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| Thursday, January 17 |
Sexual Health Lobby Day with Planned Parenthood, State House Great Hall, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| Wednesday, January 23 |
Single-Payer Lobby Day, State House Grand Staircase, 11 a.m. |
| Thursday, January 24 |
Justice & Renewable Energy for All Lobby Day, State House, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Tuesday, January 29 |
"How the Legislature Works" Webinar, 7 p.m. |
Wednesday, January 30
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Safe Communities Lobby Day, State House, time TBA |
| Wednesday, February 6 |
Climate Change Webinar, 4 p.m. |
| Friday, February 8 |
Deadline to submit LWVUS New Citizens Registration grant applications |
| Saturday, February 16 |
Deadline to submit Local League Ballot Question Study consensus response form |
| Tuesday, February 26 |
Ranked Choice Voting Webinar, 7 p.m. |
Friday, June 7 - Saturday, June 8
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LWVMA 2019 Convention |
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Bill McKibben to Keynote LWVMA Convention
Noted environmentalist Bill McKibben will be the keynote speaker at the state League's convention Friday and Saturday, June 7-8. McKibben will speak at Friday night's banquet.
LWVMA's biennial convention will be held at the Westford Regency Inn in Westford, just off Interstate 495. Please let your members know and encourage them to attend.
McKibben is an author, environmentalist, and activist. He is a co-founder and senior advisor at 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a former staff writer for the
New Yorker
who continues to write numerous magazine articles.
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Video Contest: The Climate Change Challenge
For its sixth annual student video contest, LWVMA invites high school students to create 30-second videos to raise public awareness of climate change and suggest a course of action to help save the planet.
The contest,
The Climate Change Challenge
, is open to all high school students in Massachusetts.
Entries must be submitted online from Jan. 25 through March 8
. The award ceremony will take place in April.
Official rules and further details are available here
.
We'll need your help to publicize the video contest at high schools in your area. Emails about the contest will be sent to Massachusetts high schools, but may not reach the people you know. Your League can also send a letter to the editor about the contest and post information on your website and Facebook page. The information you need and a flyer to download is in a toolkit on our website here.
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State Program Planning Starting
LWVMA encourages all local Leagues, Units, and Members-at-Large (MALs) to propose action priorities and possible new studies to focus LWVMA Program and Action for the next biennium through State Program Planning when local Leagues, Units and MALs submit recommendations to LWVMA. The LWVMA board considers these recommendations, drafts a recommended program, and the membership votes on a state program at Convention in June. The Program Planning period is Jan. 28 through March 7, although it is OK to start earlier.
For the complete timeline and materials, visit the Program Planning webpage
. Training opportunities for interested Leagues and Units are being planned. Questions or help needed? Contact
Karen Price.
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Ballot Question Study in Full Swing!
Leagues and Units are digging in on the ballot question process in Massachusetts. Some have completed their consensus, and most are preparing.
It is not too late to decide to participate. The state study committee members are available to help local Leagues or Units with the study. Contact
bqstudy@lwvma.org
if you would like help or advice.
If anyone who is not a member of the League listed would like to attend one of these meetings please email the contact person.
Questions? Email bqstudy@lwvma.org
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Deadline Extended to Share Your Reason for Joining the League!
We have had members ask if it is too late to be a part of our #100 Reasons campaign. No, it isn't!
As part of LWVMA's 100th Anniversary celebration, Massachusetts League members are urged to submit a short video--a "vlog" --that completes the following statement: "I joined the League of Women Voters because...."
These videos are meant to share one of your personal reasons for joining the League. We hope to hear from as many voices as possible! Throughout the year, we will roll your reasons out on our website and social media outlets under the hashtag #100Reasons.
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Single-Payer Health Care Lobby Day
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