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First day to apply for a ballot by mail using Application for a Ballot by Mail (ABBM) or Federal Postcard Application (FPCA) https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Helen Edmunds Moore. Helen was a nurse, suffragist, and a member of the 41, 42, and 44th legislatures. In the 44 Legislature, she was the only woman.
Learn more:
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/moore-helen-edmunds
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Lucretia Coffin Mott. Lucretia was a suffragist and human rights activist. She was one of the organizers of the 1st Woman’s Rights Convention Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Learn more:
NWHM: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucretia-mott
PBS: Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-vote-part-1-3kph5d/
NPS: https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/lucretia-mott.htm
Virtual Lunch and Learn webinar from Commissioner Dr. Theresa M. Daniel with Cal Jillson, SMU Professor of Political Science, Political Commentator.
Mandatory training for Board members - First Session
LWV-Dallas Board Room 2nd Floor
Meeting is to finalize the planning for Program and Unit Meetings that began with the December, 2022 meetings.
LWVD Office Building Conference Room, 2nd Floor
The subject of discussion will be - Gun Violence. Our speaker is Donna Schmidt, Group Lead for Moms Demand Action, Dallas County Chapter.
Home of Cal and Clare Buie Chaney
The subject of discussion will be - Gun Violence. Our speaker will be Blair Taylor, Community Outreach Lead for Moms Demand Action, Dallas County Chapter.
The subject of discussion will be - Gun Violence. Our speaker will be Blair Taylor, Community Outreach Lead for Moms Demand Action, Dallas County Chapter.
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Harriet Staton Blatch (2nd generation suffragists).
Voting rights was a family affair
** Daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1st generation suffragist)
She founded the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, later called the Women‘s Political Union, whose membership was based on working women, both professional and industrial. The Equality League initiated the practice of holding suffrage parades and organized the first open-air suffrage rallies in thirty years. As many as 25,000 people marched in these parades.
Learn more:
-- PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-vote-part-1-3kph5d/ (28 minutes in)
#OnThisDay the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled on the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case and made a controversial decision that reversed existing campaign finance restrictions and enabled corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited funds on elections. #DarkMoney
"Prevention of improper corporate influence in the electoral process...is a pillar of our modern democracy" -- LWV Amicus Brief #DarkMoney
"Voters are supposed to be at the center of our political process. For more than two centuries, America’s constitutional democracy has been moving in the direction of broader enfranchisement and more meaningful political participation by American citizens. After the Civil War, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote to citizens regardless of race or color. The 19th Amendment provided voting rights to women, the 24th to poor citizens and the 26th to young adults.
On the other hand, our Constitution does not reflect a similar solicitude for corporate participation; indeed our constitutional history reflects a growing concern over the influence of corporations, and the distinction between the legal protections afforded to living persons and corporations has been part of our constitutional law from the Founding." -- LWV Commentary on Citizens United
LWVUS Amicus Brief: https://www.lwv.org/sites/default/files/Amicus_cfr.CitizenUnited.pdf
LWVUS Commentary on Citizens United: https://www.lwv.org/money-politics/league-commentary-citizens-united-v-fec-case-supreme-court
Brennan Institute: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
LWV-Dallas Board Room 2nd Floor
Information and discussion on advocacy activities for engagement. Bring your friends!
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Charles Curtis, of Kaw, Osage, and Pottawatomie ancestry. Curtis was sworn in as the U.S. Senator from Kansas. Charles was also the 1st person of color and 1st person of Native American ancestry to hold the office of vice president under President Hoover.
Learn more:
-- Senate History: https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/VP_Charles_Curtis.htm
-- Kansas Historical Society: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/charles-curtis/12029
Join us in commemorating the birthday of Maud Wood Park. Park was the 1st president of the National League of Women Voters.
Learn more:
-- Suffragist Memorial: https://suffragistmemorial.org/november-2015-suffragist-of-the-month/
-- Harvard: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library/collection/papers-maud-wood-park-in-womans-rights-collection
-- LOC: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbnawsa.n8361/?sp=8
Mountain View Campus - Dallas College. Building W, near the library
Register new voters at Mountain View College. Two shifts! 10:00 am to noon and noon to 2 pm
Mandatory training for Board members - First Session
Brookhaven Campus - Bldg. S Lobby
Register voters at Dallas College Brookhaven Campus 11 am to 1 pm
Mountain View Campus - Dallas College. Building W, near the library
Register new voters at the Club Fair on the Dallas College Mountain View Campus. 2 shifts! 10 am to noon and noon to 2 pm
Richland College Campus El Paso Student Lounge
Voter Registration at Dallas College Richland Campus.
Brookhaven Campus - Dallas College Bldg. S Room 200
Register voters at Dallas College Brookhaven Campus 11 am to 1 pm