Your Weekly Denver League Update | The mid-season bulbs are blooming!
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Ways to Order
1. NEW THIS YEAR -- Please click HERE to see our automated storefront where either members or non-members can purchase bulbs using a credit card or PayPal. This site works just like any other catalog website. You can also make donations to Beautify Denver or LWV Denver using the automated storefront.
2. You can download and print the Bulb Sale Order Form and Bulb Photos, fill out the form and mail it (as you did last year).
Bulb Sale Order Form 2022
Bulb Photos 2022
Please mail the form and check for the total amount to:
League of Women Voters of Denver
1980 Dahlia Street
Denver, CO 80220
3. If you would like a packet with bulb photos, order forms, and instructions that you can distribute, please contact Marty Sloven. A limited number of packets are available.
All orders are due June 10, 2022
Marty Sloven, Chair, Bulb Sale | LWV Colorado
Annual Meeting 2022 - Final Call
Friday, May 20, 2022: 4:00PM-8:00PM
Saturday, May 21, 2022: 9:00 AM - NOON
go to www.LWVColorado.org to register
| | | LWVUS National Convention in Denver June 23-26
Greetings League members. You are formally invited to the 55th League of Women Voters National Convention.
This year, our Convention will be a fully hybrid experience, with both combined and unique experiences for in-person and virtual attendees. All information related to Convention, including registration and hotel bookings, can be found at https://www.lwv.org/manage-your-league/council-convention.
League members are invited to attend Convention as voting delegates or as observers. Check out the registration tab at https://www.lwv.org/manage-your-league/council-convention to learn more. Registration is open until June 6.
Convention is a League experience unlike any other, where League members come together to network, learn, and chart the course for the next biennium. We hope you will join us in Denver or online in June! Please contact Pam Hovik if you can house delegates or would like to volunteer.
Marge Fisch, Organization
| LWVCO Housing Task Force
LWVCO has initiated a new statewide Housing Task Force. Join the LWVCO Housing Committee Discussion Forum at:
Read about some of the statewide housing legislation at:
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Beth Hendrix, LWVCO Executive Director
| Betsy Kester Memorial Service
Date/Time: May 13, 2022 @ 1pm.
Location: University Park United Methodist Church
Joan Friend, Membership Chair
| Sad news: Barbara Ann Ford, Cherrington member, is in hospice care. Please contact Peg Oldham for additional information. | Program Briefing - Denver Police Department Representatives
Tuesday, April 19
Go HERE to see a recording of the briefing
Commander Kimberly Bowser and Lt. Michele Folmar of the Denver Police Department (DPD) presented information on the priorities and goals of the Denver Police Department. Kathy Yates has received answers to a few questions that we didn't have time to pose on our April 19 briefing call. To see the questions and the responses from the DPD, please go to:
Barbara Allen Ford, Director, Program
| Information from Previous Events | Program Briefing
Denver's Nationally Recognized STAR and Co-Responder Programs
April 5, 2022
Denver has been nationally recognized for innovations in behavioral health that boost the effectiveness of community policing in Denver with the addition of public health strategies. Chris Richardson, LCSW, Mental Health Center of Denver, and Carleigh Sailon, LCSW, were instrumental in the design, development, and management of the Co-responder and STAR programs in Denver. A recording of the meeting can be seen HERE
Barbara Ford, Program Chair
| Program Briefing -- Health and Employment Issues
for Non-binary And Transgender People
March 15, 2022
If you had trouble accessing the meeting on March 15, the slide deck for this very informative presentation can be viewed HERE. Ariel DeFazio and Marvyn Allen provided In-depth information on Colorado and Federal statutes that affect trans and non-binary people. A recording of the briefing is available https://youtu.be/qmFf07h0ZcY
Elsie Haley, Chair, Non-binary task force | January 18 Program Briefing - Access to Reproductive Healthcare
Please view the slides prepared by Karen Middleton, President, Cobalt. A YouTube Video is available now.
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| Office Hours
Monday through Thursday 10:00 to 2:00 p.m.
| Office Update
Fran Coleman is recovering from knee replacement surgery. The office duties are being shared by members of the executive committee in her absence for a few weeks following surgery.
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