Community Documentary Night is a monthly online event designed to give people the chance to discuss interesting ideas and topics explored in the documentaries that are free for anyone to access online. This month's film is Undivide Us.
Join IREJN for their Inaugural Legislative Prayer Breakfast at the State Capitol.
A lively discussion on whether individual towns in Connecticut, or the state government, should decide what affordable housing gets built.
Please email or call your Representative in support of Raised Bill 5408, which supports local press through reallocation of the state’s advertising revenue. Local news outlets spark civic engagement and voter turnout, and their collapse poses a threat to our cities and towns due to increasing polarization and misinformation. We can reverse this trend through reallocation of funding.
Announcing the 2024 Southeastern Connecticut Student Civic Engagement Award! High school students are invited to submit an original essay or video by May 8, 2024 to answer the question: What motivates you to engage in the democratic process and vote? At least $1,000.00 in funds will be awarded and the winner(s) will be honored at the LWVSECT Annual Banquet on June 13th, 2024.
Contact your state senator and representative and urge them to support HB 5448 to protect elections workers! It has become apparent over the past few years that election workers need protection. This bill would take measures to prevent and penalize harassment, threats of violence, and/or doxxing of election workers, and prohibits guns from polling locations and elections related locations.
A leader in women’s health, Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, MD, OB-GYN (Yale School of Medicine) will be our guest speaker.
Join LWV of Greater Hartford for their annual meeting featuring guest speaker Arienne Orozco, Director of Outreach and Engagement for the Secretary of the State.
Early Bird Registration is open - reserve your spot before May 1!
Contact your legislators and urge them to support funding for Early Voting implementation and the No Excuse Absentee Ballot referendum. Many worked for a decade to pass Early Voting in Connecticut, a landmark event that the Governor said would "improve the ability of voters to cast their ballots and enable more people to participate in our democracy". However without funding and support this hard fought right may not succeed.