All LWVCA members are invited to participate in the program planning meeting to determine the 2022-23 program of priorities and activities. LWVCA members will be sent the Zoom link.
The Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 105 of the Gressette Building, has been cancelled and rescheduled for Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Jimmy Nesbitt, Columbia Editor for The Post and Courier, will lead an interactive discussion on the importance of local journalism. We’ll also learn about what reporters are seeing on the ground in Columbia and the Midlands.
Saturday, February 22nd is the annual Black History Month Parade & Festival. The Columbia Area League will have a vendor table at the festival located at MLK Park (2300 Greene St.) from 1-6 PM.
Get ready for LWVSC’s February 1 League Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) in Columbia. Experience an exciting agenda of panelists and speakers, including current and former state legislators such as Heather Bauer, Penry Gustafson, and Katrina Shealy, and political science professor and director of the Winthrop Poll Initiative at Winthrop University, Dr. Scott Huffmon. (Registration now closed.)
The second session of our Good Governance Series explored the impact of redistricting on our democratic process, and also looked at "best practices" that will keep our maps from being gerrymandered.
Election season is coming, and the League of Women Voters will be ready! The League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area will be hosting a Voter Registration Training Webinar for people wanting to volunteer to help others register to vote.
This final session will explore how election systems can enhance voter representation. We will start by reviewing South Carolina’s current election systems.
The third session of our Good Governance Symposium Series focuses on another set of timely topics that come with a complicated history but greatly impact the future of our democracy. **
