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

Suffs
Event Date: 
10/25/2025 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

Orpheum Theater

Join us at the Orpheum Theater for Suffs: The Musical. Use promo code LWVSANTACLARA to save up to $5 on tickets.

Fact over Fiction: Navigating the News
Event Date: 
10/23/2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Event location: 

San Ramon Library - Program Room

Learn how to spot and stop mis/disinformation, identify reliable news sources, and use critical thinking to navigate the complexities of today’s media landscape.

California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
Event Date: 
10/22/2025 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Event location: 

Fireside Books & More

NEW DATE AND NEW LOCATION!

Wednesday, October 22
5:30 to 7 PM

SUFFS in San Francisco
Event Date: 
10/22/2025 - 1:00pm to 11/09/2025 - 8:00pm
Event location: 

Orpheum Theatre

The Broadway production of the musical “SUFFS” is coming to the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. A Tony Award-winning musical, SUFFS is about the passionate American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote.

WomenVoteinAction
Event Date: 
10/20/2025 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Event location: 

ZOOM Only

This is the regular meeting of the Action-Advocacy Committee. Attend and learn about issues that concern our League.

No Kings Rally
Event Date: 
10/18/2025 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

We stand for democracy—not monarchy.

No Kings Rally 101825
Event Date: 
10/18/2025 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

BROADWAY PLAZA

LWVUS is joining No Kings 2 as a national partner on Saturday, October 18. LWVUS stands in solidarity with partners against hate and authoritarianism.

Fact over Fiction: Navigating the News
Event Date: 
10/14/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Event location: 

Lone Tree Golf & Event Center - Champions Bar & Grill

Learn how to spot and stop mis/disinformation, identify reliable news sources, and use critical thinking to navigate the complexities of today’s media landscape.

Born Equal Community Conversation
Event Date: 
10/13/2025 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

St Mary's College, Soda Center (or ZOOM)

Professor Akhil Amar, Yale constitutional scholar, will discuss his new book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920, which explores the transformative amendments that redefined freedom, equality, and voting rights in the post–Civil War era.

Pros & Cons
Event Date: 
10/09/2025 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

Proposition 50 Pros & Cons

Watch the recording of this webinar.

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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

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.

Standing Up to Hate Crimes webinar
Event Date: 
05/18/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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: 
04/20/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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: 
03/09/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
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.

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