Check out your local ballot for Virginia’s governor, General Assembly, and local elections. Everyone in the state votes for the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. After that, there’s a huge amount of variety depending on where you live. Voters in James City County, City of Williamsburg, and York County get to vote in the…
2021 General Assembly elections candidate forum
93rd and 96th Virginia Delegate incumbents and candidates have been invited to our 2021 LWV-Williamsburg Area Zoom Candidates Forum on October 5 at 7 PM to provide voters information in advance of the November 2 Election. Link info in next eVOTER. Check out more from VPAP.org about the 93rd and 96th districts.
FALL GENERAL MEETING
Save the date! This meeting will be on Zoom – register hereAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Guest speaker: James City County police chief Eric A. Peterson Read up on Williamsburg’s plan to add a civilian advisory committee to the police, and consider applying. Chief Eric A. Peterson…
New eBooks at the Williamsburg Library!
The League contributed to purchasing and choosing 93 new ebooks about influential women in American history and government for the public library. Students of all ages can learn new things and deepen their understanding of United States’ history. Check it out!
What is Juneteenth?
Why did neither slavery nor the Civil War end at Appomattox Courthouse? Why did Lincoln’s hand shake as he signed the Emancipation Proclamation? What is Juneteenth and how has it evolved? Who celebrates it and will it become a national holiday? The Williamsburg Area League of Women Voters, in partnership with Williamsburg Regional Library, invites the…
Williamsburg Annual Meeting
4 PM: Meet Our Commonwealth AttorneyAfterwards, stay for some annual local League business.Click here for the link to register. The annual meeting allows members to collectively consider and adopt an annual budget and to elect local organization officers and directors. Members may also give direction to the Board. You will need to register in advance for…
Book Club !
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 at 4:30 pm Our local League Book Club goal will hold quarterly book club meetings, eventually hopefully in-person. Our next meeting will now be on Zoom. The Washington Post says that DEMOCRACY IN ONE BOOK OR LESS by David Litt “brings Dave Barry-style humor to an illuminating book on what is wrong…
A Quick 60 (minutes) on Immigration
Guest speaker: Professor Stacy Kern-Scheerer W&M Law Professor & Immigration Clinic Founding Director Save the date: May 27, 4 PM Professor Kern-Scheerer, a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law, earned her Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health and her B.A., magna cum laude, in Sociology and French from Beloit…
Virginia’s 2021 Governor Race
UPDATE June 25: Check out information about the Republican convention, Democratic primary, and independent governor candidate Princess Blanding at the Virginia Public Access Project. Virginia will be electing a new governor this fall (our governors aren’t allowed to run for re-election right after their term) and here’s what’s happening so far: Republicans will be holding…
How do teachers fit civics back into the curriculum?
Do you believe in a renewed focus on civics in public schools? Join this Zoom talk on Thursday, April 22 at 4 PM with WJCC Schools Social Studies Coordinator, Steve Legawiec, who will share with us the latest initiatives on teaching civics in our local schools.The 2020 elections were a major civics lesson for a lot…