Check out the list of topics for this season.Registration for 2022 is closed. The Williamsburg Area League of Women Voters sponsored the popular Foreign Policy Association series Great Decisions in February and March of 2022 for the 39th year of bringing this popular program to our area. Due to the Covid19 Pandemic and in accord…
New eBooks at the Williamsburg Library!
In spring of 2021, the local League funded the purchase of 93 new eBooks about influential women in American history and government for the Williamsburg Regional Library — after requesting book titles from WJCC librarians and teachers. Students of all ages can learn new things and deepen their understanding of United States’ history. Check it…
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…
A Quick 60 (minutes) on Immigration
Guest speaker: Professor Stacy Kern-Scheerer W&M Law Professor & Immigration Clinic Founding Director Held on May 27, 2021 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 College.She is…
How do teachers fit civics back into the curriculum?
Do you believe in a renewed focus on civics in public schools? In April, 2021, WJCC Schools Social Studies Coordinator, Steve Legawiec, shared with us the latest initiatives on teaching civics in our local schools. The 2020 elections were a major civics lesson for a lot of folks who do not follow politics carefully. As…