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Date: 12/6/2022
Subject: December 6, 2022 News Update
From: La Crosse LWV



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December 6, 2022 News Update

December Lunch & Learn
Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
Tuesday,  December 13, 2022, 11:30am - 1:00pm
(Virtual - Members Only)

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The December event is a members-only opportunity to learn more about the LWV Wisconsin legislative agenda for 2023 and about how local members can be involved through advocacy and participation in a state-level committee.

The Legislative Committee of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is composed of members from around the state who work together to analyze legislation and agency rules as they are introduced in the state legislature. They recommend action to promote the League's policy goals. Recommendations for legislative action are justified by policy positions approved and adopted by membership. Some of the League policy positions have been in existence for decades. Click below to view LWVWI policy positions.
 

Imbalance of Power
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Wisconsin Green Fire


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"Over the past ten years Wisconsin has fallen behind neighboring states, both in addressing longstanding conservation issues as well as emerging environmental threats....Since 2011, the collective effects of state legislative actions, court rulings, and political practices have undermined democratic processes and profoundly changed the way state government operates...Outcomes of this shift include failure to conserve natural resources in a range of areas including management of fish, wildlife, and forests, protection of public lands, and protection of clean air and water."
~Wisconsin Greenfire
 

January Lunch & Learn
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm (virtual)

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With an election for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on the ballot for the 2023 Spring Elections, the LWVLA will host a Zoom meeting to watch this program from the LWV of Wisconsin. The LWV WI hosted a conversation earlier this year about how money and weak recusal rules are undermining our courts.

Edward Fallone
is an associate professor of law at Marquette University Law School. He ran for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice in 2013 and 2020. He founded three non-profit organizations serving the underprivileged in southeastern Wisconsin including a bilingual legal services provider. He also served on the Board of Directors of Voces de la Frontera Action.
Lisa Graves created True North Research and is its Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief. From 2009 to 2017, she led the Center for Media and Democracy and is the President of its Board of Directors. She testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Federal Courts in March of 2021 in a hearing titled, “What’s Wrong with the Supreme Court: The Big-Money Assault on Our Judiciary.” Lisa earned a J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School and a B.S., with the highest honors, in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Jay Heck is the Executive Director of Common Cause in Wisconsin. CC/WI is Wisconsin’s largest non-partisan citizens reform advocacy organization with more than 2,500 members. He previously served as a top assistant to Wisconsin Majority Leader Joseph Strohl, Associate Director of the State Senate Majority Democratic Caucus, Legislative Director for Congressman Peter Kostmayer (D-PA), and on the national campaign staff of Independent Presidential candidate John Anderson (R-IL). Heck graduated with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with degrees in political science and history.
 
Watch for information on signing up for this important program. Check Here


Interested in our La Crosse League?
We have volunteer positions to fill!
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Tech savvy Vote411 Team Manager - this position starts now.
 Zoom Manager - monthly lunch & learn and occasional other date. 
A committee member for our March 8 International Women's Day.
 
For more information/to apply, follow this link.  Here 

Recommended to Watch
December 5, 2022
Mayor Reynolds at UMRR Meeting
About River Issues
 
 
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A very interesting presentation from the Mayor of La Crosse. A recording was made and will be available for you to view at your leisure. Watch for it on our home page at https://www.lwvlacrosse.org/. 

January Book Club
 January 30, 2023, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
In Person 
 
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Note: There will be no Book Club meeting in December. See special details for the January Book Club meeting below.

The January Book Club will again gather in the meeting room of RiverPlace Apartments, located at 1 RiverPlace Dr., La Crosse, which is adjacent to International Friendship Gardens. Participants should enter through the front entrance and press "18" on the entryway intercom. Parking is available in front of the building or in the International Friendship Gardens parking lot in back.

Since this meeting is indoors and therefore not subject to weather restrictions, there will be no back-up Zoom link. Although registration for this in-person meeting will not be required, participants are encouraged to register if they wish to receive an event reminder as well as any potential updates to meeting information.

Anyone interested in reading one of the available ILL copies of the book can contact Maureen after December 15 at: kinneymaureen6@gmail.com.




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