Internships, ICash, and more!

Mar 14

Good morning, folks. I'm coming to you with a few updates from Springfield and the 51st.

(But first...) Happy Women’s History Month!

In the State of Illinois, women have, time and time again, made significant contributions to history. I’m grateful to serve among some of these incredible history-makers, including our very own Comptroller Susana Mendoza. Comptroller Mendoza is the first Hispanic independently elected to statewide office in Illinois and made history with her election.

📢 Springfield

This week we dove deeper into our proposed legislation, and I advocated for the legislation I've been working on to be called into committee. One of these bills ensures 10 days of paid leave for all organ donors to recover, making it easier for folks to donate their organs and embark on a life-saving act. I am also working on making it legal for 16-year-olds to pre-register to vote because research shows that we can increase young people's voter turnout when they have the opportunity to pre-register. I am excited about a bill that will increase access to the civil judiciary system for folks, simply by ensuring that past statutes follow language already defined by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2021. I'm looking forward to next week, when we will begin to hear bills like these in committees.

📄 My committees

Speaking of committees... this General Assembly, I will be on the Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee, the Child Care Access and Early Childhood Committee, the Cities and Villages Committee, The Economic Opportunity and Equity Committee, and the Prescription Drug Affordability Committee. I believe these assignments will position me well to be able to focus on the issues that I know District 51 cares about most.

📄 In the District

Here in the 51st District, we had our first Youth Advisory Council meeting! Young people from all across the district came out to join us at Ela Public Library.

In the first session of our Youth Advisory Council, students gave me their honest opinion about some of the legislation I have presented. A couple students from Lake Zurich High School even presented us with bill ideas to require EKG testing to a part of physicals for student-athletes. We are excited to not only get young minds involved, but having young minds be the root and the ground as we continue to build legislative agendas for the next session.

📢 Help spread the word: we're hiring!

We are looking for interns to join us in our District Office! The internship will be from March 20, 2023 through June 2, 2023.

Go to our website to read the descriptions and apply!

https://www.repnabeelasyed.org/intern-program

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We're working with the Treasurer's office to get people's property back in their hands. Many people do not know that they have unclaimed property, and we want to help you get your hands on it! Please look up your name on the treasurer's website to see if you have unclaimed property. Either file a claim right then or give us a call and we can assist you through the process.