a council–manager government, both during her campaign and after being elected. COVID-19 response In March 2020, Sargon and several other board members met to discuss the potential implementation of new rules regarding face masks and coverings amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She supported the new measures, saying: Other positions In June 2019, Sargon voted in favor of a proposal to restripe an area next to a business owned by her fellow trustee and Alliance for Lincolnwood member, Craig Klatzko. The measure itself was controversial due to the potential "negative message" of restriping an area close to a business owned by a village official. Mayor Barry Bass ended up casting the tie-breaking vote against the measure. Sargon and three other trustees voted against the construction of a video game café in Lincolnwood, citing public discontent, personal concerns about video game addiction, and the close proximity of the proposed café to religious institutions. Assyrian activism Sargon has been involved with Assyrian activism before, during, and after the start of her political career. Early activism As a student at the University of Illinois, she became a founding member of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Movement. Civic engagement in the Assyrian community Aside from being the first Assyrian woman elected in Illinois, Sargon is a member of the executive board of Vote Assyrian and the advisory board of the American Middle East Voters Alliance PAC. Sargon joined Senator Ram Villivalam as a guest during the Illinois Senate's 101st General Assembly session in April 2019. Senator Villivalam discussed her accomplishments as an Assyrian female activist. He also said that they "had been discussing the next steps in her public service career" and that "she [Sargon] has committed to not running for State Senate, and I [Villivalam] am very appreciative of that." In September 2019, Sargon, along with Senator Ram Villivalam and representatives from Vote Assyrian, addressed the public about the importance of civic engagement among the Assyrian American Community. In July 2020, Sargon joined Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden, and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to represent the Assyrian American community as a co-chair of the 19th Annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch. Vote Assyrian census project Sargon is a proponent of Vote Assyrian's 2020 census project. The project encourages Assyrian Americans to fill out the 2020 census to get an accurate population count of