The League of Women Voters of New Canaan is delighted to announce that Patti Russo, Executive Director of the Campaign School (TCS) at Yale, will be speaking at its Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Thursday, May 28th at the Country Club of New Canaan. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment and founding of the League, Russo will talk about how women’s engagement and activism today has been impacted by the struggle for enfranchisement. A dynamic speaker with deep experience in women’s advocacy, Russo is passionate about TCS Yale’s mission: To increase the number and influence of women in elected and appointed office in the United States and around the globe. TCS Yale is a nonpartisan, issue-neutral training program that has launched hundreds of women into the world of politics. It focuses on the common needs and experiences of political women, not on their differences as political partisans. TCS students have run for office, from School Board to the Presidency, and are advancing careers in public service from social work to Chief of Staff. Stay tuned for details! The Census is more than a head count. It’s how lawmakers decide how much money your community gets for critical services. Without a full count, your school’s lunch and special ed programs could get cut. Your fire department could buckle in the face of disaster. And you could see rollbacks in the vital healthcare services that the most vulnerable among us depend on. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, nationwide. Will you help New Canaan get counted? It’s safe, it’s easy, and it matters. Learn more here.
🎉WHAT A NIGHT! We had so much fun dancing with you in celebration of 100 years of woman’s suffrage – thank you for joining us and helping to make Women Rock the Vote! such a success!
🎶 Can you believe the bands? They. Were. Awesome. We are so lucky the stage was graced by School of Rock New Canaan, Rock Paper Soul, and BAD DOG BUDDY. Be sure to catch them again, soon – these musicians are local treasures! 💃🏻 Last night would not have been possible without you – our members, guests, and elected and appointed officials – who braved the cold to come out and boogie. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💛 We’d also like to acknowledge the hard work of our volunteers as well as the enormous support from Carriage Barn Arts Center, Newcanaanite.com, HTG Investment Advisors Inc., New Canaan Police Department, Walter Stewart’s Market and Stewarts Spirits, and last but hardly least the amazing Taco Tequila Taqueria 🚛 for the delicious food and drinks! You can find New Canaan family owned Taco Tequila just around the corner in Norwalk on Main Street. 📺 Stay tuned for more exciting 100 year programming – and please consider joining us on the League if you haven’t yet! All genders are welcome – and junior memberships are available here. 🗳 Finally, suffrage is a most simple but most special American right. Please, do not forget to vote in EVERY election. There *is* a primary on the 28th of April in Connecticut! See our Facebook page for more photos and videos! It’s 2020 and we have LOTS to do! LWVCT is where you want to be. Passionate about issues? Take action today!
We need your help to take action on LWVCT issues. What we need: 1. Join the Public Issues Team: Let us know what your passion issue is and join the team. We will be monitoring legislation, writing testimony and advocating on League issues. Send an email and share your issue passion with Judy Lhamon, Public Issues VP. 2. Be a 10 Minute Activist: Click here and sign up today! Want to see a big turnout for 2020 Elections? Join the Voter Engagement Team: Help with the CT VOTES! Campaign to increase voter registrations, distribute more voting information and encourage ALL voters to Get out and Vote in 2020. The Presidential Primary is coming up fast, so join the team by sending an email to voterservices@lwvct.org and get ready to make it happen. Want to use your creativity to celebrate 100 years of LWV? Use those creative talents you have by helping LWVCT create an exhibit that recognizes the accomplishments of the League for the 100th anniversary. LWVCT Board member Joanne Moore has been combing through the League archives and has great plans for the exhibit. She would love to involve other Leaguers in this endeavor, so send an email to lwvct@lwvct.org and get your creative juices flowing for the 100th. 🎉 It’s the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Vote, and the League of Women Voters of New Canaan is throwing a party with School of Rock to celebrate!
💃Grab your dancing shoes and join us at the Carriage Barn on the evening of Saturday, February 29th to toast 100 years with great tunes while enjoying tasty beer and wine from Stewarts Wine & Spirits 🥂and delicious food truck fare available for purchase from local vendors on site! 🎸 Bands include local favorites Bad Dog Buddy, Rock Paper Soul, and the School of Rock House Band. 🚨 We’re expecting to sell out; kindly purchase your tickets ASAP. And be sure to stay tuned – exciting announcements to follow! ⏰ Doors open at 6 PM. Concert begins at 6:30 PM. Save the date! Our 100th Celebration Gala Dinner is on February 22nd, 2020 at 5 PM at the Italian Center in Stamford. Details to follow.
If you want to vote in the Democratic primary on April 28th, you must be a registered Democrat. (There will not be a Republican primary; generally, the incumbent’s party does not hold a primary.) If you are affiliated with another party (i.e. Republican, Independent, Green) and want to vote in the primary, you must change your affiliation by January 28th, though the Registrars recommend doing so before the 21st. If you are an unaffiliated voter, you may register as a Democrat at least 48 hours before the primary. You may change your registration online. For more info call the Registrars at (203) 594-3060 or visit them at Town Hall, 77 Main Street.
☕️League Members and their guests are invited to attend the League of Women Voters of New Canaan’s Annual Legislative Breakfast with State Representatives Lucy Dathan and Tom O’Dea and State Senators Alex Bergstein and Will Haskell on Monday, January 13th, 2020 at the Waveny House.
☕️Breakfast will be served at 8:30 AM, with discussion to follow from 8:50 AM – 10 AM. ☕️Kindly RSVP via Sign Up Genius. Opportunities to volunteer can also be found upon RSVPing. |
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