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Berkeley and the 9,000 Housing Units
Posted on March 13, 2022 in League News | comments
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 5 to 6pm, the City Council will hold a workshop on how Berkeley plans to add an additional 9,000 units of housing by 2031 to meet state-required goals. These plans will become part of Berkeley...
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Drought and Climate Change – Impact Local and Global
Posted on March 9, 2022 in League News | comments
Monday, March 14, 2022, 7:30-9:00 p.m. All are Welcome! Join us via Zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86718665413 Andy Katz, Berkeley, Albany, and Emeryville”s long standing EBMUD representative will give us an upd...
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League of Women Voters Application for June 2022 Convention
Posted on March 8, 2022 in League News | comments
Do you want to attend the national League Convention in Denver as an in-person or remote Delegate or Observer for LWVBAE? Do you want to request funding to attend convention? In the application you will see the prioritie...
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Bay Area League Day – Report
Posted on March 7, 2022 in League News | comments
Over the course of the Bay Area League Day on February 19th, 2022, presentations and panels, including State Senator Dave Cortese, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, and more, helped facilitate an engaging discussion about both...
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Join The DEI Team Discussion: ‘The Sum of Us’
Posted on February 28, 2022 in League News | comments
Every other Thursday stating March 10th at 6:30. Link Ever wonder why we haven’t made more progress improving our education and healthcare systems, or our society’s approach to climate change? The Diversity Equ...
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It’s Time to Pass the Racial Justice Act for All
Posted on February 28, 2022 in League News | comments
This is the year that we will pass the Racial Justice Act for All (AB 256, Kalra). The landmark bill, which will extend civil rights in the courtroom to ALL people impacted by racist convictions and sentencing, is closer...
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When Jim Crow got kicked out of hospitals
Posted on February 28, 2022 in League News | comments
On Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 PM, the Healthcare Team and other co-sponsors will host a virtual screening of “Power to Heal“, a film documenting the story of how civil rights and healthcare activists won the ...
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Remembering the Harlem Renaissance
Posted on February 21, 2022 in League News | comments
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson founded “Negro History Week” to highlight African American life and history which had been ignored, left out of American history textbooks. Woodson chose the second week of February for the...
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Alameda County Transit: Redistricting
Posted on February 21, 2022 in League News | comments
There are two public hearings remaining: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5pm and Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 5pm. Participate in the redistricting here with https://actransit.zoom.us/j/98487175063. The public workshops have...
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Albany Community Task Force on Policing: Final Meeting
Posted on February 21, 2022 in League News | comments
After nine months of collaboration, the members of the Albany Community Task Force on Policing met for their last discussion on Tuesday, February 15th. The focus of the Task Force’s meeting was finalizing their Public ...
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