Past Events For California + Diablo Valley + South San Mateo County + Cupertino- Sunnyvale + the US (LWVUS) + Southwest Santa Clara Valley + Fremont-Newark-Union City + Santa Clara County + The Bay Area + West Contra Costa County

Wise Girl Restaurant
Event Date: 
05/13/2026 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

WiseGirl Restaurant

Join us for a no-host lunch at WiseGirl Restaurant to celebrate the year, catch up with old friends and meet new ones!

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Event Date: 
05/09/2026 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Event location: 

To Be Shared Once Registered

Join us in person for a lively chat with candidates running for Contra Costa Superintendent of Schools!

Contra Costa Superintendent of Schools Candidate Forum |
Event Date: 
05/08/2026 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event location: 

Contra Costa Office of Education - Board Room

Join us to hear from the candidates running for Contra Costa Superintendent of Schools!

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate Forum
Event Date: 
05/08/2026 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

Your voice. Your vote. Our community's future.

​The race for California Superintendent of Public Instruction is on — and this forum gives you the chance to hear directly from the people asking for your vote.

Menlo Park
Event Date: 
05/07/2026 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Event location: 

Arrillaga Family Recreation Center Sequoia Patio (side entrance)

Join your community members for an informational open house to learn about three development proposals submitted in response to the City's Request for Proposals for Downtown Parking Plazas 1, 2, and 3.

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Event Date: 
05/07/2026 - 2:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

Join the LWV Litigation team for a breakdown of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais.

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Event Date: 
05/05/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event location: 

ZOOM Only

Membership Committee meetings are held monthly on the 1st Tuesday from 5-6:30 pm, on Zoom. Your participation is encouraged - we welcome new ideas and perspectives.

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Event Date: 
05/05/2026 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

Address provided with RSVP

Help get out the vote in Contra Costa County by joining our postcard writing party!

GOTV Postcard
Event Date: 
05/02/2026 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Location Details Available Upon Registration

Get Out the Vote Postcard Party!
Saturday, May 2, 2026
1:30–4:00 PM

Book Club
Event Date: 
04/30/2026 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us in reading and discussing "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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Past Events Co-Hosted By West Contra Costa County + Cupertino- Sunnyvale + Diablo Valley + Fremont-Newark-Union City + Santa Clara County + South San Mateo County + Southwest Santa Clara Valley + The Bay Area + the US (LWVUS) + California

2024 Pros and Cons Community Conversation
Event Date: 
09/26/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Confused about the California ballot propositions? Join this LWVDV webinar to learn about them in depth and through a nonpartisan lens.

Roadmap to Voting 2024 - Community Conversation
Event Date: 
09/19/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Your Roadmap to Voting 2024 will introduce voters to important information about preparing themselves for the November 5, 2024 election.

The State of Local Journalism - Community Conversation
Event Date: 
05/16/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Join us for a conversation about the challenges facing local journalism and how to be more news media literate and better informed about local issues.

The Fight for Clean Air webinar
Event Date: 
04/18/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Join us to learn about local environmental incidents and recent legislation proposed to keep communities like Contra Costa safe and healthy.

Deportation and the Courts - Promoting Human Rights at Home
Event Date: 
03/21/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

A large new Deportation Court recently opened in Concord. What is a Deportation Court, and what does this mean for our immigrant neighbors?

Measure X Community Conversation
Event Date: 
02/15/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

Voters passed Measure X in November 2020, a County-wide sales tax to support health and human services for our local neighbors and families. The tax money continues to be collected and allocations were made for 2023. What lessons have been learned?

Misinformation Community Conversation
Event Date: 
01/18/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

This webinar will explore how falsehoods spread in today's information ecosystem and how we can avoid them, respond and deepen our capacity for constructive civil discourse.

After Incarceration: Community Conversation
Event Date: 
11/16/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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.

Income inequality - Community Conversation
Event Date: 
10/19/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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: 
09/21/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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.

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