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LWVC Housing & Homeless Webinar, Oct 12 2022

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Submitted by Orange Coast in September 2022.

Event Date: 
Oct 12 2022 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Housing and Homelessness Through a Climate Change Lens

Virtual event hosted by LWV of California

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Housing & Homeless News, Sept 2022

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Submitted by Orange Coast in September 2022.

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How to Fund Housing and Homeless Projects in California

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Gun Violence in Massachusetts

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Submitted by Westwood/ Walpole/ Dedham in September 2022.

Event Date: 
Oct 03 2022 07:00 pm
Event location: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81113616201

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!

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Discussion Group

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Submitted by Downers Grove-Woodridge-Lisle in September 2022.

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 DEI DISCUSSION GROUP

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Reducing the Plague of Gun Violence Here, There, Everywhere

League of Women Voters

Submitted by Highland Park-Highwood in September 2022.

Event Date: 
Sep 13 2022 07:00 pm

Gun violence and violence in general takes a huge toll every year; not only in lives lost and altered but in the trauma that lives on.

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Gainesville Sun Guest Column: Righting the inequitable distribution of health care in Alachua County

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Submitted by Alachua County in August 2022.

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Our health care system depends on the ability and knowledge of its workers to understand and interact effectively with diverse patients, including those of other cultures or belief systems. As minorities continue to suffer at a disproportionate rate in Alachua County, the public health care crisis that impacts each and every one of us must be tackled. Sufficient health care facilities, staffed with professionals who are sensitive to the effects of racism on health care, is the goal.

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Rights, Abortion, and the Separation of Powers

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Submitted by Southwest Santa Clara Valley in August 2022.

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Written by Carmel Johnson, J.D.

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Education Committee Meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in August 2022.

Event Date: 
Sep 14 2022 12:00 pm

Join the Education Committee for our next meeting.

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Remember the ERA?

ERA Yes.

Submitted by Syracuse Metropolitan Area in August 2022.

Event Date: 
Sep 07 2022 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
Event location: 

Dewitt /Jamesville Library

1st Wednesday Lunch & Learn at Noon

Our guest speaker, Kristi Andersen, Professor Emeritus at SU's Maxwell Schooll of Citizenship & Public Affiars, will speak on the history, status and future of the ERA.  

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Women's Inequality Day

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Submitted by Alachua County in August 2022.

Event Date: 
Aug 26 2022 12:00 am to 11:45 pm

August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, which granted some women the right to vote.

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