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LWVUS Announces “Women Defend Democracy”
LWVUS has announced its "Women Defend Democracy” new programmatic focus for the League in 2025, centering people power and moving our country towards a stronger, multi-racial democracy. | | Through the Women Defend Democracy campaign, the League will work to:
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Provide Democracy Education & Election Administration Support
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Restore and Defend Voting Rights Protections
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Abolish the Electoral College
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Protect Democracy Organizations & Institutions
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Fight for Reproductive Freedoms
This campaign kicks off for the first 100 days of the new administration and beyond. The League of Women Voters is well positioned to defend attacks on democracy in the coming months and years. Together, we believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy. Be a part of the campaign by joining our mailing list! | Call For Nominations For LWVMC 2025-27 Board and Nominating Committee
Our League has just completed an amazing year where we registered 2388 new voters and spoke to and educated nearly 11500 people. In addition we were active on issues centered on Reproductive Rights and the Environment and Climate Change.
Our past and current Boards of Directors have built a strong and durable League that makes a significant difference in Milwaukee County and surrounding areas. Now is the time to bring your experiences and skills to the Board to carry forward the important work of the League.
Passionate about and committed to the League’s mission - Empowering Voters and Defending Democracy? Committed to a League that values diversity, equity and inclusion to build a more equitable Milwaukee County? Experienced in leadership, fundraising or non-profit governance? We need your passion and skills! The Nominations Committee invites all LWVMC members to consider running for a leadership position. Applicants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives are encouraged to apply.
The 2025-27 open Board positions include:
4 Officer positions: President; 1st VP Organization; 3rd VP Voter Services; Secretary.
3 at-large Directors.
All of these positions are for a two-year term beginning 7/1/2025 and ending 6/30/2027
Chair of the Nominating Committee and two additional committee members. These are non-board positions and have a one-year term of office.
The Nominating Committee is accepting Nominations now through February 28 using this very Simple form. You can nominate yourself or someone else. If you nominate someone else be sure you have their permission.
To learn more about the positions and what they entail follow this link to the job description for each position.
If you are considering any of these positions you are also encouraged to read the LWVMC nonpartisan policy If you have questions about the nominating process or various positions, don’t hesitate to email: joanne.barndt@gmail.com
| Follow LWVWI Actions on Legislation
A new legislative session has just begun in Wisconsin, and the LWVWI Legislative Committee has kicked into high gear using League positions to bring our voices directly to legislators. If you want to follow the League's lobbying efforts this session, sign up for legislative action emails here, or contact asoluna@lwvwi.org to get involved with the Committee.
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Greater Milwaukee Foundation Funds Luncheon for the Community Partners of Comité por el voto latino/Latinx Voter Outreach Team |  | | The goals of Comité por el voto latino/Latinx Voter Outreach (CVL-LVO)’s January 14th gathering with our community partners were to:
- Celebrate our 2024 collaborations that led to supporting an increase in voter registrations and the extensive voter engagement activities on Milwaukee’s Southside;
- Review the 2024 November election ward results in Alder Districts 8 & 12;
- Discuss how to increase registrations and voter outreach more effectively.
With a wonderful lunch sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, we celebrated the past year of collaborations with fourteen (14) representatives from nine (9) of our community partners at MKE Urban Stables. Paulina Gutiérrez, the Milwaukee Election Commission Director, spoke to our group about Milwaukee’s overall increased voter turnout and acknowledged the contributions of the organizations that promoted voter education. Several ideas were shared for strengthening voter outreach, concerns for undocumented residents, and a commitment to continuing the partnerships with the League.
Eloisa thanked everyone present and those who could not make it. On behalf of the CVL-LVO (aka Comité) team of Diane Steigerwald, Maria Avila, Joey Walsh, Judit Schugurensky, and herself, she thanked regular Comité volunteers and the League leadership, some of whom were present.
At the conclusion of the meeting, attendees left with a beautiful rose and Baby’s Breath boutonniere, given to each by our dedicated volunteer, Esperanza Gutierrez. |  | | Leaders of the Comité por el voto latino/Latinx Voter Outreach Team
Eloisa Gomez, Esperanza Gutierrez,Joey Walsh, Barbara Medina, Maria Avila, Diane Steigerwald | |
Register for a Fun, Intergenerational GOTV Event
Thursday, February 27, 2025
12:00pm-2:00pm
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Student Union Ballroom
The Reproductive Rights Committee, along with Planned Parenthood GenZ Group and other local organizations, will host a joyful, interactive event to address the current legal status in Wisconsin and provide specific action items that individuals can take to amplify our voices in order to restore, protect, and expand our individual reproductive freedoms.
