Weekly Update
League of Women Voters of Denver
2023
February 2. 2023
| In this issue.....
- Kali Fajardo-Anstine Book Signing
- Upcoming Briefings
- Public Safety
- Voter Service Update
- Unit Meetings
- Help Wanted
- Tech Update
- Member Lookup
- Calendar Event
- Office Hours
| | | Conversation and Book Signing with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Saturday February 18, 2023 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Montview Presbyterian Church Heritage Room (Library)
1980 Dahlia Street Denver CO 80220 |  | Kali Fajardo-Anstine is the nationally bestselling author of the novel Woman of Light (One World, 2022) and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina & Corina (One World, 2019). Her work has been nominated for the National Book Award, the PEN/Bingham Prize, the Clark Prize, the Story Prize, the Saroyan International Prize, and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Fajardo-Anstine is the winner of a 2020 American Book Award and is the 2021 recipient of the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is the 2022 - 2024 Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University.
Kali is well known to the LWV Denver community as she served as our office manager while she was writing her first book. This isn't just a book signing -- Kali is an entertaining and engaging speaker. You will walk away with a new understanding of the indiginous Chicano culture.
Tickets are $60 in advance, $70 at the door. Students $25. Kali's books will be available for purchase and author signing.
| Denver's Preschool Program, February 21, 2023, 5:30 - 7:00 PM via Zoom | | In 2006, LWVDenver endorsed a ballot issue that would, with a .15% increase in city sales tax, create the Denver Preschool Program. League positions have always supported a quality and equitable public school system, pre-K-12. The proposal only seemed to make sense—an investment in quality care and education for Denver four year olds. DPP not only provides tuition credits for families, based on a sliding income scale, but also works with preschools to improve and ensure quality programming.
On Tuesday, February 21, Elsa Holguín, president and CEO of Denver Preschool Program (DPP), will be the presenter at the LWVDenver briefing at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom. She will present an update on the continuing development and success of the program. Plan to attend this briefing and invite your friends and family with preschool aged children.
The Communication Team thanks Shirly White for creating the poster for this briefing.
| | | March Briefing
The March 21 Briefing will give you an update on the activities of Colorado's abortion rights organizations, including Cobalt https://cobaltadvocates.org/and Colorado Organization For Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR). The briefing will include plans for any legislation begin planned for the Colorado Legislature.
This will be a REGISTRATION ONLY event so please watch our website and update for registration information.
Sue Stark, Co-Chair, Program | Voter Service Committee
Minutes from the Denver Voter Service Committee are available HERE Highlights include discussions and planning for:
- Municipal Election Debates - Denver Decides and District 4:
- Confined Voting:
- Speakers Bureau:
- Pros and Cons:
- Vote411:
- Partnerships with AKA and Delta Sigma Theta:
- Next Meeting: Monday, February 20, 4:30pm
Jeanette Scotland, Voter Service Co-Chair
| Update on Mayoral Candidates from Denverite
Seventeen candidates have qualified for the Denver Mayoral election ballot. They are Leslie Herod, Kelly Brough, Debbie Ortega, Lisa Calderón, Andy Rougeot, Thomas Tafoya, Thomas Wolf, Trinidad Rodriguez, Mike Johnston, Kwame Spearman, Terrance Roberts, Aurelio Martinez, Chris Hansen, Al Gardner, James Walsh, Robert Treta, Renate Behrens. Kyle Harris and his colleagues at Denverite have brief bios of them HERE.
Jeanette Scotland, Voter Service | US Census American Housing Survey
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for field representatives to help collect data for the American Housing Survey (AHS). The AHS is the most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States. They are currently recruiting field representatives for the American Housing Survey and need your help. The AHS is one of 130 current surveys the Census Bureau conducts on an ongoing basis. The survey has been the most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States since its start in 1973. The AHS is being conducted in your county this year. Hiring is underway through March; training would run from March through April and data collection would run from May through September.
| LWV Denver Public Safety Committee | Recent events illustrate vividly that the work of the LWV Denver Public Safety Committee is still very important. The Committee will continue to evaluate the public safety environment in Denver and is working on an update of local program positions on policing and public safety. For more informaiton, contact Barbara Ford. Barbara Allen Ford, | Unit meetings are an opportunity for our members to discuss issues in a small group setting. Some units are meeting via zoom and some are meeting live at members' homes.
- Cherrington Unit - will meet 1:00-3:00 Thursday, February 23 following the briefing on the Preschool Program. Location TBD. Please contact Unit Leader is Peg Oldham 720-220-3988.
- Observatory Unit – Meets the 4 th Tuesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. Unit Leader is Jeanette Scotland 303-479-4368.
- Cheesman Unit meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Unit Leader is Bobbie Heisterkamp 303-333-6818.
- Highland/Woodbury Unit meets the 3rd Wednesday. Unit Leader is Sally Augden 303-455-5800.
Please get in touch with one of our unit leaders if you want more details.
Terry Cookro, Unit Coordinator
| Office Hours
Office Hours are at Montview Presbyterian from 9:00 to 1:00 Monday - Thursday. Hours may vary. Please call to be sure that someone is in the office before you come. Phone 303-321-7571 or write info@lwvdenver.org.
Elsie Haley for Organization | | | |