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Racial Resentment in the Political Mind
Posted on January 17, 2022 in League News | comments
Thursday, January 27, 2022 • 4:00pm–5:00pm Watch here at the time of the event. “I’m not a racist, but…” In their new book, Racial Resentment in the Political Mind (University of Chi...
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Call your Senators!
Posted on January 16, 2022 in League News | comments
Call 1.833.345.2551 or the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. On Tuesday, Senators will begin debating The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. We must now keep the pressure on by calling our senators at 1-833-345-255...
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January 6th Vigils Draw Hundreds of Thousands
Posted on January 10, 2022 in League News | comments
League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville (LWVBAE) members and supporters joined hundreds of thousands across the country on January 6, 2022 – during a critical month of organizing for American democra...
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INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION Presentation January 3, 2022
Posted on January 9, 2022 in League News | comments
I’ve been asked to briefly describe the work of Berkeley’s Independent Redistricting Commission and its progress to date. First, let me give you a little history of what we lovingly call the “IRC”...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Breakfast 2022
Posted on January 3, 2022 in League News | comments
Join (virtually) the 2022 MLK Breakfast Monday, January 17, 2022, 9 am – 10:30 am Health, Equity, and Justice is the theme for this year’s Annual Breakfast. Building Trust & Community is a prerequisite in...
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Bay Area Board Briefs 12-13-21
Posted on December 29, 2021 in League News | comments
Board Meeting of December 13, 2021 • The Bay Area League continues to seek a Communications Director to coordinate the Board’s communications tasks. The Nominations Committee chair, Ann Draper, would welcome sugg...
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Board Supports Updating LWVUS Healthcare Position
Posted on December 28, 2021 in League News | comments
On December 6, 2021, LWVBAE voted to support adding the LWV-NYS proposal to the agenda for the 2022 LWVUS convention. The proposal would update the LWVUS national healthcare policy position, which was adopted in 1993. Th...
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January 6 Vigil for Democracy
Posted on December 20, 2021 in League News | comments
TIME Thursday, January 6, 2022 6:30 – 7:30pm PST LOCATION Virtual event About this event It’s been nearly one year since armed right-wing militants attacked our Capitol and tried to overturn the results of the 2020 e...
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3 Videos on the Environment
Posted on December 20, 2021 in League News | comments
Three videos from our Environmental Concerns Speaker Series Biochar: Building Healthy Soils Redirecting Carbon Raymond Baltar, Sonoma Biochar Project Director, November 8, 2021. Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss C...
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American Democracy in Crisis
Posted on December 13, 2021 in League News | comments
American democracy is in crisis. Barton Gellman goes in-depth in this special edition of The Atlantic that raises the alarm, describing in painstaking detail the authoritarian shift in our politics and the dismantling of...
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