Happy Thursday! Here is your Weekly Update from the League of Women Voters Milwaukee County (LWVMC). Something for everyone! |  |  | Celebrate International Women's Day, March 8
LWVMC is collaborating with area women's groups to celebrate International Women's Day, Wednesday, March 8. The International Women's Day event will feature a networking luncheon, including roundtable discussion featuring top organizations in the Milwaukee region who are committed to empowering women and embracing equity. League president Peggy Creer will represent LWVMC in the round table discussion.
Wed, March 8
Cost: $30
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - Wilson Center
11:00 AM Networking
12-1:00 PM Roundtable (in-person and virtual)
1-2:00 PM Post-Discussion
Participating organizations include: Professional Dimensions; Tempo-Milwaukee; Milwaukee Women, Inc.; Hispanic Professionals of Milwaukee; Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition; Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee; National Pan-Hellenic Council; Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) of Greater Milwaukee; Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) of Marquette University; and America Association of University Women-Milwaukee branch.
The organizations will also promote events throughout March in honor of Women's History Month.
REGISTER HERE |  | Your Civic Superpower:
Why Citizen Engagement Matters
As part of our participation in the International Women’s Day (March 8) celebration and events honoring Women’s History Month, LWVMC is presenting a free public virtual presentation on civic engagement. Voting is critically important -- but so is civic engagement between elections. If you're passionate about a public policy issue, here's a quick overview of how to advocate effectively to make your voice heard.
Wednesday, March 15, zoom
Presentation: 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. followed by Q&A
Presenters:
Peggy Creer, president of the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County
Barbara Notestein, a former WI state lawmaker, having served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for 14 years. She has been Executive Director of Safe and Sound, and earlier the ED of the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee.
REGISTER HERE |  |  | Milwaukee Public School Passes Resolution on Student Voter Education & Registration
The MPS School Board has passed a resolution, saying in part:
“WHEREAS, The Board believes that all students should be registered to vote before they graduate from school and be equipped to make informed decisions about voting; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Administration, in accordance with state law and the Wisconsin Standard for Social Studies, develop a specific plan and timeline to increase voter registration and actual voting by eligible high school students ….”
The League, continuing its partnership with MPS, is collaborating on a plan to incorporate voter registration in the curriculum and calendar of all MPS high schools.
Many volunteers needed for high school events!
MPS has asked the League to work with them to conduct voter registration events at each of their 24 high schools during the open enrollment period, February 22 to March 15, for the April election. LWVMC members who would like to participate in the high school events should access the training materials at the link below. If you sign up on the Google form at the end of the training, your name will be placed on the high school volunteer list. New volunteers will be paired with experienced volunteers.
Click this link if you are interested
If you have any questions about this please contact p.schrader@lwvmilwaukee.org.
|  | Prepare yourself to help people register to vote!
Learn how to register people to vote using MyVote.wi.gov. Learn what is acceptable photo ID for voting in Wisconsin and how to acquire it.
Registration required.
Thursday March 9th 6pm-7:30pm
Escuela Verde's Newline Community Cafe
3618 W Pierce St, Milwaukee
Questions regarding this announcement? Please email e.aelion@lwvmilwaukee.org .
Register here: My Vote Training Sign Up | The primary election is over and the VOTE411.org website is now under construction for the April election.
VOTE411.org will be back online March 14.
With the Spring primary election results now in, the VOTE411 team is reconfiguring the website in preparation for the April 4 Spring election. They will take out the unsuccessful candidates from the system and reach out again to candidates on the April election ballot who haven’t yet responded to our invitation to participate in the Spring 2023 Voter Guide at Vote411.org.
Meanwhile, as a constituent, contact the candidates in your municipality and school district. Thank them if they have responded to the invitation from the League to participate in the Voter Guide. If they haven’t, encourage them to answer the League’s questions to participate in the Spring Voter Guide! Voters want to know their qualifications and positions on issues important to the office they are seeking. We have heard some eligible voters say they don’t vote because they don’t know the candidate positions on issues.
| Combat Dis- and Mis-information & Promote Accurate Election Information |  | | Social Media Monitoring Program (through LWVWI): Help the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin monitor election-related social media content. LWVWI is seeking volunteers to be trained as social media monitors to help stop the spread of misinformation. Register HERE for training. We can only combat dangerous misinformation if we know it is out there.
