April 2 Election Turnout in Milwaukee
The unofficial results show an election turnout in Milwaukee County of 34.06% of registered voters in Milwaukee County. The City of Milwaukee Election Commission reported official results of 31.64% turnout of registered voters in the City of Milwaukee. To explore the detailed results, go to the Milwaukee County Election Commission website or the City of Milwaukee Election Results.
| Thursday, May 23, 2024
5:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Dinner and Business Meeting
Alioto's
3401 N Mayfair Rd
Wauwatosa, WI
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VOTE411 Spring 2024 Voter Guide
The Spring 2024 Election is over and the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County’s Voter Guide at VOTE411.org has been unpublished. The guide contributes to voter education by giving voters the opportunity to compare candidate answers to questions important to their constituents. The candidate answers are printed verbatim in the candidates’ own words.
It takes an amazing group of volunteers doing different tasks to put the Voter Guide together every election. Watch next week’s Update as we acknowledge the League members who worked as community volunteers, question writers, and translators, who all worked tirelessly to accomplish the publication of the successful Spring 2024 Voter Guide.
The VOTE411 Team remembers and pays tribute to Sarajane Kennedy for her leadership for many years as the VOTE411 Team Leader. She will be missed. |  |
Celebrate Earth Day 2024!
Join the League of Women Voters Milwaukee County (LWVMC) Climate Action Group
Saturday, April 20th from 10 am until noon OR
Sunday, April 21st from 1 p.m until 3 p.m.
League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County offices
Summit Place- Room 2212, 6737 W. Washington Street, Milwaukee
Climate change has been identified by the World Health Organization as the single biggest health threat to humanity. Climate change is causing extreme weather including flooding, extreme heat, and drought all of which have serious health effects. The adverse impacts of a warming climate are also not felt equitably. Disadvantaged communities face an even greater burden from the climate crisis.
The League’s policies and positions allow us to play a significant role in addressing the climate crisis. In response, the LWVMC is establishing a Climate Action Group. The group's goal is to create a plan of action for our League. Anyone interested in sharing ideas about possible local climate advocacy is invited to attend one of two meetings. Co-convenors, Candice Owley & Louise Petering.
Registration is requested but not required. Register here for Saturday's date and here for Sunday's date.
If you are unable to attend either of the meetings but are still interested in the work of the Climate Action Group please contact c.owley@lwvmilwaukee.org. for more information.
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To take the survey, sponsored by the League of Women Voters in Wisconsin, please follow this link.
| Poll Worker Experience Survey - April 2024
Hello poll workers! The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin launched its April 2024 Poll Worker Experience Survey. Please click here to complete.
| Community Outreach Needs Volunteers for Voter Registration Events
The Community Outreach Team provides voter information and registration services at community partners' events throughout primarily Milwaukee County. Our partners are social service agencies, advocacy organizations, churches, etc. mainly in the underrepresented Black and Asian-American communities.
Based on our experience in 2022, I would anticipate that we will receive many requests for assistance with exponential growth as the year progresses. If you are interested in providing this invaluable service to our community, please complete the form below indicating your availability.
|  | | Celebrate Spring
Sunday, April 21, 1:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Wauwatosa Public Library, Firefly Room
7635 W. North Avenue
Join the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County for an informative discussion about accessible walks and paddles in the Milwaukee area. LWVMC members, Karen and Jennifer Lemke, authors of Easy Walks and Paddles in Milwaukee, will share the inside scoop on many accessible trails and waterways in the Milwaukee area, as well as additional information about public restrooms, benches, nearby eateries, environmental issues, fascinating historical tidbits about the people who previously inhabited these spaces, and details about Milwaukee’s social and cultural history.
The Sisters Lemke will be in conversation with LWVMC member Dorothy Dean, founder and executive director of Disability Justice. Easy Walks and Paddles in Milwaukee provides important accessibility information for Milwaukee’s beautiful and abundant green spaces so that more people with disabilities, seniors, and families with children can enjoy these easy-access spaces.
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Prepare yourself to help people register to vote!
May 18, Saturday | 9:30 am- 11:00 am
League Offices Summit Place Conference Room 2135
6737 W. Washington St.
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.
