It's 2025
January: The Month You Write the Wrong Date
We finally got the snowstorm we all wanted so we can justify staying home in our pjs. Once you get caught up on your favorite streaming shows (Star Trek for me), take some time to get to know the League’s website found here!
The website is filled with a treasure trove of useful information and volunteer opportunities found here!
And those of you looking to actively help defend our democracy, our Leadership Academy is forming its first cohort now. Our organization depends on new leaders being developed, so sign up here!
Take care and stay safe.
Jim Calvert
Editor
| A Word from Above
Our President Speaks
This Saturday, we begin our planning for the 2025-2026 two year election cycle. Much will change during that cycle: the entire Board of DIrectors leadership team will turn over by the end of 2026, new members will spark new ideas, and new technology will come along to help us in our work.
Read her entire remarks here!
Thank you to all our members and our leaders for the work you have done over the years. You have helped me improve the presidency in many ways and I am grateful. I look forward to seeing the continued growth with our next president.
Anne Calvert
President
| Registration Deadline!
Jan 8, 2025 Deadline for Feb 4, 2025, Bond Election
| Upcoming Events
Committee Meetings
Voter Guide/Vote411 Committee Meeting
When: Jan 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Zoom here! Meeting ID 812 6391 2167
Forums Committee Meeting
When: Jan 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Zoom here! Meeting ID 894 9507 9328
Over 100 members have been trained to interact with the public so get out there and volunteer. New opportunities are posted every day here!
LWVKC Calendar
| Monthly Membership Meeting
Program Planning
It’s Program Planning time again. Has it been two years already? Well, it’s program planning time again so it must have been. We would love to see you in person at the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, but we will be hybrid on Zoom for those who will still be in their pjs on Saturday. Be sure to bring your own coffee cup to the library, or to make your own coffee if you Zoom in from home.
When: Jan 11, 2025, Social time 9:30 a.m. Meeting time 10:00 a.m.
Where: Kansas City Public Library, North-East Branch, 6000 Wilson St.
Zoom: here! (Meeting ID 885 7721 1054)
| Leadership Academy
Be a member of the first cohort of the LWVKC Leadership Academy forming now. This is a ten week program of weekly meetings at the We are looking for the next generation of leaders to volunteer to be trained.
We will cover the mechanics, philosophy, and emotions necessary to lead in a volunteer organization. Our goal is to have a collaborative cohort that brings experience to the classes, giving us all the opportunity to learn together.
We hope to help our future leaders be productive and effective leaders without having to devote more than 10 hours a week to the League.
The course will cover a single issue each week as follows:
As with all events we hold live, bring your own coffee/drink cup/vessel.
LWVKC Leadership Academy
NE Branch, Kansas City Public Library, 3000 Wilson St.
Cohort begins Jan 21, 2025
Meeting times 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Registration is required here! | Observer Corps 2024 Q2 Report
Eyes on Our Elected Officials
Observer Corps members attend public meetings in person or online and alert LWVKC leadership of any issues that may require action on the part of the League. We do not speak for the League, we observe on behalf of the League. The elected and appointed officials we watch know we’re there.
Read the 2024 Q2 Report here!
Committee Chair: Teri Lane
Chair Emeritus: Donna Hoch
Editor: Jo Holt | A Call to Action
Learn to Lead
Our new year has not started off well with violent attacks committed in the service of political radicalism leading the news. The narrative over the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the capitol has been whitewashed for political purposes.And the death of former President Jimmy Carter triggered partisan reactions over lowering the flag to honor his decades of service.
Want to read more? Click here!
The academy will cover the mechanics, philosophy, and emotions necessary to lead in a volunteer organization. Our goal is to have a collaborative cohort that brings experience to the classes, giving us all the opportunity to learn together.
The first cohort is forming now, but there are still a few slots left, including one just for YOU! So, now that we have fixed the registration site, sign up here!
Take care and stay safe.
| We Want Your Blood
A Poke and a Sting to Save a Life
Calling for All Selfies
Two agencies collect blood in Kansas City, the American Red Cross and the Community Blood Centers. Please consider providing this gift of life as one of your community service projects. The websites are listed below.
American Red Cross may be found here!
Community Blood Centers may be found here!
| Suggestion Box
(It's Actually Working...Just Ask Anne)
Ok...it's actually a form, but it is a form for suggestions with boxes to fill out
Do you have an idea for a future meeting topic or guest speaker? How about a great design for a get-out-the-vote poster? Or maybe you’ve been wanting to present a PowerPoint on redistricting.
Now’s your chance!
Put a suggestion in our suggestion box and you just might have the next great idea that we will share with the state and national organizations. Then, you will be famous.
It all starts by filling out the form and submitting it to our suggestion box here! | To volunteer, join a committee, register for a special event, or view the Member Roster, please log in to your member account on our League website lwvkc.org:
- Click on "Member Login" in the upper right corner of the website lwvkc.org. The "Login" page will appear.
- Enter your User Name and Password. If you are on a device you own, check the box "Remember me on this computer" so it will remember your User Name and Password for next time. Click the "Login" button.
- Or, if you forgot your Username or Password, click the "Forgot my Username / Password" button on the "Login" page. The "Forgot Username/Password" box will appear.
- Enter your email address and first name and click the "OK" button.Your Username and a temporary Password will be emailed to you. Be sure to use the email address you provided to the League!
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