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Volunteer Opportunity – Celebration of the Adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Dear Members,

Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.

In preparation for this important day this summer, the Board is looking for members who have an interest in history, excitement for this important achievement for women, time and energy to help plan event(s).

If you are interested, please send an email to info@lwvnewton.org and let us know how you would like to be involved.

Sincerely,

Marcia Johnson

The League Presents: Civics with author Gloria Gavris

Gloria Gavris, a Newton resident, joined Marcia Johnson for a conversation about her book E is for Election Day.   During the conversation we learn about Gloria’s early involvement in elections and civic engagement in her home town of Everett Massachusetts.  At an early age she became involved in her father and brother’s campaigns for local office.

Gloria also shared how she has been working with educators to help students, of all ages, learn more about elections and how they can become actively involved.  She shares how her book became something special to her and some of the 2016 presidential candidates.  It is fascinating!

With the 2020 presidential, congressional and state legislative campaigns in full-swing, Gloria shares ideas on how parents can use this book as an educational tool to help their families learn, real-time, more about the election process.

What did LWVN do this week? The Pollworkers’ Party and the Supper for Elected Officials

Newton celebrated our Pollworkers on Tuesday, January 21st!

The Newton Election Commission and City Clerk’s office, along with LWVN, thanked our hard-working pollworkers with a supper on Tuesday, January 21st.  LWVN supplied the cakes, paper goods and drinks.  Many thanks to LWVN volunteers Alice Donisi-Feehan, Frieda Dweck, Sue Flicop, Marcia Johnson, and Sharyn Roberts for all their help in providing these items and greeting pollworkers.

City Clerk David Olson noted that there are FOUR elections to come in 2020, starting with the Presidential Primary and Newton City Referendum, both on March 3, followed by the State Primary on September 1 and the Presidential Election on November 3.  If you can be a pollworker on any of these dates, please contact the Newton Election office at elections@newtonma.gov.

 

LWVN Supper for Election Officials on Wednesday, January 22nd

As we’ve done every two years, LWVN provided a light supper for our newly elected officials as well as Election Commission members to celebrate the new session.  Many thanks to Frieda Dweck, Sue Flicop, Marcia Johnson, Andrea Kozinetz, and Sharyn Roberts for their help!  We hosted approximately a dozen City Councilors before their meetings at City Hall, 1 School Committee member, 1 Election Commissioner, Mayor Fuller and several staff members.

A Successful LWVN EVENT – Saturday Night at the Races

On  Saturday, November 2, from 5 to 7 p.m, LWVN and its co-sponsors: Green Newton,  Mothers Out Front, Newton Conservators, Newton Cuncil on Aging,  Newton Needham Regional Chamber, 350 Mass for a Better Future and Welcoming Newton hosted Newton’s first ever Saturday Night at the Races.

The goal of this evening was to provide voters an opportunity to learn more  about city council candidate positions on important challenges and issues that Newton is facing today.  Therefore all city councilor candidates, whether they had a challenger or not were invited for this evening.  We are pleased that the following City Councilor candidates spent the evening with us:

At-Large Councilor Candidates:  Ward 1 – Alison Leary;  Ward 2 – Susan Albright, Jake Auchincloss, Jennifer Bentley, Tarik Lucas; Ward 3 – Jim Cote, Andrea Kelley, Pam Wright; Ward 5– Deb Crossley, Andrea Downs; Ward 6 – Alicia Bowman, Vicki Danberg, Greg Schwartz; Ward 7 – Becky Grossman, Mark Laredo; and Ward 8 – David Kalis, Rick Lipof

Ward Councilor Candidates:  Ward 1 – Allan Ciccone, Maria Scibelli Greenberg; Ward 2 – Bryan Barash; Ward 3 – Julia Malakie, Carolina Ventura; Ward 4 – Chris Markiewicz;  Ward 5 – Bill Humphrey, Kathryn Winters; Ward 6 – Lisa Gordon, Brenda Noel;  Ward 7 – Mark Laredo, surrogate for Lisle Baker and Ward 8 – Holly Ryan

Many thanks go toall of the volunteers for the evening with a special shout-out to the LWVN  team of Bonnie Carter, Lucia Dolan, Sue Flicop, Lois Levin, and Sharyn Roberts who made this very successful event happen.  It was LWVN at its finest!

Remember….think global, vote local on November 5th!

Last week, Beacon Hill got the message: Massachusetts voters are ready to rank.

Last week, Beacon Hill got the message: Massachusetts voters are ready to rank.

Folks at the State House were blown away by the sheer volume of people who came out—well over 300!—on a sweltering Tuesday afternoon in mid-July to advocate for ranked choice voting.

Attendees voted in a ranked choice cookie election and heard remarks from lead sponsors of the two RCV bills filed this session. Participants then delivered letters to their legislators urging them to support the RCV bills.

If you weren’t able to join us yesterday but want to sustain the momentum from RCV Lobby Day, here are three things you can do right now:

  1. Ask your legislators to support the two RCV bills in the Massachusetts State House. Fill out this form and email it to your lawmakers. (To find your legislators’ email addresses, click here.)
  2. Make a donation. Help us grow the movement by making a one-time or recurring contribution. Even a small contribution goes a long way!
  3. Spread the news. The Lowell Sun ran an article about RCV Lobby Day and Commonwealth Magazine featured this opinion piece by Lead Co-Sponsor Representative Andy Vargas. Please share them with your social networks!

Thank you for your enthusiasm and support,

Mac D’Alessandro, Voter Choice Massachusetts