League of Women Voters of Wyoming

Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries
2023-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver)
This event is the last of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library. The other dates are March 2 and March 23.
Jacki Klancher, CWC’s Professor of Environmental Science and Health and CWC students Aidan Hereford and Antoine Day present “New Voices: from Everest Base Camp to the Continental Divide.”
The CWC student team was comprised of four Indigenous students: Jada Antelope, Aidan Darissa Hereford, Red Thunder Spoonhunter, Antoine Day, and one non-Indigenous first-generation student Ryan Towne.
The journey was sponsored by Wyoming EPSCOR, Rocky Mountain Alliance for Minority Participation, and the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium. This team paired with MeteoTracker technology manufacturers to test portable climate sensors. In Spring 2022, a small team traveled to Everest Base Camp to assess the use of these sensors for high-elevation data collection. This talk will describe the rationale behind this effort and how it relates to alpine conditions in Wyoming.

The venue will be the Teton Library Auditorium in Jackson, WY. This announcement will be updated as the date grows closer.

Virtual Screening + Q&A with filmmakers: Who She Is
2023-05-02 19:00 - 20:30
Join us — LWVWY, the filmmakers of “Who She Is” and various leaders on MMIW/P — on May 2 at 7 pm. You must register. Use the Q&R code on the image below or click here to link to the registration page.
WHO SHE IS is a documentary that highlights the lives of four women from Wind River in Wyoming caught in the MMIW [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women] epidemic in the U.S. By bringing these missing women to life on screen, through animation and first-person storytelling, the documentary aims to humanize the people behind the statistics. Audiences will learn about each woman’s loves and losses and will come to know their story. The entire film run time is 37 minutes.
There will be a post-film question and answer session. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Michelle Escudero at 301.219.1836 or Linda Barton at 307.349.1427.

–Wyoming PBS and LWVWY

Join Healthy WY to debrief the 2023 session & reconnect
2023-04-25 17:30 - 18:30
Join this statewide conversation. We’ll hear from grassroots leaders involved with a big win for Medicaid for Moms & the loss for Medicaid expansion.
Please pre-register to later receive a link to the Zoom call. Read more>>>

LWVUS Community Call: ERA
2023-04-25 14:00 - 15:00
A Senate vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is looming. Join us for a virtual community call tomorrow.
We’ll share federal updates and align on our messaging during this crucial moment for gender equality.

You must register>>>You’ll receive zoom information by email after registering.

Brookings Institute: Health Economics & Research
2023-04-25 11:00 - 13:00
On April 25, the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets will hold a workshop for young scholars to explore these topics. Of particular interest might be the 20 minute intro at 11:00 and the rural example described here. Read more>>>
12:10 pm Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Data overview from Pam Owens (AHRQ)
Research example from Joanna Jiang (AHRQ): Impact of Rural Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions on Access and Quality of Care

Today: NCSD allows special public input time on gender rules
2023-04-24 16:30

ARSONIST, a play by J. Goldfinger & produced by Relative Theatrics
2023-04-20 19:30 - 21:00
This play is part of the 2023 Shepard Symposium. This tale is inspired by Electra — daughter of Kind Agamemnon in Greek mythology. We have a father-daughter arson team on the run in the Everglades. “The play is a meditation on the themes of life and death, the power of nature over humanity, and the ties that bind father to daughter.”
Relative Theatrics (RT) — founded in August 2013 by Anne Mason — performances take place on the stage of the historic Gryphon Theatre. Seating is limited to 50 for an intimate theatre-going experience.
The play is performed at the Gryphon Theatre in the Laramie Civic Center a little to the SE of campus — see map below.

