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Phone: 361-772-3228
LWV of South Central Texas
PO Box 78
Hallettsville, TX 77964
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Date: 8/20/2024
Subject: League Update: Busy Fall Ahead!
From: Janis Richardson/LWV South Central Texas


Hi League Friends - We are gearing up for a busy fall, with the big election coming up and November, our Women Making History program moving to a new level, and our new Local News & Democracy initiative beginning to grow legs.
 
Check out what is coming up and where you want to volunteer. We have a new volunteer sign up page on our website to make volunteering easy.  If you've forgotten your username and password to sign in, there's a reset option on the sign in page - or you text me (361-772-3228) and I'll help you get in. 
 
I hope to see you at Sunday's Women's Equality Day presentation of Press On, My Sisters, our League's original reader's theater play on women's fight for equality. Bring a friend!
 
Janis Richardson
President
This Sunday!
August 25, 3 to 4:30 pm
Shiner First United Methodist Church
102 W. Church Street in Shiner
Election Rumors Briefings
LWV of the United States, our national League, is offering weekly election rumors briefings between now and the November 5th election. These briefings highlight pieces of disinformation that have made headlines and how best to track and address it. There is time for Q&A at the end of each briefing. All League members are welcome to attend.
Calling All Election Volunteers!
Do you volunteer to help with elections as an election judge, election clerk, Election Protection Poll Monitor,  or Volunteer Deputy Registrar (VDR)? Or, is this something you would like to do but don't know how to get started? 
 
If yes, please let us know by completing this quick online form.
 
Read more about these opportunities here:
Be a League Observer!
Join a growing group of League members who are part of our Observer Corps. Sign up to regularly attend meetings of your county commission, school board, city council, hospital or water district. This is democracy in our home community!
 
Read more about Observer Corps here.
 
Check out the options for being an Observer in your county:
Sign Up to be a League Observer here. 
 
Observing is more fun when you have a buddy, so find a friend to join you!

On the Calendar
League Book Group Social
Wednesday, August 21, 4 to 5:30 pm
Joe's Sports Bar (next to Tillie's Coffee Shop)
621 N. Main Street in Schulenburg
 
All League members and friends are invited! 
 
The League Book Group will meet via Zoom on Wednesday, September 18 at 7pm to discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
Press On, My Sisters Presentation for Women's Equality Day 2024
Sunday, August 25, 3 pm
Shiner First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
102 W. Church Street in Shiner
 
Join us for a special presentation on Women's Equality Day, the day we honor those who worked so hard to pass the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and get women the right to vote.
 
Journey with us through women's tireless and inspiring fight for equal rights from the 1840s to today through our League's original reader's theater play, Press On, My Sisters.
 
Let’s honor the past and be inspired to continue this journey for women's equality today and in the future!
 
Don't miss this special day! Bring a friend!
Local News & Democracy Team Meeting
Wednesday, September 4, 7 pm via Zoom
Zoom Meeting Link: https://tinyurl.com/3vsayedz
Meeting ID: 822 2783 2621 Passcode: 310030

This is an informational meeting to share plans for the first phase of our new Local News and Democracy Initiative. Belinda Pustka, Claire Lewis and Janis Richardson will share plans for interviewing all editors of local newspapers, a "news audit party", and a possible community event to raise awareness about the importance of local news later this fall. All members are invited to attend.
Volunteer!
Local Newspaper Content Audit Work Party
Sunday, September 12, 2:30 pm
Hallet Oak Gallery
100 N. Main St. in Hallettsville
 
Come join a team to do a content review of our local newspapers as part of the information gathering phase of our League's new Local News & Democracy project. We'll make this fun! Sign up here.
Volunteer!
College Student Voter Registration on National Voter Registration Day
Tuesday, September 17, 10 am to 3 pm
Blinn College in Schulenburg
 
Tuesday, September 17 is National Voter Registration Day, and our League will be on the Blinn College Campus in Schulenburg to help Blinn students get registered to vote before the October 7 registration deadline for the November 5 election. We'll need volunteers to staff 3 tables, with a VDR (Volunteer Deputy Registrar) and another volunteer at each table. We will have 2 shifts, so if you can volunteer for 2-1/2 hours this day, please sign up!
 
Blinn will be offering free ice cream floats to students as a special treat on this day.  Thank you, Blinn!
Volunteer!
Voter Registration & Information Table at the Columbus Country Market
Saturday, September 28, 9 am to 12 noon
Columbus' Courthouse Square
 
We have a table reserved at the Columbus Country Market on Saturday, September 28 - a week before the Oct 7 voter registration deadline for the November 5 election. We need at least 3 volunteers to help people check their voter registration and register to vote, and help children with our League's children's mock voting election game. Please sign up on our website's Volunteering page or contact Janis Richardson (361-772-3228).
Volunteer!
Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup
Monday, October 14, 8 am to 10 am
Fayette County Precinct 4 Road and Bridge Facility
1801 W Hwy 90, just west of Schulenburg
 
Help clean up the 2 mile stretch of Highway 90 just west of Schulenburg that the League has adopted. We'll meet in the parking lot of the Fayette County Precinct 4 Road and Bridge facility at 1801 W Hwy 90 near the Schulenburg city limits.
 
Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. We will provide instructions, bags, reflective vests, sunscreen, bugspray, and water. Plan on staying for a fun post-clean-up debrief at Tillie's Coffee Shop in Schulenburg. 
 
Volunteer!
Voters Guide Work Day
Saturday, October 12, 3:00
Place TBA
 
This is the day we'll label, sort, and bundle Voters Guides for the Nov 5 General Election, so they are ready for members to distribute throughout our 5 county area before early voting starts on October 21. More people means more fun and less time needed! Please plan to pitch in! Sign up here.
Save the Date: Watch for more information
 
Sunday, October 20 (tentative)
Women Making History 2025 Kick-Off Event
Place TBA
 
February 2025 Dates TBA
League of Women Voters of Texas' Lobby Days
Austin, TX
 
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Women Making History 2025
Place TBA

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Voter Girl Training for Girl Scouts
Austin's Girl Scout Center
Students Learn About Voting
Many thanks to Rebecka LaCourse (Colorado County Election Administrator) and Terri Hefner (Fayette County Election Administrator) for making it possible for students to get hands-on experience with voting at the Summer Bridge to Success program at Columbus High School and Blinn College in Schulenburg this July. And, many thanks to BRIDGE and ACCSS, the program's sponsors, for inviting the League to host this workshhop on voting.
 
Hefner and LaCourse brought voting machines equipped with mock election software to the workshops so that students could experience what it's like to go to the polls on election day and cast their vote. This was a great way to take the mystery out of voting for future voters!
 
Many thanks as well to the League members and other volunteers who were present to help students with the process!
League of Women Voters of South Central Texas
PO Box 78, Hallettsville, TX 77964
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