February is Black History Month
As we celebrate Black History Month, let us remember the suffragists who were truly the front runners of the suffrage movement. Black suffragists fought for years on obtaining the right to vote. Long before the 19th Amendment was signed, these women organized, marched, delivered speeches and persevered in the fight for equality and for our right to vote. Let us take this month to remember, celebrate and thank these women for their dedication to democracy!
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Latest Updates
2021 Program Planning Membership Meeting
Wednesday at 7 PM PST – 8 PM PST via Zoom. Please fill out a survey to help us plan the 2021 year https://bit.ly/2XPiwQc What a year 2020 has been! We
3rd Healthcare Forum
LWVDA presents the 3rd in a series of Healthcare Forums to help voters understand and gain information on what the future of our healthcare might be. "The Future of California State-based
Pros & Cons: Measure B
LWVDA has created a non-partisan "Pros and Cons" document for Measure B which is on the Davis ballot for November 3rd. View → HERE. "Pros and Cons" documents summarize the major arguments
BrightNight Synopsis
LWVDA has written a non-partisan synopsis of a Davis City Council decision on a solar land lease issue involving the BrightNight corporation that came up recently in our candidate forums. We
Election Candidate Forums
LWVDA had completed all the candidate debate forums for this year's Nov 3rd election. Please view the recorded forum videos HERE. Also, give our YouTube channel a SUBSCRIBE!
Healthcare Forum
"Healthcare Reform: Demystifying Future Healthcare Options," the 2nd in a series of educational Healthcare Forums is now up ad able to be viewed → HERE. The goal of this presentation is
Forums
The League is organizing several forums in the next few weeks. Please register at Eventbrite to receive the link to join in on the Zoom webinars. Check them out HERE!
General Meeting
Join us by Zoom for the next Members' Meeting, link sent via email, on 9/16 Wednesday from 7:00PM - 8:00PM. Jesse Salinas, the Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters for Yolo County, California
Anniversary Meeting
We remember the League’s founding on February 14th, 1920 and the ratification of the 19th Amendment 6 months later. Locally, we are celebrating our one-year anniversary of the renewal of the League
100 Years Strong
The League of Women Voters turns 100 years old in 2020, and so do US women's voting rights! Progress is in our DNA. Check out this #SheIsMe video to see
General Meeting
Join us by Zoom for the next Members' Meeting, link sent via email, on 9/16 Wednesday from 6:15PM - 7:30PM. Please email info@lwvdavisarea.org if you have not received the Zoom
Healthcare Forum
LWVDA sponsored a virtual educational forum to discuss how health care financing and systems design impact access to affordable health care services in Yolo County. View the forum HERE. The
Spotlight on Jaeli Williams: Broadening Youth Voter Participation
My name is Jaeli Williams, and I am a local girl scout in Davis, California. Girl Scouts runs a program that encourages girls to become involved in politics. I was first introduced to the Girl Scouts “Promote the Vote” campaign from my service unit. Lucia Kaiser, a LWVDA member, was looking for a girl scout to help and lead a project that would spread the word about registering & voting. It was a great opportunity for me to earn my gold award as the project lined up with the 2020 presidential election and my civics class. It was a way to experience hands on what I was learning in class.
I soon started working with the Davis Area League to help them create a video that would encourage people to register and vote, particularly the 18-25 year olds. Working directly with the LWVDA Voter Registration Chair, Judy Higgerson, was an amazing experience as we brainstormed and created ideas for the video.
LWV on all levels; local, state and nationally, and the Girl Scouts have a lot in common. Both promote girls, and women, to lead nonpartisan projects. It was very inspiring to see two organizations that encouraged female leadership working together to create an informal video.
After the video was created and posted on social media sites, I started interviewing members of the League to add onto my gold award. I got the chance to interview three women that were active or restarting to become more active once again in LWV Davis Area chapter. It was interesting hearing about their stories about the League, and also about their personal life.
Interviews (with unedited audio)
Joan Moses
Joan Moses On November 27th, 2020 I had the chance to interview...
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Marion Becker On November 20th, 2020 I had the chance to interview...
Read MoreTeresa Kaneko
Teresa Kaneko On November 28th, 2020 I had the chance to interview...
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LWVDA presents the 3rd Healthcare Forum: "The Future of California State-based Health Reform"
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The League of Women Voters returns to the Davis Area
Mary Jo Bryan, Bob Fung, Georgina Valencia, and Matt Williams were the initial group that organized the revival of the Davis chapter which was active for 57 years until it dissolved in 2014.
