The Wheaton League of Women Voters released a press release celebrating its first male president, Maury Goodman. The Daily Herald published the article which is available to subscribers. Read the press release.
The 56th Biennial LWVUS National Convention, “Turn Up and Turn Out,” took place in Washington, DC from June 27 to 30. Over 1,200 League members, board members, and staff from all 50 states, DC, and the Virgin Islands
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Members of the Wheaton and Naperville Leagues, representing LWVIL, hosted a table at this year’s Statewide Summit for members of Bilingual Parent Advisory Councils (BPACs) and parents of English Learners (ELs).
Mia and Cadence, seniors at Wheaton Warrenville South, created this video with fellow students Owen, Allie Ellie, Maggie and Tomas, to promote a voter registration event and to encourage all eligible students to register and vote.
Summary: Prepare yourself for the April 4 Election. Check out the Video Voter Guide with videos from candidates, especially the race for District 200 Board of Education. The Guide has all the races for offices on the ballot for Wheaton League of Women Voters' service area. Be sure to read about the two propositions on the ballot: one for Winfield and the other for District 94 residents.
Together, three former educators and members of the LWV's Civic Education Committee have created a “Candidates in the Classroom” project. As a final project, student journalists created video interviews of candidates for November 8 General Election. Interviews were conducted using the League’s non-partisan rules and later posted to the League website, as part of the organization’s mission to provide the community election information. Now there are new set of videos with candidates for the April 2023 Consolidated election.