829
- **Event Categories**: lgbt-pride
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://forms.gle/LeSBmU39h6zsP2jRA?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=carbondale-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Carbondale
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 118 North Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901
- **lat**: 37.72764
- **long**: -89.21717
- **full address**: 118 North Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center (https://allevents.in/org/rainbow-cafe-lgbtq-center/19741045)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 118 North Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL, United States, Illinois 62901
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** lgbt-pride
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Community Dialogue: The Importance of Voting In Local Elections ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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