This event is open to the public and free. You may arrive any time between noon-1:00 pm in order to participate. We appreciate registration as pizza will be served. Donations are always welcome. |  | | Broadband infrastructure delivers connectivity across wireline and wireless modalities for residents and businesses. Challenges include delivering access in rural areas and to households of school children who need internet to complete homework. Wisconsin faces challenges maintaining electric grid reliability as energy demand increases and generation shifts to low-carbon fuel sources. Join ASCE-WI and LWVWI for the Broadband (C-) & Energy (C+) webinar on January 23, 2025 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. | | This is one webinar in a nine-part series looking at the state of all areas of infrastructure in Wisconsin. Learn about the whole series: Back to the 2024 Report Card for Wisconsin's Infrastructure series page.
Click here for more information on the speakers.
Click here to register for the event. | LWVOzWa also supports the efforts at the Milwaukee County Jail Library to provide reading material for those who have much time on their hands waiting for their lawyer, trial, sentencing, etc. and just waiting. Books and magazines take the mind away from where the body happens to be and this is a needed respite for our residents. We will gladly collect your gently used magazines and paperback books at our brunch and throughout the year. For a list of popular reading materials, click here: Milwaukee County Jail Library Requests
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Click Here to Donate to Martha Watts Founder's Scholarship for Civic Engagement | Candidate Forum Volunteer Meeting January 29, 2025
As a service to voters, the League facilitates candidate forums when requested by a community organization. Forum participants are typically candidates for municipal offices such as local school boards, trustees, village presidents, or mayors. This makes February and March the busy season for the candidate forum team.
The Candidate Forum team responds to requests for candidate forums, coordinates the forum agreements between the community sponsors, candidates, and LWVMC, and then organizes the volunteers needed to conduct the forum: moderator, timer, question sorter, greeter, and coordinator. If you'd like to learn more, attend the volunteer zoom meeting at the link below. Contact Peggy Creer at p.creer@lwvmilwaukee.org with questions.
Time: Jan 29, 2025 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81065985879?pwd=XOAmhbNauJABJLXzsKEfGx2wkgIN42.1 |  |
Join the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin for a virtual webinar
6 pm to 7:30 pm | Tuesday, January 28
The program "Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Ethics and Money," will provide voters with all the information they need for the next Wisconsin Supreme Court Election this spring.
Speakers include: Jay Heck from Common Cause; former Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske; Attorney Doug Keith from the Brennan Center; and Attorney Rob Yablon from the State Democracy Research Initiative. |  |  | Where Do We Go From Here?
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 2-3:30 pm
Meet and Mingle begins at 1:30 pm
Please join the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County for Post–Election Reflections: Empowering Voters, Protecting Civil Rights and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with Karen Nelson, DEI Consultant, Nelstar Enterprises LLC.
Summit Place
6737 W. Washington Street, West Allis, WI
Use the Visitor Parking Lot and Entrance· 1st Floor Conference Room
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP Suggested But Not Required |  |  | 2024, the Hottest in Recorded History - time to Act - Join the CAG steering committee on January 25
By Candice Owley and Louise Petering, CAG Co-Chairs
As 2024 draws to an end, threats from climate change and the devastating impacts of burning fossil fuels are greater than ever. Record-breaking heat, historic storms, fires out of control, and the anticipated weakening of federal oversight mean local advocacy on climate is critical. In 2024, the LWVMC established a Climate Action Group to lead our League’s efforts.
2024 accomplishments:
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Presentation of two educational programs
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Successful advocacy at the City and County of Milwaukee for funding for Climate Equity work
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Participation in the newly established climate coalition, Our Future MKE (OFM) Moving Forward in 2025
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Friday, Jan 24, 2025 10:00am
Milwaukee Public Library East Branch (near Beans & Barley Restaurant)
You’re invited to join our League Cafe. This month we share the research of David Daley's "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections." Journalist David Daley chronicled what he calls the far-right's long-running plan to control U.S. elections, including dismantling the Voting Rights Act. The author accuses Supreme Court Justice John Roberts of a slow bleed of the Voting Rights Act, the most effective civil rights law in our nation's history, and shows how he effectively froze the mechanism that made it work after it cleared the US House 390 to 33.
If you’re interested and haven’t read this book, Marie Garnhart will have handouts to share. No registration is required - just show up!
We hope you’ll enjoy reading this and learning more about elected representatives and the will of the people. |  |
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