Marshall County Democrats will host their annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner along with a silent auction this Sunday, September 21st at Wild Rose Moon, 115 North Michigan Street in downtown Plymouth.
Social hour begins at 5 with dinner being served at 6 in the Schricker building. Dinner is being catered by Jim and Judy Vinall and tickets are $35 each which includes “Give me 5”
Special guests for the evening include Joe Bock, Candidate for Congress and Beth White, Candidate for Secretary of State.
Throughout his career as a humanitarian aid worker, Joe Bock was on the leadership team at the American Refugee Committee as well as a Country Representative for Catholic Relief Services. Through those roles Joe lived in Asia and the Middle East, as well as overseeing programs in Africa, Asia and the Balkans.
Joe is a teaching professor at Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, where he trains students in humanitarian ethics and disaster response. He is a consultant to the World Bank on conflict resolution designed to enable economic development.
Bock earned his Master’s in Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Ph.D. from American University’s School of International Service. After graduation, Joe ran for office and served in the Missouri legislature for six years.
Joe and his wife Sue, a kindergarten teacher, live on the St. Joseph River in South Bend. Joe is a parishioner of St. Therese of Little Flower Catholic Church. They are volunteers at Our Lady of the Road, where they serve meals to the homeless and spend the night in cold weather to help care for the less fortunate. Joe is a member of the Anti- Violence Commission in South Bend as well as the Safety and Security Committee of the South Bend Community School Corporation.
Now serving her second term in office, Marion County Clerk Beth White is the chief fiscal agent and record keeper for the courts in Indiana’s largest county and the secretary of the local Election Board. As the chief election official for the 13th largest city in America, Beth has championed voters’ rights by expanding early voting opportunities and lobbying the legislature to remove barriers to voting.
Before being sworn into elected office in 2007, Beth worked for former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and was part of the O’Bannon administration. Previously, she worked as a litigator in private practice and as a Deputy Prosecutor. A Bloomington native, Beth is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington. She received her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Beth is an adjunct professor at IUPUI, currently serves on the board of the Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation. She is an active member of Central Christian Church and resides in Indianapolis with her husband, Neil Marcus, and their young son.
Beth has been recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as a “Woman of Influence;” a “Distinguished Barrister;” by the Indiana Lawyer; and a “Champion of Diversity” by Indiana Minority Business Magazine.
