Events
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Learn more about our upcoming meetings and events.
DelCOG Annual Meeting 2024
ZoomDelCOG's 2024 Annual Meeting features a keynote speech by Dan Bevarly on "The Inspector General: Guardian of the Public Trust".
National Freedom of Information Summit 2024
ZoomAnnual FOIA Summit hosted by the National Freedom of Information Coalition.
Elected Officials Reception 2024
Ed Oliver Golf Club 800 North Dupont Road, Wilmington, DE, United StatesMeet and greet with our elected state, county, and municipal officials.
Past Events
December 6, 2023
Annual Meeting
"The Most Important and Effective Public Official You Never Heard Of: An Inspector General and Why Delaware Needs One"
In December 2023, DelCOG hosted its annual meeting featuring a discussion about transparency and accountability with Common Cause Delaware Executive Director Claire Snyder-Hall and City of Atlanta Inspector General Shannon Manigault.
May 24, 2023
Common Cause Awards Ceremony
Common Cause of Delaware honored Representative John Kowalko Jr. with the John Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award for Delaware for his decades of service as a community activist and State Representative in the Delaware House, where he served from 2006 until his retirement in 2022. DelCOG was a proud sponsor of this event and recognizes Representative Kowalko as a champion of open government during his time in office.
April 24, 2023
Sunshine Week
"Ensuring Transparency and Accountability: Why Delaware Needs an Inspector General Now!"
This panel discussion was hosted by DelCOG and the Delaware Press Association in April 2023 to commemorate National Sunshine Week. The panelists included Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street, Delaware State Senator Laura Sturgeon, Delaware State Representative Mike Smith, Delaware Online / The News Journal Underserved Communities Reporter Anitra Johnson, and Lead-Free Delaware Co-Chair Sarah Bucic. Additional sponsors included Common Cause Delaware, Delaware Poor People's Campaign, Delaware Public Preschool Coalition, League of Women Voters of New Castle County, Lead-Free Delaware, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Network Delaware, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists, and RISE Delaware.
December 5, 2022
Elected Officials Reception
The biennial Elected Officials Reception was held at the Ed Oliver Golf Course Clubhouse in Wilmington and provided an opportunity for the public to "meet and greet" with state, county, and municipal officials. Author John Riley also held a book signing for How He Played the Game, his award-winning biography of Ed "Porky" Oliver. The event was hosted by DelCOG, the Delaware Press Association, the League of Women Voters of Delaware, and the League of Women Voters of New Castle County.
DelCOG presented two awards at the ceremony – the Government For The People Award to the Campaign to End Debtors’ Prisons and the Distinguished Journalism Award to Amanda Fries, watchdog reporter for The News Journal.
