{"id":284,"date":"2009-04-26T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:52:40","slug":"sutcliff-and-laesch-receive-illinois-democratic-women-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Sutcliff and Laesch receive Illinois Democratic Women awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoisdemocratwomen.org\/\">Illinois Democratic Women<\/a> honored two Fox Valley women Friday evening at their annual conference banquet, held at the Governor&#8217;s Mansion in Springfield.  Yorkville&#8217;s Robyn Sutcliff was awarded the organization&#8217;s Hillary Rodham Clinton Leadership Award and Jennifer Laesch, of Aurora, received a Penny Severns Memorial Scholarship for Government Service.<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliff, who currently serves as Alderman for the Third Ward of the city of Yorkville, and is in her second term as Treasurer of the Kendall County Democratic Party,             \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-right\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/sutcliff_hawkins.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Robyn Sutcliff and Rianne Hawkins, President, Illinois Democratic Women\"\n             data-src=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/sutcliff_hawkins.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/thumbs\/thumbs_sutcliff_hawkins.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"99\"\n             data-title=\"sutcliff_hawkins\"\n             data-description=\"Robyn Sutcliff and Rianne Hawkins, President, Illinois Democratic Women\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"2e9f0253313a48a07d951119f2da07f1\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/dynamic\/sutcliff_hawkins.jpg-nggid0299-ngg0dyn-240x180x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"sutcliff_hawkins\"\n             title=\"sutcliff_hawkins\"\n              width=\"240\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        was also a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwil.biz\/\">Illinois Women in Leadership<\/a> class of 2008.  She was nominated for the IDW award by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kendallcountydemocraticwomen.org\/\">Kendall County Democratic Women<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n<p>Previous recipients of the award include Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, and DeKalb County Democratic Party Chair Eileen Dubin.<\/p>\n<p>Laesch is currently a student at Waubonsee Community College, where she is pursuing two avenues of study, public policy and teaching.             \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-right\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/jenlaesch_idw09a.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"Minnie Sheridan, Illinois Democratic Women Scholarship Committee Co-Chair, and Jennifer Downard-Laesch\"\n             data-src=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/jenlaesch_idw09a.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/thumbs\/thumbs_jenlaesch_idw09a.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"100\"\n             data-title=\"jenlaesch_idw09a\"\n             data-description=\"Minnie Sheridan, Illinois Democratic Women Scholarship Committee Co-Chair, and Jennifer Downard-Laesch\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"7611be222b27dc57dbbc7194ba8cbe56\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/idw_09\/dynamic\/jenlaesch_idw09a.jpg-nggid03100-ngg0dyn-240x180x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"jenlaesch_idw09a\"\n             title=\"jenlaesch_idw09a\"\n              width=\"240\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        In addition to running the 2006 and 2008 congressional campaigns of her husband, John Laesch, and helping a number of other candidates seek office, she has been active in Democratic Party politics through the Kendall County Democratic organization and the Aurora Democratic Party organization.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Democratic Women, formerly known as the Illinois Democratic Women&#8217;s Caucus, was founded in 1971. It describes itself as &#8220;a grass-roots organization whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoisdemocratwomen.org\/history.htm\">purpose<\/a> shall be working for more equitable representation and participation of Democrat women in all levels of the Democrat Party and in all levels of government.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Democratic Women honored two Fox Valley women Friday evening at their annual conference banquet, held at the Governor&#8217;s Mansion in Springfield. Yorkville&#8217;s Robyn Sutcliff was awarded the organization&#8217;s Hillary Rodham Clinton Leadership Award and Jennifer Laesch, of Aurora, received a Penny Severns Memorial Scholarship for Government Service. 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