During the Covid pandemic, our programs have been presented via Zoom.  More recent programs have been hybrid.  These programs have been recorded and are available here for viewing.  Lunch with the League programs last approximately an hour; candidate forums last about two hours.

• The State of the Oak Ridge Schools, Oak Ridge Superintendent Dr. Bruce Borchers, 4/18/23
• The State of the City of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge City Manager Dr. Mark Watson, 4/4/23
• The State of Roane County, Roane County Executive Wade Creswell, 3/7/23
• Pathways to Extremism and Radicalization, UT Professor Brandon Prins, 2/21/23
• Laws and Children of Different Sexual Identities, John Jaruzel and Anne Backus of PFLAG, and Nathan Higdon, CFO of Knox Pride, 2/7/23
• Medicaid Expansion in Tennessee forum, Zach Buck, moderator, and four panelists -- William Culbert, M.D., Judy Roitman, LMSW, the Rev. Derrick Hammond, and Matthew C. Harris, PhD, 1/17/23. The League of Women Voters' forum on Medicaid expansion was video recorded as are all of our public meetings.  However, the audio in the auditorium made for a poor zoom experience for those who attended by zoom.  As we cannot fix the damaged recording, we are posting the material from two of our speakers: Dr. William Culbert and Ms. Judy Roitman.  We are also posting the article written by Carolyn Krause for The Oak Ridger. We are still waiting for the slides showing the economic picture of Medicaid.  These will be posted when they are received.
  
  
  • Forum Recording (see above)
  • The Abandoned Patient, William Culbert, M.D.
  • The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Hospitals and Communities, Judy Roitman, LMSW, Executive Director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign
  • The Impacts of Health and Health Care Disparities within Minority and Marginalized Communities, Rev. Derrick Hammond (text not available)
  • If We Pull the Medicaid Expansion Lever, What Can We Expect to Happen from an Economic Perspective?, Matthew C. Harris, UTK Professor of Economics (text not available)
  • Article for The Oak Ridger newspaper on the forum, Carolyn Krause
    
    
• Disability Issues in Oak Ridge, Marian Wildgruber of the Oak Ridge Disability Advisory Board, 12/6/22
• Vision for the 32nd TN House District, Tennessee Representative Monty Fritts, 11/15/22 (apologies for audio gaps in first 3 1/2 minutes)
• The Impact of Overturning Roe v Wade on the People in Tennessee, panel of 5 experts, 11/1/22
• Oak Ridge Candidate Forum, 10/20/22
• Mental Health Issues and the Impact of COVID, Candace Allen and Jennifer Phillips, of the Helen Ross McNabb Center, 10/4/22
• Celebrating 75 Years in Oak Ridge and Welcoming New Members, LWVOR Board Member Kowetha Mack, 9/20/22
• Anderson County Candidate Forum, 7/14/22
• Roane County Candidate Forum, 7/12/22
• Gender Equality, UT Law Professor Valerie Vodjik, 5/3/22
• Update on "Downtown Main Street", Wayne Blasius, 3/15/22
• Cleaning Up the Past: Expanded Opportunities to Expunge Convictions, Criminal Defense Attorney Wade Davies, 3/01/22
• American Heroes With Common Bonds: A Story of Five American Soldiers Held as German POWs, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee, 2/15/22
• State of the Oak Ridge Schools, Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Dr. Bruce Borchers, 2/01/22.  Policy supplied in response to a question during the program: Reconsideration of Instructional Materials and Textbooks
• Redistricting Transparency and Engagement, Journalist Jesse Fox Mayshark, 1/18/22
• Impact of the Kingston Coal Ash Spill on Workers and the General Public, Journalist Jamie Satterfield, 1/04/22
• LWV of Tennessee Voter Restoration Project, Dr. Katherine H. Greenberg, Professor Emerita, UT Knoxville, 12/07/21
• In Support of Medicaid Expansion in Tennessee, Part 2 of 2, Judy Roitman, Executive Director of Tennessee Health Care Campaign, and two Tennessee legislators, 11/16/21
• In Support of Medicaid Expansion in Tennessee, Part 1 of 2, Judy Roitman, Executive Director of Tennessee Health Care Campaign, and 4 panelists, 11/2/21 (approximately 1 1/2 hours)
• The Case Method of Harvard Law School and Its Teaching Benefits, Richard Alexander (Alex) Shaffer, Oak Ridge High School Teacher, 10/5/21
• Caring for Tennessee's Children, Jessica Anderson of Nurture the Next, 5/18/21
• The History of the Death Penalty in Tennessee, Dr. Hermant Sharma, 5/04/21
• The "People-Powered Fair Maps" Redistricting Program, Debby Gould, 1st Vice-President of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee, 4/20/21  (Note that audio does not start for 10-12 seconds.)
• Spaces of Sorrow Only God Can Touch: The Death Penalty in Modern America, Marshall Jensen, Federal Public Defender, 4/06/21
• Downtown Oak Ridge in View of the City's 2019 Blueprint Plan, O.R. Community Development DIrector Wayne Blasius, 3/02/21
• The US Since 1945: Prologue to a Polarizing & Puzzling Present, Dr. Mark T. Banker, 2/02/21
• State of the Oak Ridge Police Department, Police Chief Robin Smith, 1/19/21
• Current Issues in Human Rights, Dr. Jonathan Ring, 1/05/21
• The City's Consideration of a Motorsports Park Complex in West Oak Ridge, Robert Kennedy, 12/01/20
• The State of the Oak Ridge Schools during a Time of Pandemic, Dr. Bruce Borchers, 10/20/20
• The Effects of COVID-19 on Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Nina Fefferman, 10/06/20
• The Black Lives Matter Movement, Dr. Shayla Nunnally, 9/15/20