The League of Women Voters of Ridgefield and the Ridgefield Library present a Meet Your Legislators’ meeting with Aimee Berger-Girvalo, 111th District State Representative; Kenneth Gucker,138th District State Representative and Will Haskell 26th District State Senator.
Starting in 1916 and into the 1970s, six million African Americans left the rural South and moved to cities in the Northeast, Midwest and West. Join Dr. Van Gosse, who will discuss The Great Migration, what the “migrants” left behind, what they faced and how they fared in their new urban-industrial lives.
The Weston League of Women Voters will hold a virtual town hall, “Speak Up!,” on Saturday, February 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Residents will have an opportunity to ask local officials about government issues and community affairs impacting Weston today.
Did you know that the United States' first black elected official took office in New Hampshire in 1776, and that the first black college graduates matriculated at Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Amherst? Although long-ignored or actively denied, slavery existed in all of the New England colonies. Emancipation, immediate or gradual, began during the Revolution.
Join the League of Women Voters of Redding and other sponsoring organizations for a conversation with Freedom Riders Joan Browning and Dion Diamond. The Freedom Rides spanned from May through November 1961 with over 400 Black and white Americans risking their lives to end segregation on interstate transportation. Register and submit your questions ahead of time.
Join LWV or Redding and the Mark Twain Library for a virtual discussion of the humble and heartwarming memoir by By Bryan Stevenson Michelle Kuo, Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a student, and a Life Changing Friendship. In this book, Kuo shares a coming-of-age story of both a young teacher and a teenage student all the while examining education, race, and justice in the rural South.
The Wilton League of Women Voters, together with the Wilton Library, will present a Legislative Dialogue with State legislators, Senator Will Haskell (District 26), newly elected Representative Stephanie Thomas (District 123), and Representative Tom O'Dea (District 125). Constituents will have the opportunity to give their feedback and ask questions about issues facing our town and state.
The League of Women Voters of Litchfield County will partner with the Litchfield Historical Society to offer a talk called "Hidden in Plain Sight: Decoding Public Monuments". Our speaker will be David Anthone, the Supervisory Historic Preservation Officer of the General Services Administration. Anthone's government role is within historic preservation and public art, while his art practice focuses on painting, conceptual work and ready-mades, at his studio in Roxbury, CT. Please sign up to join at registration [at] LitchfieldHistoricalSociety.org and the link will be sent to you.