SCOTUS hears Pugin v. Garland + Garland v. Cordero-Garcia
2023-04-19 08:00 - 17:00

SCOTUS hears oral arguments for Groff v. DeJoy
2023-04-18 10:00 - 11:00

Alternate Voting Methods Task Force LWVCO
2023-04-17 18:30 - 20:00
Join in the discussion with the permanent committee on alternative voting methods. If you missed their meeting last month 3/20/2023, click here to watch its recording
The committee has the stated purpose “to promote the collective actions necessary to advance equity and justice in Colorado’s systems and policies in the area of alternative voting methods as aligned with League positions.” It tries to influence public policy through advocacy, it organizes webinars, workshops, and presentations. Go to register for the upcoming meeting>>>

LWVWY Regular Board meeting
2023-04-17 18:00 - 19:30

SCOTUS hears Pugin v. Garland + Garland v. Cordero-Garcia
2023-04-17 10:00 - 12:00
Two cases will be heard together. Both hinge on the definition or understanding of “obstruction of justice.” Specifically, may an offense after or before a legal procedure count as an obstruction to that procedure? Both defendants were long-time — 1985 and 1964, respectively — legal permanent residents in the US. Both were being removed from the US for offenses after the procedures.
Congress codified the meaning of obstruction of justice in 1996. Does this supersede this legal phrase as used earlier, e.g., the 1893 decision “obstruction can only arise when justice is being administered?”

Both sides refer to Title 18, Chapter 73 of the U.S. Code. Title 18 is the unit concerning Crimes & Criminal Procedures while Chapter 73 within Title 18 discusses Obstruction of Justice using 21 sections, each discussing an example of obstruction. Read more>>>

DC Emancipation Day Panel
2023-04-16 16:30 - 17:45
April 16th is a celebration of President Lincoln’s D.C. Emancipation Act, which freed approximately 2,989 African Americans in 1862 during the Civil War. Meet DC leaders leading this fight for a panel discussion. You must register. Go to register>>>

Join 5th annual Out of the Darkness campus walk
2023-04-15 11:00 - 12:30

The Big Truth: Maj Garrett & David Becker discuss their new book
2023-04-11 17:30 - 19:00
Sponsored by the Colorado LWV, this session hosts co-authors well-known to the politics of Washington DC. Here is a short review of their book. You must register for the event. Read more>>>
“Concerned that the sanctity of the 2022 midterm elections is at stake if not democracy itself, Major Garrett, CBS’s Chief Washington Correspondent and elections expert David Becker have written one of the definitive books on the subject. Vivid, doggedly researched, and deeply important, it is a crucial work at an important time. It will interest citizens of all parties and political persuasions alike.”
—Jay Winik, historian, and New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America and 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History

The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of the Big Lie
2023-04-11 17:30 - 19:00

Ratification of 17th Amendment about the Popular Vote
2023-04-08 00:00 - 12:00
Amendment 17 passes in 1913. Its text appears below.
Originally state legislators chose congressional senators. A striking example of how dysfunctional this process could be comes from Delaware 1895. Their legislators were completely deadlocked and Delaware didn’t have a senator for two years. Read more>>>

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

Reading Jackie: her autobiography in books
2023-04-07 10:00 - 11:00
The National First Ladie’s Library sponsors this zoom event and it’s one of their monthly Legacy Lectures. In describing both the book and this lecture, author William Kuhn writes:
She was a book editor in New York for nearly two decades from 1975 to 1994. During this time she worked on a hundred book projects. These books shed unique light on her personality: her tastes, her interests, and her hidden identity as a reader. We can read her character and her personality by looking at the projects she chose–and some she wished she could choose not–to do.

You’ve missed the original showing but it is recorded for your viewing any time>>>

‘How to Rig an Election': Tom Hanks & Jeffery Robinson
2023-04-06 14:00 - 15:30
Hanks & Robinson, former ACLU deputy legal director, have produced a short, animated film about the contested and consequential 1876 presidential. The Washington Post’s Kate Woodsome will moderate the conversation about “How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest.”
Go here to register>>>
Go here to stream the film>>>

Library of Congress historians discuss the 1865 equal rights petition
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:00
Library subject specialists Michelle Krowl and Ahmed Johnson will explore the historical context of the document and provide genealogical research related to the thousands of names on the petition. Since this petition is also a new transcribing project, information about becoming a volunteer will be included. This project will increase the currently active campaigns to 11. There are 22 completed.

