League Days 2025 - Successful Delaware: Healthy, Housed and Educated

League Days 2025 - Successful Delaware: Healthy, Housed and Educated

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Successful Delaware: Healthy, Housed, and Educated (League Days 2024 logo)The League of Women Voters sponsors an annual League Day presentation in Dover, Delaware, followed by a group visit to meet with lawmakers at Legislative Hall. The theme of League Days 2025 is "Successful Delaware: Healthy, Housed, and Educated." This year's program will have four sessions: three online presentations focusing on each of the subject areas individually, and then the in-person Dover event to tie it all together.

Session 1: Healthcare

This online panel discussion entitled "The Silver Tsunami and the Healthcare Workforce: What Keeps You up at Night?" was held on Thursday February 6. This 90-minute discussion examined Delaware’s healthcare workforce challenges arising from the rapid and ongoing influx of seniors into Delaware (“the Silver Tsunami”). The panelists covered their specialty areas, what most keeps them up at night, and initiatives they’re working on, and recommendations for legislative action that will improve the healthcare workforce for Delaware seniors.

Moderators and Panelists:
  • Judy Butler, Health Care Portfolio Chair, LWVDE Advocacy Corps.
  • Tim Gibbs, Director and Principal Investigator for the Delaware Health Force. Previously Executive Director of the Delaware Academy of Medicine/ Delaware Public Health Association.
  • Christopher E. Otto, Executive Director of the Delaware Nurses Association, representing DE Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses 
  • Sue Getman, Executive Director of the Delaware Association for Home & Community Care.  Former director of the Wilmington Senior Center and the Mid-County Senior Center.
  • Cheryl Heiks, Executive Director of the Delaware Healthcare Facilities Association and a member of the Advisory Council for the Delaware Health Force. 


Session 2: Education

The League Days 2025 online session focused on Education will be held at 7pm on February 27, 2025 Monday, March 3, 2024. More information to follow.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofumhpzouE9KOILyJF_ZZKu5tM2XmrGiY

Session 3: Housing

The League Days 2025 online session focused on Housing will held at 7pm on March 20, 2025. More information to follow.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-2qrjIvHdO8MWgiTxuC7ajCCzfE8d_v

League Day in Dover - Successful Delaware: Healthy, Housed and Educated

Join us on Tuesday, April 8 for the final session - League Day in Dover, with a morning presentation, followed by lunch and an afternoon of lobbying. Invited legislators and experts will work with us in the morning to recommend timely legislation to address Delaware’s overlapping needs to build our healthcare workforce and provide adequate housing and early care and education.

Access to affordable housing and early care and education, and accessible healthcare, are foundational for upward mobility and a healthy, economically stable population. When these elements are in place, individuals and families improve their circumstances, and the state attracts a quality workforce. Together, these factors combine to improve economic outcomes for all Delawareans and for the state.  

Be sure to mark your calendar for our April 8 League Day in Dover event and come help us discover solutions.

 

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