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Gun Violence Prevention & Safety Committee Meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in January 2025.

Event Date: 
02/19/2025 - 6:30pm

LWVAC's Gun Violence Prevention & Safety Committee will meet by Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. We are brainstorming what we can do to augment the efforts of the other community partners are doing to prevent gun violence and promote gun safety.

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Health Care Committee Meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in January 2025.

Event Date: 
02/10/2025 - 4:00pm
Event location: 

Oak Hammock

Our Health Care Committee, co-chaired by Barbara Frentzen and Kim Walsh-Childers, is hosting its next meeting in person at Oak Hammock. Join the team to help plan upcoming actions and events. Everyone is welcome!

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Demand Equal Rights

Action Alert - League of Women Voters (Protestors with US flag)

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

Action Alerts

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, the federal government has still not consistently recognized the constitutional right to sex and gender equality. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) constitutionally protects the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex.

Add Your Name to the Petition.

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Recording Available: Gun Violence Prevention and Safety committee 01.21.25 meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in January 2025.

News

A recording of the January Gun Violence Prevention and Safety meeting is now available....

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LWVTN Position on School Vouchers

Submitted by Williamson County in January 2025.

Position

LWVTN Statement in Opposition to School Vouchers
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Now Accepting Applications for the 2025 Susan B. Wilson Award for RI Teachers K-12

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Submitted by Rhode Island in January 2025.

News

The Rhode Island League of Women Voters of RI is accepting nominations for the 18th annual Susan B. Wilson Civic Merit Awards now through March 26, 2025.

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18th Annual Susan B. Wilson Civic Awards Ceremony

Portrait photograph of Susan B Wilson

Submitted by Rhode Island in January 2025.

Event Date: 
04/23/2025 - 3:30pm
Event location: 

Rhode Island State House - Bell Room

Please join the RI League of Women Voters to honor 3 individuals or teams of educators who have creatively incorporated Civics lessons into their curriculum.  (winners to be announced in April)

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TONIGHT: Attendance needed the GRU Authority meeting (1/15 @ 5:30 p.m.)

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Submitted by Alachua County in January 2025.

Action Alerts

At tonight's meeting (Jan. 15 @ 5:30 p.m. in the GRU Administration Building, 301 SE 4th Street), the GRU Authority is planning to cancel the solar array that would produce 75MW of power. It is on the consent agenda, intended for administrative-type topics with no discussion. Canceling a solar array is not an administrative-type topic. Show up and take a seat. Community leaders will be speaking and you can "speak" just by being there. Don't let the Authority make bad decisions without an audience. The League of Women Voters will be there. Please join us.

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Who's In The Box - Unplugged

Poster for Whos in the Box Unplugged Performance

Submitted by Alachua County in January 2025.

Event Date: 
01/18/2025 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

P.K. Yonge Performing Arts Theater

Join us for this play, written and produced by Romona Jackson, that focuses on youth and gun violence titled, "Who's in the Box - Unplugged." It has been presented to many youth throughout our community and beyond!

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First Tuesday Talk: Reproductive Health, Education Funding, Voting Rights, Critical issues in the 2025 General Assembly

First Tuesday Talk February 4, 2025: Reproductive Health, Education Funding, Voting Rights, Critical issues in the 2025 General Assembly

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in January 2025.

Event Date: 
02/04/2025 - 11:45am
Event location: 

Blacksburg Police Department Community Room

The Virginia General Assembly will be half-way through the 2025 session on Feb. 4th when we meet – a perfect time for us as League members to focus on proposed legislation and lobby our legislators.

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