Social Policy

Social Policy

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Event Date: 
10/03/2022 - 7:00pm

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!

League of Women Voters
Event Date: 
09/13/2022 - 7:00pm

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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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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Written by Carmel Johnson, J.D.

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Event Date: 
09/14/2022 - 12:00pm

Join the Education Committee for our next meeting.

ERA Yes.
Event Date: 
09/07/2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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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Event Date: 
08/26/2022 - 12:00am to 11:45pm

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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