As I write this, we are trapped in the bitter cold of February, but Spring – and Municipal Elections – are just around the corner! Your fellow LWV Wilmette volunteers have been hard at work...
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Privacy in the Digital Age
Restore the Fourth, an independent organization with local chapters, aims to end all forms of unconstitutional surveillance of digital communications by the U.S. government.
Read about this upcoming event.
March Book Discussion
Candidates Forum
Saturday, March 14th
9 am to 12:30 pm
Village Hall, 1200 Wilmette Avenue
2nd Floor, Council Room
Don't miss this opportunity to hear from candidates who have volunteered to serve as board members for our local governing bodies. Who will you vote for on April 7th?
9 am to 10 am
Wilmette School District 39
Board of Education
10:15 am to 11:15 am
Wilmette Park District
Board of Commissioners
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
New Trier Township High School
Board of Education
Help Needed: Ushers, question sorters, greeters … contact Trudy Gibbs at trudygibbs28@gmail.com
Video Access: For those who cannot attend, the videos for the three forums can be accessed on cable channel WCTV-6 or from your computer from the link on the League website to the Village of Wilmette posting.
Come and bring a friend!
Voter Education Event
Your help is needed to provide information to library patrons, assist with online registration, or to register on paper forms.
Click here to find out more.
Strengthen Local Democracy:
Serve as an Election Judge on April 7th
The Clerk’s office needs registered voters to serve as election judges in suburban Cook County during the April 7, 2015 Consolidated Election. Election judges are an essential part of the democratic process who make sure fellow voters can cast their ballots. Election Judges assist voters and work with their fellow judges to ensure the polling place is running smoothly. Below is a brief rundown of the position and its requirements.
More information here.
Cook County Matters
The Cook County League of Women Voters is sponsoring this event. Learn about Cook County officials, what they do, how much it costs, and why it matters.
Event details here.
League of Women Voters of Cook County
2015 Annual Meeting
The LWVCC 2015 Annual Meeting will be held on Monday morning, May 11, 2015 at the University Center, 525 S. State St., Chicago. The business meeting will begin at 9:30am and will be followed by a speaker and lunch that will conclude by 1:00 pm. The Silent Auction that serves as a fund-raiser for our Operating Fund will also be part of the program for the day and we will again be asking for donations for items for the auction from the local Leagues. Details of the Leagues programs and event details
can be found here.
Special Articles
Tribute to Thelma Brook Simon
Lifetime League Member
Thelma Brook Simon was an accomplished attorney and a leader among women in the legal profession, both as a practitioner, president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, and as an associate law professor at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Read about Thelma Brook Simon who was a member of the Wilmette League for more than 50 years.
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League of Student and
Government Leaders
A jewel in the crown of the League of Women Voters of Wilmette.
Read this reflection of one of the many volunteers who work to make this program valuable to the students in Wilmette.
Scholarship for a
New Trier Senior
The League of Women Voters Wilmette Will Award a Scholarship to a New Trier Senior in 2015.
Read about the history of this sponsorship and how the scholarship is granted.
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Election News
