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League News League Conversation On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in the Edith Stone Room at the Albany Library, the Civics Ed Action committee will moderate a conversation on the question, How Well Are Schools Preparing Kids for their Roles as Citizens? Links to background readings are available by clicking here. League Newsletter The February 2010 VOTER, the League's newsletter for members, is available for reading online. (The online VOTER is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. If you are unable to view it when you click on its link, please read this note.) We also provide an archive of past VOTERs. Happy Constitution Day You may view our PDF slide show designed for use in celebrating with students by clicking on this link. If you prefer, try this one that aims for a bit more of an emotional connection. 10th Annual Community Luncheon Our 10th Annual Community Luncheon was held at Hs Lordships on the Berkeley Marina on August 20, 2009 from 11:30 am through 1:30 pm. Click here to view our Luncheon Album. LWVBAE Climate Change Team Chairs Travel to Washington DC In March 2009, LWVBAE Climate Change Team chairs Linda Swift and Jan Blumenkrantz went to Washington to lobby our representatives on behalf of the Earth's Climate. You may read a PDF copy of their report by clicking this link. LWVBAE Comments on Berkeley Climate Action Plan On January 7, 2009, LWVBAE submitted our comments on the September 2008 draft Berkeley Climate Action plan. You may read a PDF copy of the letter we sent by clicking this link. Climate Change Team Our League has formed a Climate Change Team. Find out what it is up to by clicking on this link. The team meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 1:30 to 3:30 pm in the League Office. They welcome all who are interested. Alameda County Council LWV Berkeley High Mock Election Results On Thursday, October 30, 2008, Berkeley High School students turned out to vote in the state sponsored mock presidential election. You may view the results by clicking on this link. Albany High Mock Election Results On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, Albany High School students turned out to vote in the state sponsored mock presidential election. You may view the results by clicking on this link. 9th Annual Community Luncheon Photo Album You may view our PDF Photo Album by clicking on this link. Edna Gellhorn Edna Fischel Gellhorn, suffragist and one of the founders of the League of Women Voters of the United States, can be heard speaking about the suffrage movement and the founding of the LWV via two links available on this web page. Berkeley High Mock Election Results On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Berkeley High School students turned out to vote in the state sponsored mock presidential primary election. You may view the results by clicking on this link. Why Vote? Contest Winners The judging is complete, and the winning entries have been named. You may view them by clicking on this link. Evan Mills talks about Energy Efficiency: Getting Out of the Greenhouse Lawrence National Lab researcher Evan Mills spoke on Energy Efficiency at our December Brown Bag talk. He has posted his slide presentation so that those who were not able to attend may participate online. To do so, click this link, a new browser window that contains the presentation as an Acrobat PDF will open. You won't be sorry. Brooke Ray Smith Explains Bansner Award Research Project The winner of this year's award from our League's Eva Alexis Bansner Fund for Sustainable Communities is Brooke Ray Smith. On Monday, September 10, 2007, she spoke to a meeting of Environmental Concerns to explain the research proposal for which she won her Bansner award. If you have a fast Internet connection, click on this link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file containing her slideshow from that meeting. The file will open in a standalone window. Close it once you've finished viewing the slides. If your computer will not open the file after you click its link, save it to your hard drive (on a Windows system, right click on the link then choose Save Target As; on a Mac, Option click then Save As), then open the saved file with Acrobat Reader. 8th Annual Community Luncheon Our 8th Annual Community Luncheon was held on Thursday, August 23, from 11:30 to 1:30 at Hs Lordships in the Berkeley Marina. The speaker was Daniel Kammen. You may click here to read more about him at his UC web site. If you have a fast Internet connection, click on this link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file containing 17 photos taken at the luncheon. The file will open in a standalone window. Close it once you've finished viewing the pictures. If your computer will not open the file after you click its link, save it to your hard drive (on a Windows system, right click on the link then choose Save Target As; on a Mac, Option click then Save As), then open the saved file with Acrobat Reader. A Message from Eva Bansner On February 28, 2005, the LWVBAE Board voted a 2005 Certificate of Appreciation to Eva Alexis Bansner. (more) Letters from the LWVUS Selecting the President The LWVUS has posted its position on the method by which the President of the US is selected, and its history on this topic. This is also the subject of two recent articles in the National Voter:
Positions Positions on local issues are adopted by vote of the membership at our annual meetings. To read our current positions, click here. (Clicking this link will open an Adobe Acrobat PDF file in a standalone window. If you are unable to view it, please read the note below.) You may also want to read our housing study (also a PDF file). Volunteer The League is a volunteer organization. If you are considering donating time to help us in our work, click here. Events Calendar Don't forget to mark your paper calendars with the events you'll see noted here. Join the League's Mailing List If you would like to get information about upcoming events, join our mailing list by email. |
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Voters Take Note Redistricting Commission Applications The application process for citizen members of the redistricting commission established by Prop. 11, is now open. If you are thinking about applying, applications are due by Feb. 12, 2010. Find out more at http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/application.html Albany and Emeryville residents November 3, 2009 was election day in
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archived election materials. LWVUS has developed a web site to answer common voter questions. Visit it at http://www.vote411.org/. The California section is at http://www.vote411.org/bystateresult.php?state=CA.
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