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League of Women Voters - Whitewater Area Newsletter

2023
SUMMER BREAK!
  • April 2023 - Read all about our program on Affirming and Supporting Our Nicaraguan Community scheduled for April 20, our plans for our Annual Meeting on May 6, information on our Book Club, and how you can donate to the silent auction basket or participate in the LWVWI Annual Meeting in June, and much, much more!
  • March 2023 - Read all about our upcoming two candidate forums we will be hosting in March, our program on Understanding Wisconsin’s Courts & Judicial Elections scheduled for March 16, how you helped us celebrate 103 years of defending democracy in February, and much, much more!
  • February 2023 - Read all about our upcoming program on Exploring the Nicaraguan Diaspora on February 16, how you can celebrate the 103rd birthday of the League of Women Voters on Tuesday, February 14, how your participation in a survey will help us focus our League's outreach to communities not represented in our current members, why the VOTE VOTE VOTE banner is NOT flying over Main Street before the election, and much, much more!
  • January 2023 - Read all about our upcoming School Board Candidate Forum on January 28, our 2022 Making Democracy Work Award honorees Lynn Binnie and Patrick Singer, our Book Club that will start up again in February and will focus on the history of Central America and how it relates to current immigration policies in the United States, and much, much more!

2022

  • November 2022 - Read all about how we are participating in a statewide training on Nov. 17 on implicit bias, how many hours our volunteers logged making sure people understood how and where to vote, what the Board learned at our latest meeting, what's happening on Dec. 10, what you should do if you're interested in helping us develop a social media policy, and why our Board Secretary, Midge Gill, became a member of LWV-Whitewater Area. 
  • October 2022 - Read all about our upcoming October program on voter suppression, why we are not holding any candidate forums prior to the election on Nov. 8, what the voter services volunteers have planned for October to help people prepare to vote, and much, much more!
  • September 2022 - Read all about our upcoming September program on the State of the City and Schools, how to participate in our book club and voter assistance training workshops, our fall candidate forums, our board meetings, a new fundraising committee, and much, much more! 

SUMMER BREAK!

  • April 2022 - Learn about how you can attend our in-person annual meeting, what the voter services volunteers have been up to, our April program on Gun Sense & Gun Violence, what the book club is reading, and much, much more!
  • March 2022 - Read all about how you can attend the Candidate Forums on March 12 and our March 17 program with Representative Don Vruwink, what the League is doing to educate voters about the candidates running in the April 5 election through Vote411.org and informing them about how to register to vote and vote absentee through partnerships with the City of Whitewater and tabling activities at the public libraries in Whitewater and Fort Atkinson, and much more!   
  • February 2022 - Read all about our upcoming February program with State Senator Janis Ringhand, learn what you can do to help the League celebrate our 102nd birthday, get up-to-date on our membership numbers, and find out how to participate in our new book club!  
  • January 2022 - Read all about our upcoming January program on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, learn what you can do to take action to ensure our elections remain free, fair, and accessible, and get up-to-date on our membership numbers, including the last call to renew your membership for 2022!  

2021

  • November 2021 - Read all about our upcoming November program on the Practical Climate Change Solutions for a Better Future, information about our national Vote411 platform, how you can access the 2021 Virtual Issues Briefing recordings, and more! 
  • October 2021 - Read all about our upcoming October program on The Consequences of Gerrymandering on Representation in the 2020s, a special message from one of our co-presidents, May Beth Byrne, about this being a liminal season, the many activities of our voter services volunteers, and more! The deadline for submitting a nomination for the Making Democracy Work award is Nov. 1.  
  • September 2021 - Read all about our upcoming September program on the state of the City of Whitewater and our school district, our plans for National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 28, the many opportunities you have to get involved with the League, and much, much more! 

SUMMER BREAK!

  • April 2021 - Read all about our upcoming April program on housing insecurity, how we used the funds from the mini-grant we received from the Wisconsin Public Education Network, our participation in the  LWVWI Oral History Project for Lifetime League Members, and don't forget to save the date for our Annual Meeting on May 8! 
  • March 2021 - Read all about our upcoming candidate forums for the Whitewater City Council and Whitewater Unified School District School Board, important voting dates for the April 6 election, our upcoming March program on The People's Map Commission, and much, much more!
  • February 2021 - Read all about our upcoming February program on diverse influences in the women's suffrage movement, a reminder of the Feb. 16 primary election including a photo of our Vote banner across Main Street, a save the date notice for candidate forums in March for City Council and School Board, information on how to acquire materials to help promote the April 6 election, and much more!
  • January 2021 - Read all about the recipients of the 2020 Making Democracy Work Award, a report on our use of the Vote411.org platform, our upcoming January program on making healthcare accessible to all, and much more!
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