Past Events - September 2019

Past Events - September 2019

League Events around the Hill Country

  • Thursday, September 19 - LWV Hill Country Texas General Membership Meeting
  • Friday, September 27 - Texas Music Heritage Day - Robbins-Lewis Pavilion at Schreiner University
  • Tuesday, October 8 -  Kerrville City Council Proclamation
  • Saturday, October 19 - 100 Year Anniversary Luncheon - San Antonio
  • Thursday, November 21 - LWV Hill Country Texas General Membership Meeting
  • Thursday, January 16 - LWV Hill Country Texas General Membership Meeting
  • Thursday, March 19 - LWV Hill Country Texas General Membership Meeting
  • April 17-19, 2020 - LWVTX Convention in Austin

Voter Registration Drive

  • Tuesday, September 24 - National Voter Registration Day
  •  Week of September 23 to September 27th - Voter Registration Drive

Informing and Empowering Voters Project

  • Wednesday, September 25 - Training for Informing and Empowering Voters project
  • Thursday, September 27 - Training for Informing and Empowering Voters project

Kerr County Volunteer Deputy Registrar Training:

  • Wednesday, September 18, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday, October 16, from 3:00-5:00 p.m

General Membership Meeting, Thursday, November 21

Our next general membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 21, at 6:00pm at Schreiner University in the River Room of the Cailloux Campus Activity Center (CCAC). The meeting is open to the public.
 
A buffet of heavy hors d'oeuvres, along with a glass of wine, will be served in the River Room. The cost is $25 per person, payable at the door by check or cash. Please make reservations with Bunny Bond by email to mmbond [at] ktc.com or phone at 830-895-1880 by Thursday, November 14th. To attend the meeting only, please let Bunny know so sufficient seating will be available.
 
Benjamin Montoya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History at Schreiner University, will speak on t he issue of undocumented Mexican immigration to the United States, which seems to defy solution. Dr. Montoya will explain that there is nothing new to the seemingly irresolvable nature of Mexican immigration. His talk will provide an understanding of how the present-day challenges regarding Mexican immigration have precedents rooted deeply in U.S. history.
 
Dr. Montoya earned his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2015. He studies U.S.-Mexican relations. His article, entitled “‘A Grave Offense of Significant Consequences’: Mexican Perspectives on the U.S. attempt to restrict Mexico’s immigration during the late 1920s,” was published in May 2018 by the Pacific Historical Review. His book, tentatively entitled  Risking “Immeasurable Harm”: The Diplomacy of Immigration Restriction in U.S.-Mexico Relations, 1924 to 1932 , is under contract with the University of Nebraska Press. He was also a co-editor of and contributor to  Beyond 1917: American Legacies of the Great War , which was published by Oxford University Press in 2017. Benjamin is an Assistant Professor of History at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Texas Heritage Day, September 27

Standing on the shoulders of those who've come before

9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Schreiner University, Robbins-Lewis Pavilion

To begin a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the 19th Amendment and the founding of the League of Women Voters of Texas, LWV Hill Country Texas will have a booth at the Texas Music Heritage Day on Friday, September 27th from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Robbins-Lewis Pavilion at Schreiner University. Our theme is “Standing on the shoulders of the ones who’ve come before.” We’ll have a booth with two tables: one table for THEN “We fought for the vote...” with educational materials and music from the suffrage movement in Texas, and a second table for NOW “…Now use it” with voting materials and voter registration.  We’ll have LWV members in Suffragist white dresses and some in contemporary dress, hats, and sashes at the booth and strolling around the venue with posters like those used by the Suffragists. 

Suffrage outfit materials

If you’d like to join us that day, please email Alicia Boyett, the volunteer coordinator for this event, at  aliciashook11 [at] gmail.com .  And come to a poster and hat making party on Saturday, September 21st at 1 p.m. at the home of JoAnn McKinzey. Email JoAnn at  jomckinsey [at] gmail.com  for details and directions to her home. Please bring a hat and artificial flowers and other materials to make your Suffragist hat. Materials for the posters will be supplied, but please bring your creativity. 

 To learn more about Texas Music Heritage Days, click here.

Kerrville City Council Proclamation, October 8

Honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment

The Kerrville City Council extended an invitation to the Leadership Team of LWV-Hill Country Texas to appear in their "suffragette finery" at the City Council meeting on October 8th at 6:00pm. At that meeting, the City Council will issue a proclamation celebrating the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, as well as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters of Texas and the ongoing educational and civic engagement activities of the LWV.

Please mark your calendar and join us in the City Hall Council Chambers to receive this honor from the Kerrville City Council.

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