ChapterSpot Training: LWV Treasurers
2024-12-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
There are multiple December opportunities to receive this training:
12/3 and12/19 at 11:00 am
12/11 at 8:00 am
A recording of the training will also be available. Please pre-register>>>

State League Board meeting
2024-12-03 18:00 - 19:30
Do you have suggestions for the meeting agenda? Contact Nancy.

ChapterSpot training: LWV membership managers
2024-12-04 08:00 - 09:00

ChapterSpot training: LWV Presidents
2024-12-05 11:00 - 12:00
There are multiple December opportunities to receive this training:
12/5 at 11:00 am
12/12 at 5:00 pm
12/16 at 2:00 pm
A recording of the training will also be available. Please pre-register>>>

ChapterSpot training: LWV Webmasters
2024-12-05 17:00 - 18:00

Ratification 13th Amendment, Abolish Slavery
2024-12-06 00:00 - 23:59
Ratified on December 6, 1865, this Amendment was the first of three called the “Civil War Amendments.” A tug-of-war between Congress and the Supreme Court ensued where SCOTUS claimed that Congress exceeded its powers with the enforcement section and that stating that private discrimination was not slavery. The text of the Amendment is below.
Section 1
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

UW Sandeen Lecture in Humanities: Andean Climate
2024-12-09 16:00 - 17:30
Dr. Allison Caine from the Anthropology Department has been chosen to deliver the Sandeen Lecture. To attend in person, be at the Coe Library, Room 506. The presentation is also being shown Livestream.
The link will be announced TBA. Read more about the content of the presentation>>>

Anniversary: Wyoming grants women suffrage
2024-12-10 00:00 - 23:59
Why would the men of the WY territory decide to grant suffrage in their first constitution? Some were lonely. In 1869, the territory had over 6,000 adult males and only 1,000 females. Area men hoped women would be more likely to settle if granted the right to vote.
The wife of William Bright, a territorial legislator, argued denying women the vote was unjust. The territorial secretary, Edward M. Lee, wanted his mother to vote. If African-American males already had suffrage, then so should his mother. Read more>>>

Laramie LWV Board Meeting
2024-12-10 18:30 - 20:00
The Laramie LWV is meeting at the Wyoming Women’s History House, virtual access through teleconference will be available

WY Women's House: Holiday Open House
2024-12-14 10:00 - 15:00
Again, this event is thanks to Mary Mountain, Executive Director of the History House. As Mary describes it:
Jane Ivinson

We’ll have treats and community and student musicians and choirs and of course, the decor around the HH. Our first ad for the HOH ran in the Unexpected Company’s program and a 2nd one is part of a large story-ad coming out Thanksgiving week. I’m hoping we can have a nice group of visitors coming and going to see our decor and history as they also check out the bigger museums that same day. I’d love to have some of us in historic dress throughout the day (I’ll dress as Mrs. I or someone), so if you’d be willing to come for a bit as one of our women or men of history anytime from 10-3:00 that day, that’d be great!

Bill of Rights Day
2024-12-15 00:00 - 23:59

1st Day of Hanukkah & Kwanzaa
2024-12-26 00:00 - 23:59

2024 Annual League Survey is dispatched to leadership
2025-01-02 00:00 - 23:59
As always, local leagues are encouraged to complete their surveys quickly. A drawing will be held, allowing leagues to win one of ten $200 grants or one of three Convention ’26 registrations. States for which all local leagues submit may win one of two Council 2025 registrations.
A word to the wise: the surveys have complex expectations and tools to use. Prepare ASAP to get a head start! Read more>>>

The 119th Congress begins its session
2025-01-03 00:00 - 23:59

Honoring 1st woman Governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross Day
2025-01-05 00:00 - 23:59
Nellie Tayloe Ross was sworn in as governor on January 5, 1925.

Webinar: Federal Trade Comm. Ch. Lina Khan
2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:00
Chair Khan is the outgoing FTC leader. She and Brookings Institute Visitor Bill Baer will discuss the recent FTC, this past year and those to come.
Preregister>>>
Professor Khan is a faculty member at Columbia University Law School. She’s the youngest FTC chair ever, and well known for an 2017 article she published in the Yale Law Review, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox”.[5]

Bday: Carrie Chapman Catt, Founder of LWV
2025-01-09 00:00 - 23:59

National Day of mourning: former President Jimmy Carter
2025-01-09 00:00 - 23:59
Today is a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Today was also the day of his funeral and trip home to Plains, GA.
APTOPIX Jimmy Carter © Jacquelyn Martin

Cheyenne Roundup
2025-01-14 16:00 - 17:00
This is the first in weekly updates with WyoFile’s Maggie Mullen and Wyoming Public Radio’s Jordan Uplinger.
They review how this fast-paced lawmaking process works. This is a 12-minute audio tape. Listen here>>>

SHAPE Wyoming: Annual 2-Day ESPC Lobbyist Training
2025-01-19 00:00 - 2025-01-20 23:59

ESPC's 2-day Citizen Lobbyist training in Cheyenne
2025-01-19 00:00 - 2025-01-20 23:59
This citizen lobbyist training is designed to equip you with the skills and confidence.
You’ll learn from seasoned advocates about lobbying and testifying.

Monday, January 20th, is Lobby Day, complete with a free breakfast. Put your training to use. The will be between $15 to $35. Please register>>>. The ESPC facebook has more informaction>>>

MLK Day & Bday
2025-01-20 00:00 - 23:59

Lobby Day in Wyoming
2025-01-20 00:00 - 23:59

Inauguration Day
2025-01-20 00:00 - 23:59

Ratification 24th Amendment, All Citizens May Vote
2025-01-23 00:00 - 23:59
The 24th Amendment was ratified in 1964. “There can be no one too poor to vote,” declared President Lyndon Johnson. At the time of the passing of this Amendment, the most egregious use of poll taxes stop voting was in Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. The Amendment text follows. Read more>>>

Section 1
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

WY Leg: Last date to introduce Senate bills
2025-01-29 00:00 - 23:59
The Legislative Service Office, known as the LSO, is a group of 42 nonpartisan, paid advisers for the legislators. Bills are drafted by a standing or appointed committee, a legislator, or very often, the LSO. Each starts its journey assigned a number and a chamber; two almost identical bills may start in each chamber. In practice, a bill with a lower number has better success, so it’s best to “hand it off” to the LSO early.
Tax and spending bills start in the House. A bill hosted by an individual begins in his/her chamber. A bill introduced by an interim committee represents both chambers and typically starts in the chamber of the bill’s strongest supporters own that committee.

Better WY zoom training: engaging the media
2025-01-30 18:00 - 19:00
To quote Nate Martin:
We will go over what it’s like to talk to reporters and editors, what you can say and suggest to get them to cover the information in our reports, and tips on writing Letters to the Editor and op-eds to share your own opinion.
They ask the your register to attend. Sign up>>>
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85050057350

National Freedom Day
2025-02-01 00:00 - 23:59

Ratification 15th Amendment, Suffrage Black Men
2025-02-03 00:00 - 23:59

Ratification 11th Amendment, Only state's citizens may sue it
2025-02-07 00:00 - 23:59
The Supreme Court was established in 1789 with the Judiciary Act. A few years later a case arose where a man from GA tried to sue the state of GA. The judges disagreed with the protection that the state had. This led to the 11th amendment. Read more>>>
