Please join the Better Government Association at our Centennial Celebration & Annual Luncheon. Proceeds from this event will directly fuel our Illinois Answers Project’s investigative and solutions-based newsroom, incisive BGA Policy reform initiatives, and our commitment to Civic Engagement so that all communities, especially those disproportionately impacted by government failures, are equipped, and informed as advocates.
11:30 AM Reception | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Luncheon
Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award
Michael J. Sacks
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
GCM Grosvenor
Co-Chairs
(as of 8/9/2023)
John A. Canning, Jr.
Daniel L. Goodwin
James Reynolds
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Heather A. Steans
Featured Guests
BGA President David Greising will be joined in conversation with best-selling author Jonathan Eig and award-winning editor, journalist and author Natalie Moore. They will discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in the civil rights movement and the persistence of racial equity issues and their impact on current-day Chicago.
Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig’s previous books have focused on people ranging from Al Capone to Muhammad Ali. A Chicago-based author, his most recent work, King: A Life, was hailed by The New York Times as a "monumental" new biography of the civil rights icon.
Natalie Moore
Natalie Moore serves as WBEZ’s Race, Class and Communities editor. Her book, The South Side , is a contemporary take on the same issues of segregation and racism that brought Rev. King to Chicago.
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Event Contact: Jennifer Breslin
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Better Government Association
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Chicago, IL 60602
About Better Government Association
The Better Government Association (BGA) is one of the nation’s oldest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative journalism and civic advocacy organizations. Now in its second century, the BGA’s record of achievement and pursuit of governmental transparency, equity and accountability in Chicago and across Illinois has never been more important.
With three autonomous program areas—Solutions-based journalism, Policy, and Civic Engagement—our team uncovers waste and wrongdoing in government, holds elected officials accountable, litigates for open records and meetings, advocates for good government, and empowers citizens to engage and act. In the wake of the catastrophic collapse of the local news industry and, more recently, the barrage of criticism aimed at undermining the credibility and effectiveness of the mainstream media, the work of the BGA is essential in holding our elected officials, government agencies, and those that seek to represent us accountable.
For more information about the BGA, please visit http://www.bettergov.org/