LWV/NICD Network - Upcoming Events

LWV/NICD Network - Upcoming Events

National Institute for Civil Discourse

Location

Virtual
US
Sunday, February 20, 2022 - 1:00pm to Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 7:00pm

Network News is distributed to members of the LWV/NICD (National Institute for Civil Discourse) Network.

Here is Issue 11 - Winter/Spring 2022

 

Feb 19, 2022 

Saturday 

10am (Mountain) 

Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation:  What is it? How Can It Benefit Our Community? Sponsored by the LWV of Greater Tucson. Featuring Jose Rico, Exec. Dir. for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Greater Chicago who will speak to the topic of Truth: What is the History of TRHT?; Dr. Tia Brown McNair, VP for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Exec. Dir. , TRHT Campus Centers, Assn. of American Colleges and Universities, who will speak to the topic of Racial Healing: How Does It Happen?; and, Stacey Ledbetter, creator of groundbreaking “Expanding our Horizons” experience, connecting community and police cadets who will speak to the topic of Transformation: What Are Others Doing? 

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Feb 20, 2022 

Sunday 

10am (Pacific) 

Suppressed: The Fight to Vote. Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center, a co-sponsor of the America at a Crossroads series.Featuring award-winning filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, discussing his film, Suppressed: The Fight to Vote.   

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Feb 22, 2022 

Tuesday 

5pm (Eastern) 

LWVUS Community Call.  League members convene for cross-learning and relationship-building.  The discussion will focus on voter outreach and use of the VOTE411 LWVUS tool. 

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Feb 22, 2022 

Tuesday 

5pm (Pacific) 

The California minimum wage hurts rather than helps low-wage employees. A debate sponsored by the Central Coast and Southern CA Alliance of Braver Angels. 

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Feb 23, 2022 

Wednesday 

5pm (Pacific) 

January 6, 2021 was just practice.Sponsored by Jews United for Democracy & Justice and Community Advocates, Inc., part of their America at a Crossroads series.Featuring author and Pulitzer prize-winning writer for The Atlantic, Barton Gellman and moderated by Madeleine Brand, co-host of KCRW’s legal affairs podcast, The Legal Eagle Files

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Feb 24, 2022 

Thursday 

2pm (Eastern) 

Promising Practices Webinar: Reflecting Racial Equity in City Policies. Sponsored by the National Civic League, featuring Deanna Shahnami, Esq., Associate Counsel, Intl. Municipal Lawyers Assn.; Jonathan Butler, Equity Manager, City of San Antonio, TX; and, Val Nosler Beck, City Councilmember District IV, Wheat Ridge, CO.  Speakers will provide a historical overview of discriminatory laws and policies, as well as ways communities are working to include principles of equity, access and inclusion. 

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Feb 26, 2022 

Saturday 

2pm (Eastern) 

Depolarizing Conversations About Race. Sponsored by Braver Angels. Learn how to listen to people who have differing views on race and public policy so they feel heard. Become more skilled in expressing your views so that others can hear you as well. 

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Feb 28, 2022 

Monday 

7pm (Eastern) 

Adams, Jefferson, and the Turbulent Election of 1800.  Sponsored by the National Constitution Center | America’s Town Hall | Constitutional Conversations Uniting Thought Leaders from All Sides of the Debate. Co-sponsored by the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Featuring presidential historians Lindsay Chervinsky and Edward Larson discussing one of the most contentious and partisan elections in US history and what we can learn from it. The discussion will be moderated by Jeffrey Rosen, president/CEO of the Nat. Constitution Center. 

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Mar 1, 2022  

Tuesday 

4pm (Pacific) 

 

Defending Democracy Series: Election Law + SCOTUS. Sponsored by the LWV of Piedmont, CA. Co-sponsored by Leagues in Florida, Colorado, Oregon and California. Featuring Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley School of Law. Learn about the scope of SCOTUS power in our elections, nuances in election law, and threats to voting rights, including racial and language discrimination. 

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Mar 2, 2022 

Wednesday 

5pm (Pacific) 

Safeguarding Free and Fair Elections. Sponsored by Jews United for Democracy & Justice and Community Advocates, Inc., part of their America at a Crossroads series.Featuring two leading election attorneys, Benjamin Ginsberg and Bob Bauer, in conversation with NPR’s Pam Fessler. 

