Happy Thursday,
Here's this week's Update for League of Women Voters Milwaukee County (LWVMC) news, information and events. | |
Dear Members and Your Guests,
Please join us for our annual Kickoff dinner on Thursday, August 25, from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Summit Place, 6737 W Washington Street.
An hour of socializing will be followed by pot-luck dinner and a word from our President, Peggy Creer. Committee chairs will briefly describe their plans for the coming year.
Thank you to the Membership Committee, who will provide wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and appetizers. You are welcome to bring a dish to pass. Please RSVP to Barb Rasmussen at b.rasmussen@lwvmilwaukee.org, but an RSVP is not required.
We look forward to seeing you then! |  | |
LWVMC and LWVWI are co-sponsoring an informative presentation on Zoom, Thursday, September 15, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The presentation is titled “Empowering the Disability Vote: civic engagement for the disability community and their allies.” Register here.
What are the barriers, historical and new, to civic engagement? The issues go far beyond wheelchair accessibility at polling places. We'll explore challenges to voting and help citizens of all abilities exercise their civil rights.
Featured speakers:
- Barbara Beckert, Director of External Advocacy, Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Denise Jess, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
- Scott Thompson, Staff Counsel, Law Forward
- Dorothy Dean, Founder & CEO, Disability Justice
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Election Matters 2022:
Campaign Finance and Election Misinformation
Tuesday, September 13
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
UW Law School: Lubar Commons
or
Virtual
When it comes to the health of U.S. electoral politics, money and misinformation are prominent concerns. Campaign spending continues to set records, and false or misleading election-related content continues to proliferate on social media and elsewhere. Attend Election Matters 2022, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Central Time Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Lubar Commons and online, for a discussion of these topics.
Hosted by the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the State Democracy Research Initiative, this installment of the Election Matters 2022 series will focus on campaign finance and the state of our political discourse, including potential regulatory and nonregulatory solutions. Panelists will include Professor Daniel Kreiss (University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism & Media), Professor Rick Pildes (New York University School of Law), and Katie Harbath (Anchor Change).
The Election Matters 2022 series is sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. |
Inter-league Field Trip to America's Black Holocaust Museum
Saturday, September 10 and Saturday, September 17
Schedule of Events
- 10 a.m. - Meet at America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) for ticketing, 401 W. North Avenue Milwaukee
- 10:30 a.m. - Guided tour begins at ABHM12:00 - Tour of Historic Bronzeville begins at Bronzeville Collective, 339 W. North Avenue Milwaukee
- 1 p.m. - Lunch at Mi Casa Su Cafe, 1835 N. M.L.K. Drive, Milwaukee
This trip is hosted by the LWVWI's Multicultural Adventures Committee, and sponsored by the Dane, Milwaukee and Ozaukee County Leagues. Space is limited. First come, first served. More details and registration here. | LWVMC & Other Community Allies Joined Together at Sikh Chardi Kala Community Event
On August 5, 2012 the worst attack on Sikh Americans in our nation's history occurred at the Oak Creek, Wisconsin gurdwara (Sikh house of worship). Six people were shot and killed that day with a seventh person dying in 2020 from his wounds. On August 4-7, 2022 the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin along with interfaith and community allies joined together at this Chardi Kala Community Event to remember the seven lives lost as well as honor the resilience of the Oak Creek Sikh community.
The LWV received a request from Rucha Kaur of the national Sikh Coalition to participate. The Milwaukee County League was there to demonstrate support for the Sikh community and to provide voter information. Voter registration volunteers spoke with attendees that day at our table located not far from the most powerful reminder of August 5--the seven portraits of the victims of the attack.
The LWVMC was honored to be asked to participate in this event--a powerful tribute to the resilience of the Oak Creek Sikh community. | Public Input Sought For November Candidates
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is collaborating with the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Public Radio on a project called Wisconsin’s Main Street Agenda.
The public is invited to complete an online questionnaire about the issues they’d like candidates for the November election to discuss. You can fill it out here.
The public is also invited to free town hall meetings (registration required). The Milwaukee/Waukesha area meetings are:
- 7 p.m., Sept. 21, Centennial Hall, Milwaukee Public Library Central Branch, 733 N. 8th St., Milwaukee. Focus: Is democracy at risk? Register here.
- 7 p.m., Oct. 6, Ingleside Hotel, 2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee. Focus: Inflation and the economy. Register here.
| Thank you for voting in the August 9 partisan primary election and for using VOTE411.org to be an informed voter!! | | | VOTE411.org will be available again beginning on Wednesday, September 21, prior to the November 8 general election.
We will invite those candidates running in the November election who were not in a primary race to participate in the 2022 Fall Voter Guide. We will also reach out to those candidates who won in the primary and did not respond to the League’s invitation to participate in the Fall Voter Guide for the primary election. They will have the opportunity to participate in the Voter Guide for the general election.
We encourage all candidates to answer the League’s questions on important issues to educate voters prior to the election.
Participating in elections is one of our key freedoms. This November we will vote on races important to our local community, our state, and our country. |  |  | Invite Your Friends and LWV Members to Join Our Lunch and Learn
We listen and reflect, and follow the lead of Black and Brown Women on important issues impacting our lives.
We meet virtually at noon on the third Tuesday of every month.
- Tuesday, September 20
- Tuesday, October 18
Passcode: league
Text Pat McFarland with your suggestions and questions at 414-630-1978. |
Indiafest Milwaukee 2022
Saturday, August 20
11 a.m. - 9 p.m
Humboldt Park
3000 S. Howell Avenue
Details and registration here.
| Learn More About French Feminist History
Friday, August 26
6:30 p.m.
Boswell Book Company
559 North Downer Avenue at Webster Place
Join Carolyn Eichner, UWM Professor of History and Gender Studies, for a talk about 19th century France and how women shaped the country. Eichner is the author of the books Feminism's Empire and The Paris Commune, Registration required.
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