Happy Thursday! Here's this week's Update for League of Women Voters Milwaukee County (LWVMC) news, information and events. | |
Freedom to Read: How Librarians Fight Back Against Book Challenges, and How the Law Protects Them |
Tonight, October 5, 2023, 6:00 pm.
Whitefish Bay Public Library
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED.
Virtual registration open:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 867 9805 3266
Passcode: j20u8fGJ
Join the League of Women Voters and the Whitefish Public Library for an informative discussion.
Nyama Reed, Whitefish Bay Public Library director and past-president of the Wisconsin Library Association, will discuss the background of the Freedom to Read movement, as well as historical and current trends in book challenges.
Tomas Lipinksi, Ph.D. and J.D., professor at the UWM School of Information Studies, will cover the legal foundations that support library work, including a review of the extant case law Involving public school and public library book challenges and collections that demonstrate support for library decision-making in building collections.
|  | | Start your day with a cup of delicious Colectivo coffee or cocoa from the LWVMC.
You can even enjoy your beverage from an LWV mug featuring Lady Liberty!
Your purchase of LWVMC's custom-labeled coffee and cocoa supports its work and mission to empower voters and defend democracy.
Buy now for yourself and for holiday gifts for friends and family.
Find out more about the selections and order here. |
Save the Date: Nov. 13 Forum on Reproductive Rights
Join us for a discussion with experts on the medical and legal aspects of reproductive health care. In this first in a series of forums, we will examine some of the facts and myths around this complicated, and often contentious, topic in order to work toward effective public policy. More details coming in next week’s Update.
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2024 Elections are around the corner!!
Can you be a Community Volunteer?
The Spring Voter Guide will cover races in 59 municipalities and school districts in Milwaukee and Waukesha County. We need a community volunteer for each municipality and school district to:
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Contact the city, village, town, or school district clerk in November and confirm with him/her their willingness to help us and which offices are up for election in Spring 2024; then report this information to the Vote411 Voter Guide Team.
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Share with us any key issues in the municipality or school district that could help the VOTE411 team create questions important to the constituents.
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In early January, the day after the candidate filing deadline, get the candidate names and contact information from the clerk, and pass that information on to us. The timing here is critical so the Vote411 team can quickly invite the candidates to participate in the online Spring Voter Guide by answering the questions we have posed to the candidates and then publish their answers in Vote411.org.
Interested? To volunteer, please contact Sarajane Kennedy (Milwaukee County) or Ellen Trytek (Waukesha County) at voterguide@lwvmilwaukee.org.
| Thanks to our Jail-Based Registration and Voting Volunteers! | On October 3, our jail-based team was honored at the Sheriff’s 2023 awards ceremony for their work educating and registering inmates at the Milwaukee County Jail.
From left to right Sheriff Ball, Laura Drexler, Linda Brundage, Jean Grow, Liz Aelion and Corrections Officer Matthew Johnston. (Not pictured Peg Schrader, Sally Durgerian, Joan Hansen, and Janie Miller.)
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On Friday, October 27, the League Cafe will convene at 10:00 a.m. at the East Branch Library located at 2320 N Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI 53211.
We will be discussing, “A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom” by Brittany K. Barnett
Everyone is invited whether or not you have had a chance to read the book! Please join us! |  | Women in Waiting: Challenges, Delays, and Resilience of Women at the Border
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.
Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N Prospect Avenue
Museum Members $5 | Nonmembers $10
Register Here.
Women from around the world seek refuge in the United States to escape persecution in their home countries. But the journey to asylum is also fraught with challenges: many women experience extreme violence in transit, have to navigate cultural differences in border towns, and are forced to make difficult decisions for the future of their children and families.
Learn more about the complex social, political, and physical obstacles these women face when seeking safety for their families and themselves from Erin M. Barbato, Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
| Banned Book Club: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Presented by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center’s Tapestry Arts & Ideas in partnership with Jewish Museum Milwaukee
7:00-8:00 PM
Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Whitefish Bay 1M55 Reading Room
Jewish Museum Members $10 | JCC Members $10 | Nonmembers $12
Tuesday, October 24 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
Thursday, November 9 | And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell & Henry Cole
Why are so many states and school districts banning books? Read and discuss books that are currently being banned across the country, and explore the history of suppressing ideas. Register Here.
| Money Matters
Who gets my gifts to the League of Women of Voters?
Many of us donate to the League of Women Voters. Do we know where our money goes? There are three levels within the League: national, state, and local. Only gifts made directly to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County come directly to our local league. Here is a quick Q&A.
Q1. Will my donation to the LWVUS or to the LWVWI come back to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County because I am a member of the LWVMC?
Answer: No, money donated to the LWVUS stays with the national League and money donated to the LWVWI stays with the state League. Gifts must be made directly to the LWVMC for the gift to count as a local league gift.
Q2. Is the League of Women Voters a 501(c)3 charitable tax-exempt organization?
Answer: This gets complicated. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin (LWVWI) and LWVMC are both 501(c)3 organizations and gifts are tax deductible. The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) is a 501(c)4 organization and gifts are not tax deductible. Your gift will support programming and advocacy for major public policy issues. The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) is a 501(c)3 organization and gifts are tax deductible. Your gift will support VOTE411.org.
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