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Date: 6/5/2025
Subject: LWV KC eVoter May 6 2025
From: Laura Gowans - Voter Editor


Join us May 10 for the LWVKC Annual Meeting!

Remembering Julie Adolphson

We lost our valued Julie Adolphson in a tragic automobile accident on April 14. Herobituaryhonors her life as a wife and mother of four sons, an air force pilot and meteorologist.

 

After her retirement she brought her energies to the League of Women Voters where she was a tireless advocate for voting rights.

 

Pleasefind more information here.

LWVKC Annual Meeting Is Saturday, May 10!

It's Annual Meeting Time: We Need You To Vote!

 

The National League of Women Voters has declared we are in a constitutional crisis. How do we support the national response?How do we respond at the local level? What can you do as a member of the League of Women Voters, KC? Come to the annual meeting on Saturday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m. and find out.

 

After months of small group discussion from board and general members, we are coming together to finalize our Program (action plan). We need you there so your voice can be heard. This meeting is for members and invited guests. Want to join us? The Zoom link for members ishere.

 

Meeting Location: The North-East Public Library

6000 Wilson Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64123

Time: May 10, 9:30 a.m.

 

Please bring a coffee cup if you can attend the annual meeting in person. We provide the coffee but you need to bring a cup. And join us for lunch after the meeting at Taqueria Mexico #2.

League of Women Voters Missouri State Convention is June 7 - Come be a Delegate!

Want to have a say in what LWV does statewide? Want to meet other people from all over the state who are as passionate about defending democracy as you are? Make plans now to attend the LWV Missouri State Convention.

 

We only have 6 delegate spots left. If you are interested in going as a delegate, please contact Anne Calvert atpresident@lwvkc.org.

 

More information here.

Upcoming Events & Committee Meetings

Media Literacy Trainings

When: May 7 and May 29, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Waldo Library, 201 E. 75th Street

Kansas City, MO 64114

More information here.

 

2025 LWVKC Annual Meeting

When: Saturday, May 10, 9:30 a.m.

Where: North-East Public Library

6000 Wilson Avenue

Kansas City, MO64123

 

Monthly Voter Services Meeting

When: Monday, May 12, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Where:Zoom link here.

 

Voter Education Committee

When: Tuesday, May 13, 12 noon

Where:Zoom link here.

 

LWVKC Book Club

When: Thursday, May 15, 6:30-8 p.m.

Where:Zoom link here.

 

New Citizens/WWI Museum

When: Wednesday, May 21, 9:45-11:30 a.m.

Where: WWI Museum

2 Memorial Drive

Kansas City, MO64108

 

Technology Committee Meeting

When: Thursday, May 29, 12 noon

Where:Zoom link here.

 

LWVKC Full Calendar Here.

Call To Action (Jim's Corner)

The Perils of Growth

The League has enjoyed tremendous growth over the past several years. Since I joined during Covid, the League has almost tripled in membership. I credit a renewed interest in protecting democracy for the surge, with many new members in the generations described with various letters at the end of the alphabet. What a time to be involved in the League.

 

Read more here.

Where can I find . . . ?

Suggestion Box

Do you have an idea for a future meeting topic or guest speaker? How about a great design for a “Get-out-the-vote” poster? Or maybe you’ve been wanting to present a PowerPoint on the federal judiciary.

 

Put a suggestion in our suggestion boxand you just might have the next great idea that we will share with the state and national organizations!

To volunteer, join a committee, register for a special event, or view the Member Roster, pleaselog in to your member account on our League websitelwvkc.org:

  • Click on "Member Login" in the upper right corner of the websitelwvkc.org.The "Login" page will appear.
  • Enter your User Name and Password.If you are on a device you own,check the box "Remember me on this computer" so it will remember your User Name and Password for next time.Click the "Login" button.
  • Or, if you forgot your Username or Password, click the "Forgot my Username / Password" button on the "Login" page. The "Forgot Username/Password" box will appear.
  • Enter your email address and first name and click the "OK" button.Your username and a temporary password will be emailed to you.Be sure to use the email address you provided to the League!

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