Women's Equality Day Celebrated

On August 26, 2010, one hundred League members and friends celebrated "90 Years of Women Making Waves" on the Goodtime III. It was a wonderful evening filled with good food, fellowship, and acknowledgement of the sacrifice and dedication of the women who helped promote women's equality in the United States.

The League of Women Voters was founded ninety years ago. Today the LWV has more than 150,000 members and supporters and 850 Leagues throughout all 50 states.

The colors of the suffragist flag are purple, white, and gold. They stand for justice, purity (of purpose), and courage. There are thirty six stars on the flag and they represent the states that ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Ohio was one of these. In fact, it was the sixth state to do so, along with Kansas and New York on June 16, 1919. click here to read more

LWV Ohio News

The Ohio League is really being sought out to give input on legislation —from the drafting stage to legislative hearings and media interviews on issues including redistricting, campaign finance reform / transparency, election administration and energy conservation.

Since mid-January, League issue specialists have met with more than three dozen legislators to provide expert information; testified six times; wrote an op ed requested and published by the Toledo Blade; and participated in two press conferences, a variety of newspaper interviews, and a radio and a television program.

For more Ohio League information, visit www.lwvohio.org and visit their new blog: lwvohio.blogspot.com

LWV United States

The projects and programs that LWVUS are currently working on:

• Citizen Exchanges with Colombia & Brazil 2010-2011
• DC Voting Rights Education Project
• Fair and Clean Elections
  
• Openness in Government: Looking for the Sunshine

For more LWVUS information, visit www.lwv.org and visit their Facebook page

Regionalism and County Govn't Information

Background information on the League's work regarding Regionalism and County Government can be found in our "Program" section of the website.

**Please Note: The 'announcement' section has a search tool if you need to find specific information from a past post.

Dr. Sheila Bailey, NASA Physicist, Speaks at LWV Event

Dr. Sheila G. Bailey, Senior Research Physicist at NASA Glenn Research Center, is the featured speaker at the League of Women Voters’ public meeting series titled, Women Who Know Their Place. Her talk, “Science and Petticoats,” is set for Thursday, April 8, 2010, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at Trinity Commons at Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. The public is invited to attend, with free parking for attendees behind the Cathedral off Prospect Avenue.

Dr. Bailey will talk in general about women in science, and more specifically, about women at NASA, especially Glenn Research Center (GRC). She will discuss Science and Engineering as careers for women. Bailey has a B.S. from Duke University in physics, a M.S. in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Manchester in England. She has authored or co-authored over 165 journals and conference publications, 9 book chapters, 8 patent disclosures and two patents. She is known as an active and ardent mentor, introducing women to physics.

For more information about Dr. Bailey, click HERE.

Sunshine Week 2010 National Panel Discussion

On Friday, March 19, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM (ET), LWV United States Education Fund will co-host the 5th Annual Sunshine Week National Dialogue. This year's theme is "Building Transparency" and includes representatives from the White House, the Dept. of Justice, the newspaper industry and open government organizations. The program will be webcast live and participants can email questions to the panelists. It also will be available for download immediately after the session (for future viewings).

To learn more about the program, visit www.OpenTheGovernment.org. For an event guide and other logistical information, click here.

LWV Ohio Brochure: The Sunshine Law: Ohio's Open Meetings Act

LWVO Statehouse Day/Council

LEAGUE MEMBERS: You do not want to miss the LWV Ohio 2010 Statehouse Day/ Council on April 14, 2010. Topics such as the potential effects of federal health care reform and judicial selection will be highlighted. Our Lobby Corps will be on hand to share information on hot state legislative topics and will have a special presentation by Terry Pastika, Executive Director of the Citizen Advocacy Center of Illinois on open government.

We will also celebrate the League’s 90th birthday!

Continue to check out the LWVO website for information on www.lwvohio.org


Registration due by April 6.