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    • March 28 2023: Women of Influence
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      • December 2 - The Status of Copper Nickel Sulfide Mining in Minnesota
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      • January 6, 2022- We the People January 6 Day of Remembrance and Action
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      • January 19, 2022- Medical Aid in Dying
      • January 23, 2022- Legislative Roundtable
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      • February 24 - Redlining in Duluth. It Happened Here
      • March 15 - Medical Aid in Dying
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      • April 12 - How Duluth is Addressing a Shortage of Affordable Housing
      • April 20 - It's Not Easy Being Green!
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      • June 11 - Annual Plant and Book Sale
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LWV Duluth Past Events: 2016-17

September 2016
9/27    LWV Duluth Kickoff (Northern Waters Restaurant)
9/27    County Commissioner Forum



October 2016
10/1     Voter Guide available on LWV Duluth website
10/3     Minnesota Senate District 3 House District 3B Forum
10/4     Two Harbors Mayoral and City Council Forum
10/17   Women in Politics event (Bent Paddle)
10/20   Minnesota Senate District 7 House District 7B Forum
10/23   Movie screening: “Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi” (Trepanier Hall)
10/25   Minnesota Senate District 7 House District 7A Forum
10/25   New member “Meet & Greet”



November 2016
11/8     Election Day
11/8     “Kids Voting Duluth” (co-sponsored by LWV Duluth)
11/10   Natural Resources Committee: “Watershed Event” (Valentini’s Restaurant)



December 2016
12/8     LWV Duluth “Holiday Social” (at the home of Nancy & Lane Palmer)
12/11   Movie screening: “Newtown,” co-sponsored by LWV Duluth (Temple Israel)



January 2017
1/5       Natural Resources Committee: Kickoff campaign for “Bag It, Duluth! #For the          
            Love of Place” (Zeitgeist atrium)
1/8       Legislative Roundtable (College of St. Scholastica, Somers Hall Lounge)
1/9       Community Gathering - Trafficking Awareness Month (Trepanier Hall)
1/17     Trafficking Awareness Month: “Expanding Safe Harbor for ALL” (panel
            discussion at Theatro)
1/28     19th Annual Citizens in Action Workshop: “Passion, Participation, Persistence”



February 2017
2/2       Program Planning Meeting (WLSSD Board Room)
2/17     Movie screening: “Bag It” (Denfeld High School, Lecture Hall)



March 2017
3/15      New member “Meet & Greet”
3/18      Equali-TEA: Judge Sally Tarnowski speaking about “Treatment Courts” (Duluth Woman’s Club)



April 2017
4/4       “Equal Pay Press Conference/Rally” (LWV Duluth supported this event, held at 
            the Duluth Civic Center.)
4/13     Humphrey Fellows presentation: “Human Rights and the Immigration and 
            Refugee Experience” (UMD Library Rotunda)
4/19     “Water Action Day” in St. Paul (LWV Duluth supported this event through our
            Natural Resources Committee and Minnesota Environmental Partnership, of  
            which we are a member.)
4/20     “Restore the Vote: Racial Justice, Crime, and Democracy” (LWV Duluth 
            supported this event, held at the UMD Kirby Garden Room.)
4/29     Duluth People’s Climate March & Rally (Leif Erikson Park to Lake Place Park. 
            LWV Duluth supported this event through our Natural Resources Committee and 
            Minnesota Environmental Partnership, of which we are a member.)



May 2017
5/11      LWV Duluth “Annual Meeting and Celebration (Greysolon Plaze, Moorish 
             Room)
5/20     Spring Arbor Day Celebration, co-sponsored by LWV Duluth (Duluth Public
            Library)
5/20     Civil Rights Tour: 10-day tour of 7 Southern cities (Hosted by LWV Duluth 
            Cross Cultural Committee)



June 2017
6/10     8th Annual LWV Duluth Plant and Book Sale (Mt. Royal parking lot)


July 2017
7/25     U.S. Forest Service Public Meeting (Virginia, MN during the comment period to 
            help inform their study of the watershed of the Boundary Waters and if it is the 
            wrong place for sulfide-ore copper mining. LWV Duluth supported this event
            though our Natural Resources Committee and Minnesota Environmental 
            Partnership, of which we are a member.)