Jake Auchincloss will join members of the Leagues of Women Voters in Congressional District 4 on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00 pm for a conversation on Zoom. We will discuss League priorities, the upcoming congressional session, and Jake’s priorities for his first term. Q&A will follow.
The meeting is open to League members from Congressional District 4. Please register in advance for the Zoom event.
Not a member? Join the League of Women Voters of Newton.
On November 19th, Jay Walter, a Newton resident and experienced local architect, helped us to learn about the the changes the City Council is proposing to Newton’s current Zoning Ordinance, how those changes differ from current zoning, and what effect those changes will have on our community. View the presentation and audience Q&A.
With almost 90 participants, we had more questions than time to answer them. See answers to questions not addressed at the presentation.
Through a discussion with City Clerk Olson, State Senator Creem, and State Senator Finegold, you will learn about the impact of the new election reform law on the September & November elections.
PLEASE…use the following link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kd-ugpzsoGtHKULZt1Oss2zaM5DX8HMhz
On September 25th city and community leaders: Mayor Fuller, State Senator Creem, City Councill President Albright, Social Justice Activist Josepine McNeil, and School Committee Member Kathleen Shields reflected on Justice Ginsburg’s life as a justice, judge, lawyer, scholar, mother, and wife.
In addition School Committee Member Emily Prenner, accompanied by Jack Cheng (Newton Family Singers), provided the music: You Got a Friend and Hallelujah. We were also joined by Edie Pike, a Newton North Senior, who read Kindess by Naomi Shihab Nye
“I think of all the ways that this one woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, changed the world as we know it now. ‘Fight for the things you care about,’ she said, ‘but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.’ Yes. Yes. Thank you, RBG, for teaching us another way to fight.”
The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence invites you to Increased Gun Risk During COVID-19, a virtual town hall featuring Professor Matthew Miller of Northeastern University on Tuesday, April 14th at 7pm.
Professor Miller is an expert in the field of injury and violence prevention, will brief us on the intersection of guns and suicide and why the increased gun sales guns are particularly dangerous during the pandemic. We will also learn more about ERPO awareness in Massachusetts and how you can help save lives.
Please register by sending an email to:macopgv@gmail.com. A Zoom link within 24 hours of the program.
In line with the League’s main objectives of educating citizens about their civic responsibilities and to increase participation in government, LWVN held its inaugural Civics Challenge on March 1st at the Cabot School. We had 9 teams consisting of family & community groups, middle school, high school, and college students, teachers from NSHS, and a group from the Newton TAB.
City Councilor Josh Krintzman and former Alderman Brooke Lipsitt were our informative and entertaining masters of ceremony. Our judges for the evening were Linda Morrison, Courtney Rau Rogers, and Sue Flicop.
Please join the LWVN in congratulating the three winning teams:
We want to thank the Village Bank for its support of the event; Congressman Joe Kennedy for the donation of the pocket constitutions which were given to all participants; State Senator Cynthia Creem and Represenatives Ruth Balser & Kay Khan for donating a tour of the State House as our first place prize. In addition, our first place winners received signed copies of E is for Election Day by Gloria Gavris.
Last but by no means least, we want to thank the
LWVN Civics Challenge planning & organizing team:
Jennifer Abbott, Karen Manning, and their extraordinary leader Frieda Dweck
