The Annual Meeting, Banquet & Election of the ACLU's Quad-Cities chapter will be 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Renwick Mansion, 901 Tremont Avenue, Davenport, Iowa. The banquet will feature a pasta buffet by Diane DeBord catering. Iowa governor Chet Culver is an invited guest and Todd McGreevy, the publisher of the River Cities' Reader, will be the guest speaker.

Three recipients of the Elfreida Hershal Award will be honored at the banquet. The River Cities' Reader, Todd McGreevy & Kathleen McCarthy, will receive the award for their writings on individual rights. It will be presented to Tommy Miller for her pro bono work providing legal aid to indigent clients. The award will go to Maggie Tinsman for sponsoring legislation in the Iowa Senate to inhibit and prevent human trafficking.

The Banquet, Annual Meeting & Election will be a good opportunity to meet the people who do most of the work of our chapter and express your opinion on how we can do better at fulfilling our mission. The banquet will cost $15.00 per person. If you want to attend this event, please send a check made out to ACLU QC and mail it to ACLU Quad Cities, 325 Forest Road, Davenport IA 52803 in time for us to receive it by March 5.