Your Weekly Denver League Update | Program Planning Survey
Please use this link to take a survey regarding your priorities and preferences for the 2022/23 briefings. We would love to hear from every member to ensure we are meeting your needs to be an informed citizen. Please respond by Friday, May 27 so that your responses are included.
This survey is for members only, so you will be taken to a place to log in. If you have trouble, logging in, let Andrea Mitchell know and she will fix you up.
Barbara Allen Ford, Program Co-Chair | Highlights from the Annual Business Meeting
Thirty-four members attended the Annual Meeting on May 14. See below for recordings, slide deck, and booklet. Highlights:
2022-2023 Board of Directors Elected for a Two-Year Term:
Co-Director of Program: Sue Stark
Co-Director of Communications: Frank Bennett
Treasurer: Bobbie Heisterkamp
Co-Chair Voter Service: Anne Duncan
Membership: Mary Giammari
Unit Organization: Terry Cookro
Development Chair: open
Technology Coordinator: Andrea Mitchell
Member at Large: Marge Fisch
Member at Large: Chris Humprhies
Members Continuing to the Second Year of their Terms:
Director of Organization: Pam Hovik
Co-Director of Program: Barbara Allen Ford
Co-Director of Communications: Elsie Haley
Secretary: Marty Sloven
Co-Chair Voter Service: Jeanette Scotland
Voter Editor: Pearlanne Zelarney
Annual Award Winners
Marty Sloven Mother Lode Award
Kathy Yates & Elsie Haley
JEDI Award
(Justice, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion)
Otavaia Davis & Lilah Connelly
Shirley Weaver Suffragist Award
Carolyn Engleken
| 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 | | Legislative Wrap-up 2022
May 24, 2022 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Andrea Wilkins will be presenting the 2022 Legislative Wrap-up on Tuesday, May 24. You must register on the LWV Colorado web site to attend. Don't miss this opportunity to get the final details on the successes and challenges of this year's legislative session. Register HERE or go to www.lwvcolorado.org and find the event on the event calendar.
Barbara Allen Ford, Program Co-chair | | | 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 Marge Fisch 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:
and
Beth Hendrix, LWVCO Executive Director
| Passing
Barbara Ann Ford, long-time LWV member and Cherrington Unit member, died May 15, 2022. There will be additional information in June.
| Information from Previous Events | Annual Meeting - Saturday, May 14, 2022, 9:00 AM -11:30 AM
| 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
| 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.
At right is a photo of the renovation at Montview Presbyterian! We expect to be back in our office soon.
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