To report something you think may be mis- or dis-information, CLICK HERE or send an email to Delaney Zimmer from LWVWI at dzimmer@lwvwi.org.
Here are some additional misinformation resources:
League of Women Voters Misinformation Guide
Countering Mis/Disinformation Guide
Wisconsin Watch Fact Check Tipline
Social Media Amplifier Program (through Fair Maps WI): The purpose of this amplification group is to share posts, graphics and information on the social media platforms you use (like Facebook) and with your friends to help educate and inform a broad swath of Wisconsin residents regarding the issues impacted by gerrymandered maps. These posts are being created by various organizations, including members of the Fair Maps Coalition Lead Team and the Wisconsin Voting Rights Coalition. They are meant to lift up pro-democracy messages and combat mis- and dis-information. That said, it is important that we not respond to mis- and dis-information in a way that elevates their messages.
Please sign up using this link: Be a Grassroots Social Media Amplifier
|  | Upcoming Candidate Forum Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers needed to fill a variety of roles at upcoming candidate forums which will be facilitated by LWVMC. Each event needs volunteers to serve as greeters, timers, question sorters, and moderators. To Volunteer, do so HERE
March 5 (Sun) 12:00 - 1:30 - Shorewood Village Board
Shorewood Village Center
3920 N Murray Ave, Shorewood, WI 53211
March 6 (Mon), 6:00 – 8:30 PM - Whitnall School Board
Whitnall District Office Board Room
5000 S. 116th St., Greenfield WI 53228
March 8 (Wed), 6:30 – 8:00 PM - Fox Point Village President
Fox Point Community Hall
7300 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point, WI 53217
March 30 (Thurs) 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM - Greendale School Board
Greendale Historic Hose Tower
5699 Parking St, Greendale, WI 53129
Any questions regarding this specifically, contact Julie: j.bowles@lwvmilwaukee.org | League Cafe Meets TOMORROW, February 24 | General discussion
9:30-11 am
League Cafe is a wonderful way to meet fellow League members and to find out more about League activities in general as well as the book club. At this meeting, we will be nominating books for our May and July book discussions.
Meeting link for Feb. 24 (Google Meet)
Or dial: (US) +1 508-970-9069 PIN: 657 465 389#.
For further information contact Mary Sussman at m.sussman@lwvmilwaukee.org. | | | | UWM's Center for 21st Century Studies presents the first in a series of roundtable discussions on Nourishing Trust: Trust in Context, in partnership with the Milwaukee Turners. The panelists will explore the histories that inform food and land justice efforts today. Featuring Laura Manthe from the Oneida Nation, Adrienne Petty from the William & Mary College, and Jayson Porter from Brown University. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
| Native America: In Translation
Milwaukee Art Museum
February 24 - June 25
Native America: In Translation, is a group exhibition comprised of artworks by ten contemporary Indigenous artists, including the late artist Kimowan Metchewais (Cree, Cold Lake First Nations) and Madison-based photographer Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk), that considers the complex histories of colonialism, identity, and heritage through a contemporary lens. | | | | Friday, March 10; 9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public. More information here
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TO THIS OR FUTURE SESSIONS | Democracy in Peril: A four-part series presented by the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
March 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2023, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee , 1342 N. Astor St., Milwaukee
- March 7 - What should we do? The promise of civic dialogue
- March 14 - Inside the Political Mind: An exploration of new insights into why people embrace conspiracy theories, believe obvious lies, and trust like-minded information sources without scrutiny or fact checking
- March 21 - Peril in the Supreme Court: The Major Cases Challenging our Republic
- March 28 – Through the Ages: Weaponizing Religion, for the good and bad, in the name of Democracy.
Further details and registration here. | Support Democracy. Support your League.
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