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upcoming event: Jan 29
Observer Corps Training EventSave the date for our Know Your Local Government/ Observer Training event on January 29, 2020 at 7 pm. Whether you already are an observer, are thinking about observing, or just want to understand more about meetings you watch on Channel 6 or YouTube—this event is for you!
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upcoming event: Jan 22 11 am
LWV-W/Wilmette Public Library Book Discussions
Join us on January 22 at 11:00am at the Wilmette Public Library for a discussion of Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luisella. "A moving humane portrait of child migrants."-NPR
On February 26 the book will be Learning From the Germans:Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Nieman. |
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upcoming in January
Student & Government Leaders Program at Wilmette Junior HighRunning now through March, our student and government leaders program is underway. Fifteen government leaders, 10 LWV-Wilmette volunteers and D39 School Administrators welcomed 65 students enrolled in this years’ program to learn about becoming a civic-minded leader in local government. The program has been running well over 50 years.
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upcoming event: Spring 2020
Voter Registration OpportunitYWho would like to go on a Wisconsin Road Trip? With the recent ruling to purge over 200,000 voters in Wisconsin, we are looking to help register voters in Wisconsin working with our Wisconsin Local Leagues. Email Nancy Hoying if you would be interested in joining a Wisconsin Voter Registration Drive in Spring 2020 in lower counties Wisconsin.
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News and Events:
Village of Wilmette Stormwater Improvement Project
Updates are available on the progress of the Stormwater Improvement project as of December 16, 2019. Click HERE to read the latest news.
Updates are available on the progress of the Stormwater Improvement project as of December 16, 2019. Click HERE to read the latest news.
Observer Corps Updates
A new report is available from the LWV-Wilmette Observer Corps as of January 3, 2019. Click HERE to read the latest update.
A new report is available from the LWV-Wilmette Observer Corps as of January 3, 2019. Click HERE to read the latest update.
Local Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy
We are so proud of our Gun Violence Prevention Team with a quick thinking response to inform and educate District 39 and New Trier High School D203 to send delegates to the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) conference to vote NO on two resolutions on arming teachers and staff with guns, Both boards voted in favor to send a delegate to the IASB conference to oppose both resolutions. Interested in learning more, read our letter to D203 and public statement comments. We thank our local school boards D39 and D203.
Locally, all Wilmette establishments that serve on site liquor have 'No concealed carry' signs posted in compliance with the new Wilmette liquor ordinance.
We are so proud of our Gun Violence Prevention Team with a quick thinking response to inform and educate District 39 and New Trier High School D203 to send delegates to the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) conference to vote NO on two resolutions on arming teachers and staff with guns, Both boards voted in favor to send a delegate to the IASB conference to oppose both resolutions. Interested in learning more, read our letter to D203 and public statement comments. We thank our local school boards D39 and D203.
Locally, all Wilmette establishments that serve on site liquor have 'No concealed carry' signs posted in compliance with the new Wilmette liquor ordinance.
Wilmette and the Census
Wilmette Complete Count Committee held its second meeting on December 3rd. Present at this meeting were representatives from Rotary, Wilmette Public Library and the LWVW. The Village has developed a promotional messaging plan across many of their village communications. The Library has tentatively scheduled a Census Info session on Feb 8, 2020. The Library also intends to schedule dates in March and April to hold some ‘census days’ at the library to help residents with the on-line census. The Wilmette Complete Count Committee will begin outreach to other potential local partners to support education and raise awareness, and encourage participation in the Census.
Wilmette Complete Count Committee held its second meeting on December 3rd. Present at this meeting were representatives from Rotary, Wilmette Public Library and the LWVW. The Village has developed a promotional messaging plan across many of their village communications. The Library has tentatively scheduled a Census Info session on Feb 8, 2020. The Library also intends to schedule dates in March and April to hold some ‘census days’ at the library to help residents with the on-line census. The Wilmette Complete Count Committee will begin outreach to other potential local partners to support education and raise awareness, and encourage participation in the Census.
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