LWVRI - Providence

LWVRI - Providence

The League of Women Voters Providence serves the city of Providence and the surrounding area. It is one of the oldest Leagues in the country. It was chartered in 1919, very shortly after the League of Women Voters was created as a division of the National American Women Suffrage Association at the NAWSA convention in St. Louis, MO March 1919.

Besides holding our own Conversation series and the Lippitt House Discussions, the Providence League is actively pursuing improved funding for Public Libraries and monitoring School Building Repairs. In addition, we would like to start an Education Observer Corps. The Providence School Board meets the second Wednesday of the month. If interested, contact Liz Head emhead603 [at] hotmail.com.

Issues: 
Education
Committee Contact
Contact Name: 
Liz Head
Email: 
emhead603@hotmail.com
League to which this content belongs: 
Rhode Island

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Providence Conversation

Providence logo

Submitted by Rhode Island in January 2020.

Event Date: 
02/19/2020 - 7:00pm to 02/20/2020 - 6:45pm
Planning Priorities
Guest Speaker: Bonnie Nickerson, Director, Department of Planning, City of Providence
 
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Centennial Celebration of Rhode Island's Ratification of the 19th Amendment

100th Anniversary

Submitted by Rhode Island in December 2019.

Event Date: 
01/06/2020 - 6:00pm to 01/07/2020 - 5:45pm
Event location: 

Hotel Providence

On January 6, 1919 the RI House and Senate voted to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

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Medicare for All: Behind the Slogans

Medicare For All

Submitted by Rhode Island in October 2019.

Event Date: 
10/30/2019 - 12:00am to 11:45pm

Guest Speakers: Drs. J. Mark Ryan and James Cowan leaders of the RI Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). Hosted by the Providence LWV.

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LEAGUE DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE WITH SETH MAGAZINER ON APRIL 3RD

Seth Magaziner

Submitted by Rhode Island in April 2018.

Event Date: 
04/03/2018 - 3:00pm to 04/04/2018 - 2:45pm
Event location: 

Rhode Island State House

RI General Treasurer Seth Magaziner spoke at League Day at the State House on April 3, 2018. His focus was the new school upgrade plan coming out of Governor Raimondo's Rhode Island School Building Task Force that Magaziner co-chaired.

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