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New Illinois: Creating a New State

May 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - May 21, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate the first session of a constitutional convention for a new state. New Illinois’s convention will be held in Urbana, Illinois on Friday evening, May 20 2022, and all day Saturday, May 21 2022.

Tickets must be purchased in advance at https://buytickets.at/newillinois/688818

Registration will be from 3:30 – 5:30 on Friday, with social hour starting at 5:00. Friday evening dinner will be followed by speakers: Rep. Brad Halbrook, Rep. Dan Caulkins, and keynote speaker constitutional lawyer KrisAnne Hall.

Saturday morning will again feature KrisAnne Hall and include a question-and-answer time. A reading of the New Illinois Declaration of Independence from the State of Illinois will be followed by lunch.

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Start:
May 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
End:
May 21, 2022 @ 5:00 pm