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Date & Time & Description All are held on Zoom, unless otherwise noted. Zoom info will be sent with SignUp Genius confirmation.
The LWV-PWFA has set meetings; use SignUp Genius to register for all of them:
• Board Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month
• General Membership Meetings: 3 per year plus an Annual Meeting
• Sips and Civility Meetings: Quarterly
• Book Discussion Meetings: January, April, July, October
All of the meetings listed below that are in BOLD need to be registered with SignUp Genius.
CALENDAR
May 21 LWV-PWFA Biennium Luncheon Meeting, 2:00 – 4:00
Manassas Park Community Center, Manassas Park, VA, Room 5
Topic: Tea, Dessert, and Speaker: Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn
Register here
June 3-4 LWV-VA Convention, Williamsburg, VA
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The 2023 Women’s Legislative Roundtable Schedule is listed below:
Week 1 – Hybrid: January 11
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Remove witness requirement for absentee ballot envelopes
Funding of elections (including amending or repealing Zucker Buck bill passed in 2022 session, SB80 & HB205)
Week 2 – Hybrid: January 18
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Push for campaign finance reform
Right to marry amendment
Week 3 – League Day (Not Hybrid) January 25
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Support restoration of voting rights for returning citizens
Protecting reproductive rights
Week 4 – Hybrid: February 1
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Support funding of public education and now diverting funds to private education
Protecting RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative)
Week 5 – Hybrid: February 8
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Support RCV (Ranked Choice Voting)
GVP (Ghost guns, secure storage, GVP Center)
2023 Pre-Session and WLRT schedules Dec. 7 Pre-Session Schedule and the WLRT weekly schedule, printable.
RECURRING:
“Get Dangerously Savvy About the Draft 2040 Comp Plan – Land Use, Housing, and Mobility Chapters.”
Are you interested in Land Use, Transportation or Data Centers, but don’t know how they are decided on? Are you frustrated by the lack of input that you have? Do you feel that decisions are made are made without citizen input and that you only find out about them after everything is decided?
This Civics 101 Presentation is from our League Member Charlie Grymes. He will fill you in on the process of developing land use decisions, in a strategic plan or a comprehensive plan, and how the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission work together to accomplish their goals. This is for you, whether you live in Prince William or Fauquier. We will be having a series of workshops beginning in September, every Wednesday morning, from 10 – 11. Please register using SignUp Genius. There is a link to the previous webinar on SignUp Genius, if you would like to “catch up” on what we are talking about.
Black Lives Matter (BLM) Warrenton Vigil
Saturdays, 10:00 – 10:45, Warrenton Court House
The vigil continues, and with the end of restrictions limiting participants, it is open to all. The League is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and also to full and open citizen participation through voter registration and education.
Many meetings are now being held in-person, outside. None of these at this time are scheduled as indoor meetings. Use SignUp Genius to register for our meetings and you will be given up-to-date information as to the time and place. If they are Zoom meetings, registration confirmation will include Zoom information.
February 9 GAINESVILLE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION CANDIDATES’ FORUM, 6:30
Battlefield High SchoolFor more information, and how to send in Questions, click here
January 15 Book Banning and Censorship, Webinar Series, 2:00-4:00 Zoom
Speaker, Lisa Varga, Director of the Virginia Library Association.
To see the Speaker’s presentation, click here.
February 19 LWV-VA State Issue Studies, 1:00-5:00 Zoom
(Speakers: Issue Study Representatives)
• 1:00-2:00 Money in Politics, Janet Boyd
• 2:00-3:00 Environmental Justice, Carolyn Caywood
• 3:00-4:00 Education Equity – Beth Obenshain
• 4:00-5:00 Child Care – TBD
For more information and links to presentations and consensus questions, click here.
March 19 Sips and Civility IN PERSON event, 2:00-4:00
Speakers, Venue, TBD
April 16 2:00-4:00 What’s Going on Around Here, and How Can We Find Out?
