LWV Diablo Valley Community Conversation Team

LWV Diablo Valley Community Conversation Team

The LWVDV Community Conversation Team, in concert with other county partners, plans and hosts virtual and in person informational presentations on topics important to our mission. 
Committee Contact
Contact Name: 
Diane Bianchi
Contact Number: 
925-283-2235
League to which this content belongs: 
Diablo Valley

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After Incarceration: Community Conversation
Event Date: 
Nov 16 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Join us as we learn about the challenges formerly incarcerated members of our communities encounter and the groups advocating and providing support services for them.

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Event Date: 
Oct 29 2023 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Event location: 

Walnut Creek Public Library,

This in-person program allows participants to learn more and the react to the Community Conversations webinar on Income and Wealth Inequality. Join us and speak up!

Income inequality - Community Conversation
Event Date: 
Oct 19 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Income disparities are now so pronounced that the average income of America’s richest 1 percent of households was more than 84 times the average income of the bottom 20 percent in 2019. Approaches to addressing this inequality will be featured in this webinar.

Immigration - A Community Conversation
Event Date: 
Sep 21 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Over a quarter of Contra Costa residents are immigrants who come from all over the world. A series of two Community Conversation webinars will offer information about national, state and local immigration laws and will focus on demystifying myths that contribute to misunderstanding and false information about immigrants.

Standing Up to Hate Crimes webinar
Event Date: 
May 18 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Hate crimes are exponentially increasing in California. How do we as a community support victims of hate crimes?

Understanding Universal Health Care, Part 2
Event Date: 
Apr 20 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Confused about Universal Health Care??? What is it? Join us for a two part program to learn how a Universal Care Program can improve your access to health care and reduce costs. Spanish translation.

Understanding Universal Health Care, Part I
Event Date: 
Mar 09 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Confused about Universal Health Care??? What is it? Join us for a two part program to learn how a Universal Care Program can improve your access to health care and reduce costs. Spanish translation.

Measure X Community Conversation - Living Up to Promise
Event Date: 
Feb 16 2023 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

Virtual event that will take place via Zoom.

It has been two years since voters passed Measure X in November 2020, a new county-wide sales tax to support health and human services for our local neighbors and families. Join us to learn about the decisions for the first year’s Measure X allocations -- what was funded, as analyzed by MXCAB, and what are the gaps still remaining.

Book Banning - Community Conversation
Event Date: 
Nov 17 2022 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

Virtual event that will take place via Zoom.

Book banning has become rampant across our country. Libraries and their librarians are being threatened and the very principle of access to information guaranteed by the First Amendment is at stake. Join this webinar to learn how libraries and communities are responding.

2022 Propositions Pros and Cons - A Community Conversation
Event Date: 
Oct 13 2022 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Event location: 

Virtual event that will take place via Zoom.

Want to learn quickly about the ballot propositions in depth and through a non-partisan lens? Every election cycle the League of Women Voters presents pro and con arguments about the propositions based on research as well as information about major funding sources supporting the propositions.

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