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Mar 5-11, 2022 

Sat-Fri 

Check schedule for times 

Issues Briefing 2022. Sponsored by the LWV of Illinois. This event offers 12 different panels with outstanding speakers, over the course of a week on a wide range of topics, such as: making your voice heard; combatting misinformation; minimizing disruptions at public events; teaching diversity; achieving real freedom for those previously incarcerated; storage of spent nuclear fuel; immigration issues; the electoral college; and gun violence. There is a charge of $25 which allows attendance at all events for the entire week. View the entire schedule at the registration link.  There is also a scholarship form at the registration link, so don’t let the cost prohibit your attendance. This is an opportunity to hear respected leaders in their fields of expertise. 

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Mar 10, 2022 

Thursday 

7pm (Eastern) 

Elections, Speech, and Political Disinformation. Sponsored by the National Constitution Center | America’s Town Hall | Constitutional Conversations Uniting Thought Leaders from All Sides of the Debate. Co-sponsored by the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Featuring Richard L. Hasen, author and election law expert, School of Law, UC Irvine; Sarah Isgur, staff writer at The Dispatch and co-host of the legal podcast Advisory Opinions; Catherine Ross, free speech expert and author; and, moderated by Jeffrey Rosen, president/CEO of the Nat. Constitution Center. The discussion will focus on the leading proposals to combat election disinformation; are they consistent with/or in conflict with the First Amendment? 

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Mar 10, 2022 

Thursday 

5pm (Pacific) 

Social Media & the Future of Democracy. This will be a livestream event,sponsored by the National Conflict Resolution Center | A Path Forward >>> series, the Knight Foundation, and The San Diego Union-Tribune. Featuring Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology; Katie Harbath, founder/CEO of Anchor Change and fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center; and, moderated by Dr. Mary Anne Franks, Prof. of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. 

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Mar 11, 2022 

Friday 

11am (Eastern) 

Preventing Gun Violence. Sponsored by the LWV of Baltimore County. Featuring Elizabeth Banach, Exec. Dir. of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence. Gun violence, a complex and multifaceted problem, is devastating families and communities across the country. Gun violence prevention laws and interventions are effective at reducing this problem.   

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Mar 12, 2022 

Saturday 

2pm (Pacific) 

The Racial Wealth Gap Simulation. Sponsored by the LWV of Santa Clara County and Sunnyvale Cupertino AAUW. You are invited to participate in a learning simulation using an interactive tool that will help you understand the connections among racial equity, hunger, poverty and wealth. Using this tool created by the Bread for Life Institute, you will gain insight and understanding of the economic impact of policies that widen our structural divides/ inequalities.  

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Mar 16, 2022 

Wednesday 

1pm (Eastern) 

LWV/NICD Network Call. Disinformation, Free Speech, and Democracy in a Time of Division - continuing League’s focus on mis-/disinformation, we will hear from presenters Jillian Youngblood and Todd Levinson from Civic Genius. Here’s a sample of their work. In this session we’ll explore examples of mis/disinformation, engage in interactive activities to help combat it and hear about a program designed to work within our communities to build civic resilience.  

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Mar 21, 2022 

Monday 

Mar 23, 24, 2022 

Wed-Thurs 

View times at registration link 

Crisis > Change > Choice: How Can We Talk About Crisis? Sponsored by Global Facilitators Serving Communities, delivering workshops all over the world for the last 30 years. This workshop is designed for people who want to help their communities become more resilient and self-reliant as they navigate through difficult situations. The workshop consists of four 2-hour modules: 1) What has been your experience these past two years; 2) How we cope with crisis over time; 3) Building personal and community resilience; and, 4) Working with groups experiencing crisis. Modules 1 and 2 will be held on Monday; Module 3 - Wednesday; and Module 4 - Thursday. 

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Mar 23, 2022 

Wednesday 

5pm (Pacific) 

Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and Corrodes Our Democracy. Sponsored by Jews United for Democracy & Justice and Community Advocates, Inc., part of their America at a Crossroads series.Featuring Rick Hasen, American legal scholar and author, currently Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine School of Law. 

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Mar 30, 2022  

Tuesday 

4pm (Pacific) 

 

Defending Democracy Series: International Perspective on US Democracy. Sponsored by the LWV of Piedmont, CA, co-sponsored by Leagues in Florida, Colorado, Oregon and California. Featuring Dr. Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution. As former Senior Director for European & Russian Affairs at the National Security Council, Dr. Hill will provide international perspective on US democracy and election subversion. Click here to register for this event. 

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