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(Note the privacy-violating tracking link from AddThis. Our my.lwv.org website adds that automatically, and I haven't found a way to remove it!)

The LWV Los Alamos study on Digital Privacy began in June 2020. It's headed by JoAnn Lysne and Akkana Peck. It led to a new position:

Moscow 2020 Spring Speaker Series
Event Date: 
01/15/2020 - 12:00pm to 01/16/2020 - 11:45am
Event location: 

1912 Center

Lovina Englund will discuss Palouse Land Trust updates at the League of Women Voters of Moscow forum noon-1 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 15) in the Arts Workshop of the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow.

LWVRI Position on Funding Public Education in Rhode Island

Adopted at Convention 2001

The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island believes that any method of financing public education should provide equality of opportunity for education through a system of taxation that is sufficient, equitable, flexible and coordinated among the different levels of government.

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August 2019

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The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island affirms the crucial niche of libraries: they are repositories of knowledge; they enhance learning for all ages; they serve as community centers. In a world linked to the internet, libraries provide essential computer access for many Rhode Islanders.
This issue is a priority of the LWV Providence
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Support our position that the purpose of advisory commissions and boards in Park Forest and the Villages of Matteson, Richton Park, and University Park is to set goals and offer informed advice to the Village Boards of Trustees.

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Continue monitoring park facilities in Park Forest.

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The LWVMC Climate Change Committee’s mission is to increase awareness of climate change and its projected impacts on our local economy, environment, and quality of life; to evaluate local, state, and national energy/climate change initiatives and legislation; and to coordinate with other organizations advocating for policies to lessen and forestall climate change impacts.

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Support of an effective and diverse Board and Commissions.

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