Questions regarding this announcement? Please email e.aelion@lwvmilwaukee.org
Register here: My Vote Training Sign Up | | Learn how to have a conversation, not a debate, when supporting reproductive healthcare and rights. Attend our Milwaukee member-only event led by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. This 2-hour, evidence- based workshop will give you confidence and skills to discuss this topic with relatives, friends and neighbors.
Register today for either the virtual or in-person workshop with the links below.
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Registration Open for White Women Facing Racism Program | | | In January 2024, LWVMC member Mary Delgado received RID Racism MKE’s Spotlight Award for her commitment to fighting racism in the metropolitan area. Since 2019, Delgado has been facilitating a program designed to help white women understand, confront and set aside racism. “We need to set aside our white lens,” Delgado says, “so that we really can hear and listen to what non-white people are telling us about what life is like for them.”
Delgado has now reached more than 50 women through her White Women Facing Racism: One White Woman at a Time, a program that meets bi-weekly from June through March. In nine months, the participants read, reflect, write and share on the subjects of race. The reading list includes: "I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In a World Made for Whiteness" by Austin Channing Brown; "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond; "Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America" by George Yancy; "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin; "Birth of a White Nation" by Jacqueline Battalora; "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" by Ibram X. Kendi; "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity" by Robert P. Jones; and "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" by Richard Rothstein.
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MPL East Branch
April is a book club meeting and we will be discussing: “Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement” by Jesus Salas. Everyone is welcome to attend even if you haven’t had a chance to read the book! |  |
Tickets Now on Sale for the 2024 LWVWI Annual Meeting in Green Bay, WI!
This year's theme is Tipping Points & Shared Purposes - Challenges of 2024 & Beyond: What We Need to do This Year to Move Through Them Together. Issues we face today affect us in more ways than the obvious. How do we encourage everyone to come together again in our hyper-polarized world? From civics education to artificial intelligence to fair redistricting and beyond, we explore how to find balance before reaching the tipping points.
FORMAT: Hybrid (in-person and virtual options)
DATE: May 31 - June 1, 2024
LOCATION: Oneida Hotel and Conference Center, Green Bay, WI
For additional information on theme, lodging, parking, & material, visit the LWVWI Annual Meeting Hub.
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| Fund Development - Coffee For Our Cause
| | Coffee for our Cause is a fund raiser and promotes our brand of empowering voters and defending democracy.
Coffee for our Cause needs a new leader. Mary Sussman, who created this fund-raiser and has been its leader, is stepping down this year. The project timeframe is from July through November. A one-year commitment is requested for this worthy project that is satisfying to work on. A team is in place, procedures are up-to-date, and coaching will be available. Please contact Mary Sussman to express interest or get additional information: susscommunications@att.net | | |  |
Cultural Conversations: Contemporary US Asylum, Refugee, and Immigration Policy
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 1:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.
Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville11345 N Cedarburg Road Mequon, WI
Join a frank discussion of world events, and those here at home, and learn how you can make a difference. The Frank L Weyenberg Library presents a program that provides an overview of key issues in US refugee and immigration law and policy, which will provide history and context to better understand debates, issues, and policy changes concerning immigration. The program features Sara McKinnon, Associate Professor in the UW-Madison department of Communication Arts. McKinnon is an expert in immigration and refugee issues, violence, gender-based violence, and international/global politics. Her current research examines these these themes within the context of contemporary U.S.-Mexico relations. Dr. McKinnon also teaches and gives talks on intercultural communication, conflict communication, and gendered modes of communicating. | Get to Know: Joan Johnson, director, Milwaukee Public Library | | Joan Johnson, director of the Milwaukee Public Library. Johnson is in conversation with Derek Mosley, director of the Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, at the Marquette University Law School. Johnson, who has been with the Milwaukee Public Library since 2006, became its director in 2020. Over the years, the services of libraries have grown as social safety nets have been stretched. Not only are libraries a place for books and research, but they are also a critical component of vibrant communities. In celebration of Library Week, learn more about Johnson, and what brought her back to Milwaukee. Watch the video here. | | | Accessing Members-Only Website Portal
The LWVMC website has information and resources that are available only to LWVMC members. To access the membership directory or members-only resources and volunteer opportunities, click on the button below. Contact Mary Ellen Spicuzza at me.spicuzza@lwvmilwaukee.org with any questions. | Support Local Democracy. Support Your League.
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