This Week with the League
This Week with the League, December 2-8, 2019.
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving. The Holidays are upon us in full force. These next weeks promise to be busy for everyone, including the League. Tuesday, December 3, 2019 the Health Committee meets: 5:00 PM at Meg’s on Alpine Thursday, December 5, 2019 Voter Services Committee Meets:9:30 AM at Mary’s Market at 4431 East State Street Friday, December 6, 2019 the LWVGR and […]
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Local League Platforms
Opinions & Editorials
Security
No Armed Resource Personnel in Schools-Illinois Association of School Boards’ Vote Fails
School boards across Illinois voted down a resolution that would have put their support behind efforts to allow school districts to have trained and armed teachers and staff.
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Immigration
Public Events
Benefit For Asylum Seekers At The Border, Dec. 6, 6pm, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Rockford
Linda Zuba has been to the southern border five times helping adults and children fleeing for their lives to avail themselves of our asylum laws. She will give a detailed report at this fundraiser.
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Immigration
National League Platforms
Fixing Our Democracy is Key to Immigration Reform
They came to our country as children and have pledged and demonstrated allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. They are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA has thrown the lives and futures of the DREAMers and their families into chaos. For many DACA recipients, the United States is the only home they have ever known.
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NRA Shill, Dana Loesch, smears groups Moms Demand Action and League of Women Voters for Opposing Armed School Guards.
Misuses the term, “Carpetbaggers,” is in need of dictionary.
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Local League Platforms
Opinions & Editorials
State League Platforms
No Armed School Security Guards
The LWVIL urges members of the community to contact your local School Board and urge a “no” vote on resolutions #1 and #3 at the IASB Conference in November.
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Archive
How will Climate Change affect Rockford‘s water system? Find out at a Monday, Dec. 2, 1pm public meeting at N. Suburban Library.
Presenters:
Nadine Miller & Jamie Rott
Rockford Water Dep’t.
Archive
This Week With The League November 11-18, 2019
chool Board Meetings. Please try to attend your local School Board meeting and ask them to vote against arming school personnel, Resolutions 1 and 3 at the Annual IASB Convention.
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Archive
Security
Free Showing of “The Great Hack” at League Public Event.
The Netflix Original Documentary concerns the monetization and use of your personal data and why you should care.
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