Join the Massachusetts League of Women Voters and Beacon Bloc on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 7:00 PM via Zoom for a briefing by current legislative staffers who comprise Beacon BLOC (Building Leaders of Color). Read more about Beacon BLOC and their mission.
Submit your questions ahead of time or bring them with you for an interactive discussion.
Register here.
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and get excited for the March 3 Massachusetts primaries by joining the League of Women Voters of Newton for this inaugural event.
Adults and students in grades 8 and above are invited to participate.
This is a FREE event; no expertise is needed, just a will to challenge yourself and have some fun. Come and test your knowledge of civics; federal, state, and local government; and the women’s suffrage movement.
Participants will work together in teams of 3-4 people. Form your own team or register as an individual and we will assign you to a team.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning teams. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information and to register, visit our Civics Challenge page!
This event is presented in collaboration with the Women’s Right-to-Vote-Coalition of Newton and with support from The Village Bank.
On March 8, 2017, Columbia University and the Center for Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society will launch the first part of the Women Have Always Worked MOOC, Women Have Always Worked: The U.S. Experience 1700 – 1920, on the edX platform. This course is free and open to all. Women Have Always Worked is the first full-length MOOC on the history of women in America. The course introduces students to historians’ work to uncover the place of women and gender in America’s past. Part Two of the course will be released in early June.