What is happening regarding gun violence in Massachusetts? Join the League of Women Voters of Westwood Walpole & Dedham to discuss this issue with Executive Director, Ruth Zacharin, of the MA Coalition against Gun Violence on Monday, 10/3 at 7 PM on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81113616201
Ruth spent over 20 years working with youth and adults impacted by domestic and sexual violence before becoming the inaugural Executive Director of the Coalition in May of 2019. Ruth has her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and is also trained as a community organizer. She is particularly interested in creating models of trauma informed advocacy and policy making.

Nearly 250 people die from gun violence each year in MA, and many more are injured. Suicide is the leading cause of gun death in our country.

For more information regarding this program or information regarding the League of Women Voters, contact LWVWWD [at] gmail.com, Membership in the LWV is open to all men and women 16 years and older. You can join our chapter here https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/westwood-walpole-dedham/join
Democracy is not a spectator sport!

Please join all our members and their guests for our annual meeting, which will take place at Emmy's pool. Bring a bathing suit and a dish to share for a picnic lunch. 

The Annual Walpole Spring Candidates' Night will be held at the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library

On April 11, 2022, Kerry Malloy Snyder, JD, Advocacy Director for the Neponset River Watershed Association, will speak over Zoom on stormwater resiliency and how our towns can prepare for expected stormwater overflows in the future.

At My Neighbor's Table Series will sponsor a presention by Liora Norwich, PhD, MBA, Executive Director of the Network for Social Justice, on how to listen, what to say, and how to say it.

Justice for our young people 18 to 20 years old? Do they belong in the juvenile justice system? That will be our discussion of proposed new legislation by Representative Kay Khan on Zoom January 10 at 7 PM.

The League of Women Voters of Westwood/Walpole/Dedham  will host a Zoom presentation by the Massachusetts  Nurses’ Association entitled: From the Front Lines of the Pandemic.

Learn more about electric cars with "Drive Clean With The League". Join a one-hour informational program offered by the California League of Women Voters and Drive Clean California.

Needham Community Education in collaboration with the League of Women Voters-Needham will present a 4-part series of presentations on the Constitution beginning September 14 at 7:30 P.M.

The Westwood Candidate Forum can now be accessed on YouTube.

On July 30, Westwood’s Neighbors in Action, Inclusive Westwood and the Westwood/Walpole/Dedham League of Women Voters co-sponsored a public discussion via Zoom of the workings, policy and practices of the Westwood Police Department with Chief Jeff