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Upcoming Events/Highlights
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Aug. 16 - Guns and Violence - Braver Angels conversation
Aug. 18 - Building a Welcoming [city] Through Equity Inclusion and Belonging - LWV San Jose/Santa Clara Sept. 10 - Policing: How to Maintain the Public’s Rights and Its Safety - County LWVs Sept. 15 - Combating Mis- and Dis-information in Our Community: Understanding It and Effective Response Strategies - LWV San Jose/Santa Clara Oct. 2 - LWVPA Fall Kick-Off at the Foster - Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Right to Vote Dec. 7 - LWVPA Winter Luncheon with Judge LaDoris Cordell |
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Speaker Series
June 22: Affordable Electrification for Everyone
October 2: Fall Kick-Off: Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Right to Vote
December 7: Winter Luncheon with Judge LaDoris Cordell
LWV Newsrooms - United States, California and the Bay Area
League of Women Voters Files Lawsuit Against Cupertino Anti-Nonprofit Speech Ordinance
League of Women Voters/National Institute for Civil Discourse (LWV/NICD) Network News - Latest edition
LWV/NICD Network Mission Statement:
The mission of the Civil Discourse Network is to promote and encourage “Urgent Positive Civic Engagement.” We provide our network members with a home space for collaboration, support, and resource sharing which helps members to take positive actions in their communities and in their personal lives. Sharing ideas, resources, experiences and feedback will help each of us better our own efforts in our own lives to promote civil dialogue, reduce the spread of disinformation and build trust within our democracy.
NICD = National Institute for Civil Discourse
LWV/NICD has compiled this helpful list of organizations working to enhance dialog across political divides.
The mission of the Civil Discourse Network is to promote and encourage “Urgent Positive Civic Engagement.” We provide our network members with a home space for collaboration, support, and resource sharing which helps members to take positive actions in their communities and in their personal lives. Sharing ideas, resources, experiences and feedback will help each of us better our own efforts in our own lives to promote civil dialogue, reduce the spread of disinformation and build trust within our democracy.
NICD = National Institute for Civil Discourse
LWV/NICD has compiled this helpful list of organizations working to enhance dialog across political divides.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Equal Justice, and Civil Discourse
The League of Women Voters at all levels views its work through a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lens. In addition, LWV Palo Alto has declared Racial Justice a priority. In this context, we offer a set of Racial Justice resource lists with links to materials in a wide variety of media, as well as links to other organizations with more resources. New addition: Encouraging parents to discuss racism
Book recommendation: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho. It's written as a personal, accessible, yet very informative conversation with the reader.
Book recommendation: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho. It's written as a personal, accessible, yet very informative conversation with the reader.
The purpose of the League is to Make Democracy Work®. We:
- Register and educate voters through our work in VOTER SERVICES
- Take Action based on our positions through ADVOCACY
- Inform and educate the community on issues by League PROGRAMS
