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Recordings of Presentations, Candidate forums, voting information and more are posted to the LWV-WC YouTube channel.
2024 Video Posts
January 10, 2024 Juvenile Justice Reform
Susan Randall hosts Jason Smith, Executive Director of the Michigan Center for Youth Justice. Watch to learn about juvenile justice reform and the Justice for Kids and Communities Act.
Click HERE to view.
2023 Video Posts
October 18, 2023 Firearm Safety: Suicide Prevention
Matthew Raab, LMSW, Community Engagement Partnership Coordinator, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System presenting Community Interventions for Suicide Prevention. Hosted by Vicki Paulissen, Co-Chair of the LWV Michigan Firearm Safety Network.
Click HERE TO VIEW
October 17, 2023 Voting Rights 2024: How Changes Will Be Implemented in Washtenaw County
In person event with Ed Golembiewski, Director of Elections - Washtenaw County, and Jaqueline Beaudry, Ann Arbor Clerk. Early voting options, permanent absentee ballot list and more.
Click HERE TO VIEW
September 21, 2023 Cleanup of the Fox River and Green Bay: Lessons for Michigan
Speaker: David Allen II, Author of "Paper Valley," about how the EPA Superfund law forced paper companies to spend billions to clean up toxic sediment in the Fox River and Green Bay. Click HERE TO VIEW
August 27, 2023 Microplastics in the Great Lakes: the problem and solutions
Presentation by Art Hirsch. Click HERE TO VIEW.
Art Hirsch is an environmental advocate and engineering consultant focused on water quality issues affecting the State of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.
July 24, 2023 Public forum Human Trafficking in Washtenaw County
Elizabeth Campbell, Clinical Assistant Professor at UM and co-director of the Human Trafficking Clinic. View the recording here: The Human Trafficking Problem in Washtenaw County -
April 26, 2023 Preserving our Waters: Regulating Michigan's Failing Septic Systems
Timely information for 2023 regarding currently unregulated septic systems which tend to be older, unmaintained, or insufficient for current use. Michigan is the only state without regulation for septic systems. Watch for legislative developments. Presentation by Jennifer McKay of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council. Click HERE TO VIEW
March 27, 2023 Public forum on the National Popular Vote Compact.
LWV, LWVMI, and LWV-WC support the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC). To learn more about the Compact and why the league supports it, view the VIDEO of the LWV-WC town hall presentation.
March 9, 2023 Public forum on the Report of the Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform. View video HERE
January 11, 2023 Washtenaw County equity initiatives for the local criminal justice system
Presentation by Alize Asberry Payne, County Racial Equity Officer, who spoke about equity initiatives, especially initiatives related to the local criminal justice system. View at Alize Asberry Payne, Racial Equity Office Jan 2023 - YouTube
CLIMATE CHANGE 2023: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS with Peter Sinclair
View at https://youtu.be/69wioxr4DFs.
Presented by Peter Sinclair of the Yale Climate Project, based in Midland, Michigan
Peter is a renowned videographer and speaker specializing in environmental and energy issues.
He is recognized by the National Center for Science Education as a “Friend of the Planet”
2020 - 2022 BREWS & VIEWS and LUNCH & LEARN
- Money in Politics Study Group March 2022 Dark Money in Politics and Local Resolution Solutions for Transparency with speaker Hank Mayers, President Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections.
- Lunch & Learn Feb 2022 The Pandemic, Public Health and Politics with Jimena Loveluck, Health Officer, Washtenaw County Department of Health.
- SIG Chilcren's Justice Feb 2022 Fines and Fees - Debt Free Justice – with Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton
- SIG Money in Politics Feb 2022 Follow the Money in Local Elections – with Ed Golembiewski, Washtenaw County Director of Elections.
- Brews & Views Feb 2022 Women, Children and Guns, with Dr Patrick Carter.
- Lunch & Learn Jan 2022 Reducing Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
- Brews & Views Jan 2022 Reproductive Rights Under Attack
- Lunch & Learn, Dec 2021 Protecting Our Watershed: Keeping our Rivers Clean and Healthy
- Brews & Views, Dec 2021 Recycling and the Circular Economy
- Lunch & Learn, Nov 2021 Detroit's Most Polluted Zip Code
- Brews & Views, Nov 2021 Environmental Justice and Federal Policy
- Lunch & Learn, Oct 2021 Ag and Solar - Not a Zero Sum Game
- Brews & Views, Oct 2021 Carbon Pricing and Alternatives
- Lunch & Learn, Sept 2021 Stopping the Prison Pipeline: the importance of Youth Justice Advocacy
- Brews & Views, Sept. 2021 Partners for Justice: Washtenaw County's Criminal Justice Collaborative Council
- Lunch & Learn, Aug. 2021 Policing, Justice and Community: an anthropological perspective
- Brews & Views, Aug. 2021 Updating the CREW Report
- Lunch & Learn, July 2021 Policing the Police
- Brews & Views, July 2021 Criminal Justice Reform: How is Washtenaw County Doing?
- June 30, 2021 Special Brews & Views: She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power – 1619 to 1969, with Professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
- What can we do about the Electoral College?
- Defending Democracy Has No Off Season - a discussion about the LWV Michigan convention
- How did Michigan’s new election laws work in 2020? Let’s ask the Director of Elections.
- Election Reform A conversation with Josh Douglas, author of VOTE For US: How to take back our elections and Change the Future of Voting April 30, 2021
- Townhall: Redistricting Commission and the role of Communities of Interest April 19, 2021
- Election Security: Facts, Myths and Fixes April 14, 2021
- Healthcare Reform: Improved Healthcare for All March 26, 2021
- Zipcode as a Factor in Life and Death March 10, 2021
- Covid Response: Focus on Michigan February 26, 2021
- Washtenaw County's Pandemic Response February 10, 2021
- Who needs Medicare for All? January 13, 2021
- We Survived the Election of November 2020! How's our Democracy's Health? November 18, 2020
- 2020 Election, Connections, Complexities and Confusions November 20, 2020
- Boots on the Ground: How Township Clerks View the Election October 23,2020
- How Sick Is Our Democracy? June 18, 2020