Register to receive a Zoom link and more information about the webinar.

Country 1st: US Campfire virtual rally
2023-04-04 19:00 - 20:00
Join the MT Chapter of Country First, co-chaired by former state legislators Joel Krautter and Bruce Grubbs, virtually for a gathering.
Country First is led by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). It supports campaigns with a tailored combination of fundraising, advertising, texting, grassroots engagement, and get-out-the-vote.
On Tuesday 3/4, two former Governors of Montana, Marc Racicot (R) and Steve Bullock (D), discuss the importance of good, reasonable people — no matter their party — uniting to defeat extreme attacks on our institutions and Constitution.
If viewers wish, they may stay past 9:00 for optional breakout rooms featuring members from all across the country to be part of our BrainSTORM.

Brookings Institute Panels: Health Research & Quality
2023-04-02 11:00 - 15:00

Introducing the (new) LWVUS Legal Center
2023-03-29 13:00 - 14:00
Join LWVUS for a walkthrough of our new Legal Center, a one-stop shop for locating the League’s litigation at the national, state, and local level. This webinar is a great resource for League leaders and members tracking their litigation work.

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Ratification of this 23rd Amendment about DC Electors
2023-03-29 00:00 - 12:00
Amendment 23 was passed in 1961. A 1978 effort to ratify a constitutional amendment giving DC voting representation in Congress failed. Its text appears below. Read more>>>

Section 1.
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Faculty Senate 2023 Speaker Series Choice: The Art of Quitting
2023-03-28 16:15 - 17:15
Talented UW faculty are selected twice yearly to receive this coveted award. This semester Dr. Jeff Lockwood. The flyer for his talk, shown below, suggests the humor we can expect during the conversation. On campus, find Jeff on the 2nd floor Student Union. Off-campus link to the live feed and saved recording on WyoCast>>>.
Yes, Dr. Lockwood is the spouse of the President of the Wyoming league LWVWY, Nancy Lockwood.

Strategies for Bipartisan Immigration Action
2023-03-27 17:00 - 18:15
This zoom session is hosted by the LWVUS Immigration Interest Group. The speaker, Theresa Cardinal Brown, is a Senior Advisor on Immigration and Border Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center in DC. Until recently, Ms. Brown was the Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy. She often appears on national new programs, Link here to zoom>>>

Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries
2023-03-23 18:00 - 20:00
This talk is the second of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library. The other dates are March 2 and May 4.
The theme for this event is“Reintroduction of Bison: Traditional and Contemporary Values” by Jason Baldes and Shane Doyle.
The venue will be the Teton Library Auditorium in Jackson, WY. This announcement will be updated as the date grows closer.

Angela Davis will speak at UW
2023-03-23 16:00 - 17:30
UPDATE!!!! Watch a recording of this talk. Go to link>>>

WY Institute of for Humanities Research

The Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research revealed their distinguished spring lecturer will be Angela Davis. She will give her lecture on Tuesday, March 21st at 4:00 in the A&S Auditorium.

To help prepare for the event, if a faculty member includes a text by Davis on their syllabus for the spring semester, the humanities research institute will purchase the books for the students in their classes.

Here are a few popular suggestions:

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and TortureAngela Davis: An AutobiographyAngela Davis Speaks (available only as an audio file)Are Prisons Obsolete?Freedom Is a Constant StruggleLectures on Liberation: Recurring Philosophical Themes in Black Literature (available only in PDF)The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult DialoguesWomen, Race, & Class

Management Council meets to discuss interim topics
2023-03-23 08:00
This joint council has five members from each chamber. They will meet in Executive Session on March 21 and will be both onsite and live streamed session on March 23. Link here to the Agenda.

Webinar: Voter Engagement in Rural & Small Towns
2023-03-22 11:00 - 12:00
Using creativity, empathy, and strong community ties, nonprofit staff in rural and small towns are turning the tide on low voter turnout. Learn more about how your organization can engage voters in WY communities!
Please register for the zoom meeting. Go to register>>>
