Past Events For Connecticut + Greater Hartford

Book cover for "White Women" in orange to purple ombre (top to bottom)
Event Date: 
06/08/2023 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Event location: 

Online - Zoom

For many white women, the idea of niceness is ingrained from an early age as a virtue. But what exactly does it mean to be nice? Does it require silence? An avoidance of anything supposedly unpleasant? An uncritical going with the flow?

Join Regina Jackson and Saira Rao, authors of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, for deep, honest, unflinching conversation about the culture of niceness as part and parcel of white supremacy. Part 3 of this 4-part series presented by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, will be on Whiteness, Whiteplaining, and Colorism: Everyday “mundane” White Supremacy . Click Read More to get the zoom link and register for this program.

Every Town for Gun Safety Mothers' Day of Action 2023
Event Date: 
05/13/2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm
Event location: 

Communities across the country

Mother's around the country are fed up with wondering whether our children will make it home alive. Join us on Saturday for a Mother's Day of Action to demand that lawmakers reinstate the bipartisan assault weapons ban.

Book cover for "White Women" in orange to purple ombre (top to bottom)
Event Date: 
05/11/2023 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Event location: 

Online - Zoom

For many white women, the idea of niceness is ingrained from an early age as a virtue. But what exactly does it mean to be nice? Does it require silence? An avoidance of anything supposedly unpleasant? An uncritical going with the flow?

Join Regina Jackson co-author of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better, for deep, honest, unflinching conversation about the culture of niceness as part and parcel of white supremacy. Part 2 of this 4-part series presented by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, will be on Deflecting, gaslighting, and exceptionalizing: How discomfort leads to awareness . Click Read More to get the zoom link and register for this program.

CT VRA Hartford Town Hall flyer
Event Date: 
05/10/2023 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Capital Community College - Centennial Hall Auditorium

Join LDF, ACLU-CT, LatinoJustice, Hartford NAACP, Hartford Alumnai Chapter of Delta Sigma Thea Sorority, and elected officials for an urgent town hall regarding S.B. 1226 - John Lewis Voting Rights Act of Connecticut.

LWV Fairfield logo in color
Event Date: 
05/03/2023 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Online

Disinformation is false information spread to mislead and deceive. Join the Fairfield League of Women Voters for a virtual presentation to learn how damaging disinformation is to voting and democracy. Registration details to come.

photo of stephanie Thomas standing at the hartford capitol
Event Date: 
05/02/2023 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Darien Library Community Room

Early voting is coming to Connecticut! Details are still being worked out in the legislature. Join League of Women Voters of Darien in welcoming Connecticut's Secretary of State, Stephanie Thomas to share what voting will likely look like in Darien and other towns. Town registrars will be on hand to help people register to vote.

CWEALF 50th anniversary with image of honoree
Event Date: 
04/29/2023 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Event location: 

Yale Science Building

CWEALF has a long tradition of celebrating women who make a difference in the lives of women and girls in Connecticut. This year, not only is CWEALF honoring a woman who has made tremendous contributions to our state, they’re celebrating their 50th anniversary! Registration is required for this ticketed event.

Fairfield County's fund for women and girls logo in purple and gray
Event Date: 
04/27/2023 - 11:00am

For 25 years, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls Annual Luncheon has celebrated the great work of our community to help young women and girls in Fairfield County imagine new dreams and realize their potential. Join FCCF for the 2023 Luncheon with this year’s keynote speaker, the trailblazing ballet superstar Misty Copeland. Click the registration link to purchase tickets for this event.

Event flyer for LWV of Litchfield with headshot of guest speaker Bill Curry
Event Date: 
04/22/2023 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Crystal Peak

Join the Litchfield LWV for their annual spring luncheon! Guest Speaker Bill Curry will be speaking on ways to bring people together to achieve collective goals, and will offer bi-partisan solutions to break the gridlock. Open to the Public, Registration required for this catered event.

Event for voting rights town hall with two men wearing face masks holding signs that say "protect your vote" with an image of the late Senator John Lewis
Event Date: 
04/20/2023 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Orchid Cafe, ConnCAT

Join the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the greater New Haven NAACP, the ACLU of Connecticut, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Common Cause in CT, and elected officials for an Urgent town hall regarding S.B. 1226 - John Lewis Voting Rights Act of CT. Please register in advance.

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