Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ has published its January 2009 Newsletter, with a schedule of upcoming LWV events. A copy of the newsletter is available as a pdf link in this post, and as a link on my blogroll.
Here are upcoming events:
On February 15th, 2009 there will be an 18th Annual Susan B. Anthony Celebration, at 11:30 a.m. at The Gathering Place, Milton, with a presentation from Genevieve G. McBride: “Women’s Wisconsin: Past and Present”. Details, here:
Dr. McBride’s presentation, “Women’s Wisconsin: Past and Present,” will reveal a lesser-known side of Wisconsin history, told through the stories of women who built not with bricks and mortar but with social institutions.
Dr. McBride is former director of Women’s Studies and an Associate Professor of History at UW-Milwaukee, where she teaches and researches American history, specializing in women’s, African American, and Wisconsin history. She is the author of On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage and more recently editor of Women’s Wisconsin, a unique anthology of writings by and about Wisconsin women featuring article excerpts as well as women’s letters, reminiscences, and oral histories previously published over many decades in the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Open to all, the 18th Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration is sponsored by the Rock County Women’s History Committee in partnership with the Janesville League of Women Voters.
The reservation deadline is Friday, February 6 with Carolyn Brandeen, 608/754-7004, brandeen@charter.net or Kris Koeffler, 608/868-4229. Seating is limited and prepayment of $30 per person is necessary to confirm reservations. Make checks payable to the League of Women Voters at P.O. Box 8064, Janesville, WI 53547-8064. The Gathering Place is located at 715 Campus Street in Milton. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and the buffet brunch begins at 11:30.
Here is a partial listing of events, with more information and events inside the newsletter.
Date: January 22, 2009 (Thursday)
Event: Polling Issues and Analysis
Speaker: Professor Bill Mickelsen, UW- Whitewater, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 7:00PM
There’s also a Fall Fairhaven Lecture Series, available to the public at no charge. Here are the lectures in the upcoming series:
JAN. 26: What the Heck is Passacaglia?
Christian Ellenwood, Associate Professor, Music Department
FEB. 2: The Bible of the Amiens: The Sculpture of the Great Cathedral
Chris Henige, Associate Professor & Chair, Art Department
(“All lectures are open to the public at no charge on Mondays at 3 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall, located at the Fairhaven Retirement Community, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater, WI 53190. The Fall 2008 Fairhaven Lecture Series will examine a number of critical issues relevant to the 2008 elections. Sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Office of Continuing Education.”)
The League of Women voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. We take action on public policy positions established through member study and agreement. We are political, but we do not support or oppose any political party or candidate.