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 tonight, 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! |  |
What’s to Celebrate this Women’s (IN)equality Day?
August 26 is Women's Equality Day, a day to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, solidifying the right to vote for some American women.
However, this year, LWVUS will not be celebrating. More than 100 years since women won the right to vote, women have fewer rights than they have had in decades. Women's rights are under attack and it is clear that we are far from equal in our democracy.
Instead, LWVUS is relabeling the day as Women's Inequality Day to send a message that the recent attacks on women are taking us backward as a nation. LWVUS is launching a campaign calling on lawmakers to restore and protect the rights of women. Please contact your elected representative to urge that:
- Congress pass voting rights legislation that would protect voters, specifically voters of color who are far too often the target of voter suppression.
- The Equal Rights Amendment be added to the Constitution. The required number of states have adopted the ERA, but inaction from Congress has left the amendment unpublished. (Learn more about the history and status of the Equal Rights Amendment.)
- Congress restore reproductive freedoms. Women have lost the fundamental reproductive rights afforded to generations before us. This loss perpetuates societal inequalities and falls disproportionately on people of color and low-income communities.
|  | | Invite fellow August Primary Election voters to complete the LWVWI Voter Experience Survey below. Completing this survey will help us learn about your experience as a voter and any challenges you may have faced and/or witnessed. |
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 ABHM
- Noon - 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. | Campaign Finance & Election Misinformation: Sept. 13
Tuesday, September 13
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
UW Law School: Lubar Commons
or
Virtual
UW-Madison's State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center present "Campaign Finance & Election Misinformation: Elections Matter 2022." The hybrid event (in Madison and online) is at 3:30 p.m. on September 13. Register at Elections Matter. | | | Reproductive & Civil Rights Forum: Sept. 13
How does the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade affect Wisconsin residents?
Panelists will discuss the current legal situation, its effects on the physical, mental, economic, and social health of people in the state, what the future might hold, and how you can get involved.
This forum will be held in-person in Madison and via Zoom. | | |
Highest Voter Turnout in 40 Years
We are sharing this press release from the Wisconsin Elections Commission with you. In it they highlight that Tuesday's Primary Election was the highest level of voter turnout in a partisan primary in 40 years! Despite the barriers, voters are making their voices heard. That's definitely something to celebrate.
Thank you for all that you do! Your work is making a difference!
Read more: Wisconsin Election Commission Press Release | |
Registration required.
Tuesday, September 6
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
MPL Mitchell Street Branch
906 W. Historic Mitchell St
Questions regarding this announcement please email training@lwvmilwaukee.org. | 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. |
Ghosts of Segregation
Charles Allis Museum
1
801 N. Prospect Ave.
Now through December 4
"Ghosts of Segregation" explores the lingering presence of segregation, slavery, and institutional racism hidden in everyday American architecture. Washington state-based photographer Richard Allen Frishman demonstrates how our surroundings bear witness to history, reminding us where we have been, where we are now, and crucially asking, “where do we go from here?” Learn more here. Listen and engage with documentary photographer Richard Frishman about his work "Ghosts of Segregation: America's Continuing Struggle" on September 8 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Learn and discuss how architecture and landscapes reflect racism and our wider history. Free. Check back here on September 8 for the Zoom link.
WUWM’s Eddie Morales interviews curator Phoenix Brown and photographer Richard Frishman here. Morales’s extended interview with Frishman here. | Ain’t I A Woman?
Now through October 9
Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison, WI
The Wisconsin Triennial is known as a celebration of the breadth and range of artistic practices in the state. For the first time in the Triennial’s history, the exhibition is being organized by a Guest Curator, Fatima Laster. Laster is owner, operator, and curator of
5 Points Art Gallery + Studios in Milwaukee. Ain’t I A Woman? highlights Black women artists in Wisconsin who expand upon the nature and scope of art production. The exhibit highlights an intergenerational group of women working across different disciplines, including murals, printmaking, sculpture, painting, performance, textiles, and more. The theme of the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial is influenced by abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth’s quote and author bell hooks’ book on Black feminism, entitled Ain’t I A Woman? Learn more here. Or read about a few of the artists in "Isthmus". |
HerStory
Now through November 6
Neville Public Museum
210 Museum Place
Green Bay, WI
HerStory explores the changing roles and experiences of women in work, politics and their community through photographs, stories, and artifacts. Seventeen contemporary women were interviewed, their stories recorded, and personal artifacts loaned for this exhibition while fifteen additional female stories and artifacts demonstrate change within time from 1900 to present. | | | |