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Upcoming events for the League of Women Voters Los Altos Mountain View.

ONE-TIME EVENTS
 
October 31st
Vote Centers Open from
October 31 - November 3
                                                                    

You can vote at any Vote Center in Santa Clara County. Use the following link for location and hours for nearby Vote Centers: https://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/.  Remember, you can safely deposit your mail-in-ballot in a ballot drop box, mail box or at a Vote Center through November 3.
 
November 3rd - Election Day. Your last chance to vote.

                   
 

You Still Have Time  

Learn about the candidates and ballot measures using LWV resources: 
 
Voter’s Edge (votersedge.org) to pull up your personalized ballot with nonpartisan information about your candidates and all your ballot measures. 
 
LWV Election Events  (https://www.lwvlamv.org/election-events-for-november-3rd) to hear from the candidates and listen to Pete Stahl review the ballot measures.


Mountain View Historical Association and Suffrage

Watch a video presentation by MVHA member Pamela Baird that brings to life the stories of the people and places that shaped the women's suffrage movement in the Mountain View area.
A slideshow talk with Dr. Amy Ellison from the Los Altos History Museum, who will share highlights from the museum's new special exhibit, Rise Up! The Fight for Women's Suffrage


Alpha Girls: Silicon Valley Female Trailblazers!
 
In Alpha Girls, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes readers behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry that transforms economies and shapes lifestyles. Guthrie follows the lives and careers of four women who were largely written out of history – until now.  Guthrie discusses her book in this final event sponsored by the Los Altos Women’s Suffrage Coalition  Moderator for the evening program is Foothill-De Anza College District’s Chancellor Judy Miner, who will lead the discussion with Guthrie and follow up with a panel featuring five women with distinguished careers in Silicon Valley. See more on Los Altos Women’s Caucus website.

The event has been organized by the Women’s Suffrage Coalition of Los Altos: Los Altos City Council, Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos Library, Los Altos Women’s Caucus and Los Altos Youth Commission, with support from the County of Santa Clara.
 

Race and the Suffrage Movement
 
Join us as Foothill College historian Dolores Davison takes a deeper look at the shortcomings of the suffrage movement and who was left out The Zoom event is free to attend, but please register to receive the Zoom link.  
 

League  News
Los Altos City Council Observer reports can be found at https://www.lwvlamv.org/category/league-news/
 

UPCOMING AND ON-GOING MEETINGS


Board Meeting
  • Monday, November 2, 2020,  7:00-9:00 pm
  • Virtual meeting via Zoom hosted by Lisa McLain.
  • Contact Lisa McLain  for instructions on joining this meeting.

Housing Committee Meeting
  • Monday, November 9, 2020,  7:30 - 10:00 pm
  • Virtual meeting via Zoom hosted by Abby Longcor.
  • Contact Abby Longcor  for instructions to join meeting..
  • Our chapter's Housing Committee regular meeting is the second Monday of the month.  The committee works locally in Mountain View and Los Altos to promote more Below Market Rate units and other city zoning and commercial development policies that increase affordable housi

Voter Services
  • Thursday, November 19, 2020,  3:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Virtual meeting via Zoom hosted by Karin Bricker
  • Contact Karin Bricker for instructions to join meeting.
  • LWV LAMV Voter Services committee registers new voters at citizenship ceremonies twice a year; registers and pre-registers high and community college students; and will provide voter education services for the 2020 presidential election cycle.

Book Group
  • Next session: Saturday, November 21, 2020, 2:00 - 3:30 pm 
  • Read Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
  • Virtual meeting via Zoom hosted by Karin Bricker.
  • Contact Sue Graham to confirm interest.
  • All are welcome. Meets every other month.
 
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