A Special Redding Town Meeting to Vote on ARPA Funds Distributions
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 7:30pm
YOUR VOICE=YOUR VOTE
Please attend the special town meeting tonight to learn about and vote on expenditures of the ARPA funds.
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Give Connecticut Cleaner Air - Pass SB 10 and SB 4!
SB 10 and SB 4 will improve Connecticut’s air quality by requiring cleaner energy generation and expanding the use of electric vehicles. Cleaner air improves human health, protects the environment, and contributes to the reversal of climate change. What you can do: Email or call the Senate Leadership, Senators Looney and Duff today and ask them to bring the bills to the floor for a vote. There are fewer than 20 days left to the legislative session.
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ConnecticutElections and Securing the Vote
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 6:30pm
The League of Women Voters of Greater Hartford present the 2022 annual Meeting via Zoom. We are honored to have Secretary of the State Denise Merrill as our guest speaker.
A talk by Dr. Roger Kuhns
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 7:00pm
The LWV of Southeastern Connecticut invites you to attend this talk by Dr. Roger Kuhns. Dr. Kuhns has over 40 years of professional experience in terrestrial and marine geology and ecology, natural resources and exploration, lunar geology, sustainable practices, environmental and climate science and policy, LEED design, and sustainable urban agriculture.
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 7:00pm
*Rescheduled from March 31* Join LWV of Norther Fairfield County to hear from Dr. Mary-Jane Eisen about the final and bipartisan report of the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. The report includes strategies and recommendations to help the nation emerge as a more resilient democracy by 2026, the nation's 250th anniversary. This program is open to members and the public. Registration required.
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Event RegistrationLet’s ensure our elections are clean and free from outside interference!
Protecting the integrity of our electoral processes is the most basic of the League’s priorities. To this end, protection against foreign interference in any aspect of our elections is critical. Tell committee leaders that you want them to bring RSB 431 to a vote, then urge your legislators to support the measure when it comes to the floor this month. The Legislative session ends in less than 30 days.
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Connecticut2022 Connecticut Civic Ambassadors Summit (hybrid)
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 12:00pm to Friday, April 29, 2022 - 12:30pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, APRIL 26 AT 5 P.M. EST. This is a two-day free, hybrid event hosted online (Zoom) and in-person (Hartford Public Library) by Everyday Democracy. Day 1 will be hybrid and Day 2 will be fully virtual. Participants will have the opportunity to share their attendance preference (virtual or in-person) for Day 1 via the registration link. In-person spaces are limited, so RSVP today!
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Event RegistrationDid You Know: Voting Rights and Wrongs - In Connecticut
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 6:30pm
Join the League of Women Voters of Fairfield on Thursday April 28 for the first in our new free, multi-part series on voting rights in Connecticut, across the states, and at the National level. The program features Patricia Rossi, Advocacy and Public Affairs Vice President of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut and Jonathan Perloe of Voter Choice Connecticut.
Mid-Session Legislative Update
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With only a little over a month left in the session, the Connecticut General Assembly approves expanded access to absentee ballots for all future elections. This Spring, the League is supporting bills that protect and expand voting rights, government transparency and access, and address the climate crisis. Read the full update.
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ConnecticutIt's time for Congress to recognize the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment
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On January 27, 2022, the House of Representatives announced the introduction of House Resolution 891, a new resolution affirming the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. As of this week, 4 of our 5 Representatives to the US House are cosponsors of the legislation.
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