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Bystander Power: Taking Action in 2025
Posted on May 19, 2025 in League News | comments
The League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville invites you to our annual meeting on June 12th at 6:30 PM to hear a talk on Bystander Power. The annual business meeting for members will follow the 6:30 to 7:30...
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2025 LWVC Biennial Convention
Posted on May 17, 2025 in League News | comments
Join us as the League of Women Voters of California gathers every two years to set our policy priorities, share successes, inspire future leaders, and celebrate our commitment to a well-governed California. Event Details...
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Unite and Rise 8.5: A Campaign to Defend Democracy
Posted on May 17, 2025 in League News | comments
On April 17, LWV CEO Celina Stewart and President Dianna Wynn released the following statement: “It has now been 87 days since the start of the Trump administration. From the flagrant disregard for congressional author...
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Campaign Kickoff for the California Fair Elections Act!
Posted on May 12, 2025 in League News | comments
The Kickoff will be held at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709 (There will be easy street parking.) Sunday May18, 3:30 to 5:30pm. Doors open at 3:00. Grassroots train...
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Tell Congress Not to Gut Medicaid
Posted on May 12, 2025 in League News | comments
Congress is currently considering a budget package that would slash Medicaid funding, putting millions of Americans at risk of losing access to health care. Medicaid, a joint federal and state program, is the single larg...
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The Second Amazon Boycott
Posted on May 5, 2025 in League News | comments
During this week, May 6-12, do not make purchases from Amazon. This is part of the economic protests which started as a boycott of big corporations that dispensed with DEI policy. The first ‘blackout’ was o...
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Important PAB Policy Update
Posted on May 5, 2025 in League News | comments
The Police Accountability Board (PAB) held their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday the 23th of April. To start the meeting, Berkeley Police Department (BPD) employee Arlo Malmberg of planning and accountability g...
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Drag for Democracy
Posted on May 4, 2025 in League News | comments
V I R T U A L B I N G O E X T R A V A G A N Z A Saturday, May 10, 4:30-5:30 pm, via Zoom At a time when inclusion and democracy are under attack, we need to stand with the communities that make our democracy stron...
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Arab American Heritage Month
Posted on April 27, 2025 in League News | comments
This week marks the end of Arab American Heritage Month and the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville would like to highlight journalist Ayman Mohyeldin. Arab American Heritage Month offers an opportu...
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LWV Declares United States in a “Constitutional Crisis”
Posted on April 26, 2025 in League News | comments
Washington, DC — Today, Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters, and Dianna Wynn, president of the League of Women Voters, released the following statement: “It has now been 87 days since the start of the T...
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