PWC 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan – Webinar Series, 2:00-4:00 Zoom
Speaker, Charlie Grymes, Chair of LWV-PWFA Land Use Committee
Everyone in the community is invited to learn how our land use policies have grown and changed over the years and what we can do about it. To download the flyer, click here April 16 Invitation to Land Use Meeting LWV-PWFA
2022
January
January 1 New Year’s Day
January Virginia Legislative Session convenes, WLRT online, every Wed. (see below)
January 16 Presentation and general meeting. 2:00 – 4:00 Guest Speaker: LWV-VA Advocacy Director, Denise Harrington. Focus on Advocacy
January 17 Martin Luther King Day, MLK Oratorical Competition and Program, 11:00 AM
January 18 LWV-PWFA Board of Directors 7:00-8:30, Zoom Virtual Meeting
January 26 LWV-VA League Day
NOTE: For information on WLRT and the League Day, click here.
February
February Heart Awareness Month
February 15 LWV-PWFA Board of Directors 7:00-8:30, Zoom Virtual Meeting
February 20 LWV-PWFA Webinar, Inside Out – Know Your County, 2:00-4:00, Zoom Virtual Meeting
Prince William Plastic Recycling and Disposal Challenges
February 21 President’s Day
March
March National Women’s History Month
March 8 International Women’s Day
March 15 LWV-PWFA Board of Directors 7:00-8:30, Zoom Virtual Meeting
March 20 Sips and Civility, 3:30-5:00, In Person at City Tavern, Manassas
Voter Registration Review – Do’s and Don’ts
March 31 Data Centers in PWC, 7:00-9:00, Zoom Virtual Meeting, presented by PWC C100
April
April 3 Inside Inside Out – Know Your County Webinar Series, 2:00-4:00 Zoom Event, The Cost of Prescription Drugs and AARP Advocacy
April 4 Book Discussion, 11:30 – 1 P.M. Mastering Civility, Christine Porath, Juke Box Diner, 86637 Sudley Road, Manassas, 20220
April 12 Ramadan begins (ends May 2nd)
April 15 – 16 Passover
April 17 Easter
April 19 LWV-PWFA Board of Directors 7:00-8:30, Zoom Virtual Meeting
April 22 Earth Day
April 22 Deadline for May Newsletter
Voter Registration Events
May
May 2 Newsletter Out
May 8 Mothers’ Day
May 15 Annual Meeting and presentation
May 30 Memorial Day
Voter Registration Events
June
June 4 LWV-VA Council: See Message from State VP HERE. register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/league-of-women-voters-of-virginia-2022-council-tickets-244549713777
August
Sips and Civility at the Montclair Library In Person!
August 25, 2022 2:30 – 5:00
September
Kickoff Meeting – General Membership Meeting (Zoom)
September 18, 2:00 – 4:00
Opportunities for Voter Registration in September (contact Carol Noggle for more information)
Manassas Hispanic Heritage Festival
September (TBD) 2022, 9:00-5:00
Manassas Latino Festival
September 24,2022, 11:00-5:00
National Voter Registration Day
September 20, 2022 – 12 PWC Libraries
Occoquan Arts and Crafts Show
September 24-25, 2022, 10:00-5:00
Old Town Warrenton Spring into Fall Festival
September (TBD) 2022, 9:00-4:00 pm
Stonebridge Chili Cookoff and Fall Festival
September 10 2022, 11:00– 6:00
October
October 5, Debate Forum, CD 10
In person at Manassas Park Community Center, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
October 18, LWV-PWFA Board of Directors 7:00-8:30, Zoom Virtual Meeting
Opportunities for Voter Registration in October (contact Carol Noggle for more information)
Manassas Fall Jubilee
October 8, 2022, 10:00-5:00
PWCS New Employee Event
October 8, 2022, Gainesville High School
Fauquier Harvest Fall Festival
October 9- 12, 2022, 11:00-9:00
Haymarket Day
October 15, 2022, 10:00-4:00
November
November 8 VOTE!!!
November 13, LWV-PWFA General Meeting Bull Run Library,
Community Room A, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
This will be a hybrid meeting – in-person and on zoom. Details to follow.
Dec. 7, 8:30 – 2:30 LWV-VA Pre-Session
The December Pre-Session on December 7 is a quick look by the LWV-VA into what is happening in Virginia right now and what different organizations are asking for in legislation. It runs from 9:00 – 2:30.
The schedule is listed below. You do not have to attend all sessions, only the ones that are of interest to you. Register here.
To download the printable schedule for the December 7 Pre-session and the WLRT, click here 2023 Pre-Session and WLRT schedules.
2023
January 15 Book Banning and Censorship, Webinar Series, 2:00-4:00 Zoom
Speaker, Lisa Varga, Director of the Virginia Library Association.
To see the Speaker’s presentation, click here.