Democracy For All - Now is the Time League of Women Voters of Virginia State Convention Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2021 Virtual Event

Democracy For All - Now is the Time League of Women Voters of Virginia State Convention Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2021 Virtual Event

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 12:00am to Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 11:45pm

Virginia League State Convention 2021 will take place May 21-23, 2021 The theme will be: Democracy for All – Now is the Time. Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins, former President of LWVUS and author of The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters, has accepted our invitation to speak at the Opening Session. 

 

Democracy For All - Now is the Time

League of Women Voters of Virginia State Convention

Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2021

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Registration Fee $50

https://lwvvaconvention.eventbrite.com

Saturday, May 1, 2021:   Virtual Wares Market Open

Wednesday, May 19:

                                2:00 pm: Convention Orientation Session

                                7:00 pm: Convention Orientation Session Repeated

Thursday, May 20: 

                                 Caucus Meeting

                                       7:00 pm: Affordable Housing -- Alice Tousignant

 Friday, May 21:  

                                Caucus Meeting

                                     7:00 pm: Election Security -- Lisa Koteen Gerchick, LWV-ARL

                                                                                         Jane Newell, LWV-RMA

                                                                                         Sidney Johnson, LWVFA

Saturday, May 22:

         8:30 – 11:45 am:  General Session

                   8:30 - 9:00 am:   Opening Speaker

-- Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins, former President of the LWVUS and author of The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters

                  9:00 – 11:45 am: Business Meeting

 12:00 – 1:00 pm:  Lunch Break with Musical Entertainment

                       12:15 to 12:45 pm   

                        Capital Harmonia, directed by Mary Ann East

1:30 - 3:00 pm:    Workshops

                Equal Justice

                                  Moderated by Mary Jane Cleary, LWVFA

                               -- Dawn Butorac, Chief Public Defender, Fairfax County

                               -- Bradley Haywood, Chief Public Defender, Arlington County and

                                                                    Falls Church, Founder and CEO of Justice   

                                                                    Forward Virginia

                                -- Monica Reid, Director of Advocacy for National Association of

                                                            Criminal Justice Lawyers

               

               The Future of Behavioral Health in Virginia

                                  Moderated by Catherine Read, Creative Engagement Strategist

                                  -- Virginia State Senator Monty Mason, Deeds Commission

                                  -- Marissa Farina-Morse, Service Director Diversion First

                                                                   Fairfax-Falls Church Community Board                                                                 

                                 

                                 -- W. Corey Trench, Activist and President of Hope Family                                                               

                                                                       Village

               For the People:  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 2021 and Beyond

                      Moderated by Doris B. Mallory Bey, EdD

                   

-- Dr.  Angela Duncan, PhD, MS, M Div., Associate Dean for

                                                           Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of

                                                           Health Professions and School of Nursing.

                                                           Assistant Professor, Dept. of Patient

                                                           Counseling, College of Health Professions,

                                                           Virginia Commonwealth University.

 

3:30 – 5:00 pm:   Workshops

           Coming Soon – Fair Maps

                              -- Chris de Rosa, Coordinator

 LWVVA Redistricting Issues Group

                               -- Fran Larkins, Fredericksburg LWV     

     Climate Change in Your Community

                           -- Anna Weber, Arlington League Board Member

   and Member, Virginia Environmental Issue Group

     Organizing and Maintaining Student Members

                           -- Alana McBride, Arlington Board Member

                                            -- Julia Van Lare, Student

                                           -- Mattie Nguyen, Student

                                           -- Lilly Watson, Student        

Sunday, May 23

           8:30 am – 12 Noon:  Plenary Session

                     8:30 – 9:00 am:  Opening Speaker                            

                          -- Emily Frye, MITRE Corporation, The Squint Program

                     9:00 am – 12 Noon:   Business Meeting

                     12 Noon – Adjournment of Plenary Session        

1:00 – 2:30 pm: Bonus Workshop

                     Voter Suppression/Disinformation (Working Title)

                                       Moderated by Pam Berg

                                      -- Mr. Marc Schneider, Co-Director Election Integrity Initiative                                                                                                                      Cybersecurity Principal, Center for Securing the Homeland, MITRE Corporation