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President's Message, April 2024

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Blog Post

Dear Members,
It’s an exciting time to be a League member. The stature of the League shows itself at the national, state and local levels. One of my proudest moments, both personally and as League president, was speaking before the city commission on March 21, citing the breach of democracy and home rule when the state imposed the GRU Authority on our city. I stated “We have an opportunity to regain democratic processes and home rule in Gainesville. Let's do this...

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LWVW Book Club : JUST ACTION by Rothstein

Submitted by Wellesley in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/25/2024 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

Marguerite's Home

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League at the Library: Cone Park Branch

Library bookshelf image with gold overlay and white writing

Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/25/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Event location: 

Cone Park Branch

This League at the Library event will take place at the Cone Park Branch and will be an outdoor event. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers to man the table.

During LWVAC's 2024 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign for the 2024 Election Season, the Voter Services team is organizing multiple Alachua County Library tabling events. The goal is to have a table at each of the 12 libraries once a month for 2 hours at peak times until November. We hope to increase League visibility and engage with current and potential voters, especially young people.

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League at the Library: Library Partnership Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/27/2024 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Event location: 

Library Partnership Branch

This League at the Library event will take place at the Library Partnership Branch and will be an inside event. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers to man the table.

During LWVAC's 2024 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign for the 2024 Election Season, the Voter Services team is organizing multiple Alachua County Library tabling events. The goal is to have a table at each of the 12 libraries once a month for 2 hours at peak times until November. We hope to increase League visibility and engage with current and potential voters, especially young people.

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League at the Library: Newberry Branch

Library bookshelf image with gold overlay and white writing

Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/30/2024 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Newberry Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the Newberry Branch Library and will be an outdoor event. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers to man the table.

During LWVAC's 2024 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign for the 2024 Election Season, the Voter Services team is organizing multiple Alachua County Library tabling events. The goal is to have a table at each of the 12 libraries once a month for 2 hours at peak times until November. We hope to increase League visibility and engage with current and potential voters, especially young people.

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Book Reading at Girls Place

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/24/2024 - 3:30pm
Event location: 

Girls Place

Stefanie Gadaleon, president of the LWV UF Chapter, is coordinating a reading of the book, "I Can't Wait to Vote" at Girls Place on April 24 at 3:30 p.m. The story is a great introduction to civic engagement, understanding representation, and how all of us have a say in our local, state, and national government.

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Take action to protect election workers and prohibit guns at the polls

Call to Action Banner

Submitted by Connecticut in April 2024.

Action Alerts

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.

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Special Guest at last “North Book Club” Meeting

parrot flying

Submitted by Orange Coast in April 2024.

News

Our selection for March was The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial by David Lipsky.  We continue holding our meetings on Zoom – which allo

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Hamilton and Wenham Town Elections

Don't Just Vote Vent

Submitted by Hamilton-Wenham in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/11/2024 - 7:00am

Results are in!

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Protecting Democracy in an Age of Social Media and AI

Protecting Democracy

Submitted by Downers Grove-Woodridge-Lisle in March 2024.

Event Date: 
04/17/2024 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

ZOOM

 

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