LWV Duluth 2015-2016 Year in Review
 
Notable Items:
Voter: Produced  8 issues of the Voter starting in September
Committees: League of Women Voters Duluth has 12 active committees that plan and implement a broad range of services and programs such as voter registration, voter forums, observing public boards and committees, and issue oriented programs.
Ongoing Groups: There are two groups that meet regularly throughout the year: The Cross Cultural, Social Equity Committee; and the Sisters Book Club.
Voter Registration Events: From tabling at community events to moderating forums the League maintain its reputation for excellence in voter registration.
Moderating: This spring the League was asked to moderate a forum for ISD 709 on the issue  of the sale of Central High School. Almost 400 people gathered in the Auditorium at Lincoln Middle School. For 3 hours the audience listened respectfully to the Superintendent's presentation and to the expression of very diverse opinions by everyone in the audience that wanted to speak. This event, in addition to other non-election related forms, tells us that the League is known and respected for our quality moderation. We are so proud.
New Members: The membership committee continues to astound - Duluth remains the highest membership enrollment  in the  State of Minnesota.
A complete listing of groups and committees can be found in the most recent Voter Newsletter, which can be accessed  at the web site  www.lwvduluth.org.
 
September 2015
9/4    New  Citizens' Naturalization  Ceremony  (Federal Bldg./voter registration) 9/15    Primary Election in Duluth
9/17  LWV Duluth Kickoff (The Underground, Depot) 9/22   National Voter Registration  Day
 
October 2015
10/12  Ranked Choice Voting Forum  (St. Paul's Episcopal  Church)
10/13  Candidate Forum for Mayor & Duluth City Council District 1 (Lakeside-Lester Community Club)
10/14  Candidate Forum for Duluth  City Council At-Large (City  Hall)
10/19  Candidate Forum for Mayor (Morgan Park Community Recreation Center) 10/21 Candidate Forum for Duluth City                        Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 5 (City Hall) 10/26  Candidate Forum for School Board At-Large  and Districts 2 &  3
10/28  New Member "Meet 'n Greet"

November 2015
11/3    Election Day
11/10  Voting Rights Act Event (City Hall)
 
December 2015
12/3   LWV Duluth Holiday Party and charitable donation effort to   PAVSA's Emergency Fund for Victims and Survivors of Sex            Trafficking
 
January 2016
1/7     Trafficking Awareness Month Community Gathering  (City Hall) 1/26   Trafficking Film, "With Impunity" (Zuccone  Theatre)
1/30   18th Annual Citizens in Action Workshop:  "Meet.  Talk. Find A Way."
 
February 2016
2/4     Program Planning  for National Issues
2/13   Native Lives Matter: Red Shawl March & Vigil
2/16   Community Solar: The Costs, Benefits, and Everything In Between (EPA Lab) 2/28    Legislative Roundtable, hosting                 Sen. Roger Reinert and Reps. Jennifer  Schultz, Erik Simonson,' Mary Murphy and Rob Ecklund (Somers Hall, CSS)
 
March 2016
3/19    Equali-TEA Event: "Women in Law Enforcement" (Duluth Woman's Club)
3/30    New Member "Meet 'n Greet"
 
April 2016
4/15    New Citizens' Naturalization Ceremony (Federal Bldg./voter registration) 4/17-19  Humphrey Fellows visit  Duluth
4/17    Young Members Get Together
 
May 2016
5/7     "Money in Politics" Workshop;  State Sen. Paul Thissen, speaker and   comments
          by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan (Harbor City High School) 5/12   LWV Duluth Annual Meeting,                 Dinner & Silent Auction (Moorish Room, Greysolon Plaza)
 
June 2016
6/11       7th Annual "Posies and Prose" Plant and Book  Sale (Mt. Royal Parking Lot)
6/16-19  LWVUS Convention (Washington,  D.C.)