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Local Program Planning
March 16 10:30 am
LWVTV members will be doing two things:
- review our 6 local positions (click here to see our local positions)
- discuss our chapter's activities for our next year.
The League of Women Voters describes itself as a grassroots organization, so it depends on input from its members. Which of our activities are important for us to take forward? Which ones could be dropped? What are activities that should be engaged in that we haven't?
This will be held using Zoom
LWVTV Board Meeting
Apr. 10, 2024 6:00 pm
Board Meetings are open and generally held using Zoom. Please email us for a Zoom invitation if you would like to attend. We meet monthly on the second Wednesday.
LWV of Alaska Convention
April 27 - 28
The State League Convention will be held on Saturday, April 27, and the business meeting will be on Sunday, April 28. The Central Kenai Peninsula LWV will be hosting the Convention.
Once again, we will be having a hybrid convention. On Saturday, each league member will be able to meet in person, with their league, or via Zoom. We will have speakers, presentations, and a democracy café discussion. On Sunday, we will be conducting the business portion of the Convention via Zoom only.
Click here for more information.
Book Group
August 2023 - July 2024
Next Book Group Meeting - April 13
Date: Second Saturday of Every Month EXCEPT August and December
Location: Raven Landing, Bldg. 2 - Common Room
(Location may change back to the Noel Wien Public Library once the library has reopened after current renovation is completed.)
Contact: Sue Keller suekeller06@gmail.com
Please contact Sue Keller to verify time.
2023
- AUG - No Meeting
- SEPT - The Train to Chyrstal City by Jan Jarboe Russell
- OCT - Profiles in Ignorance: How American Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz
- NOV - The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
- DEC - No Meeting
2024
- JAN - The Women They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
- FEB - Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Meyer
- MAR - Eisenhower: The White House Years by Jim Newton
- APR - Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
- MAY - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling AND Let American Be America Again by Langston Hughes
- JUNE - Select Books
- JULY - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Cans, Bans & Fans (of the LWV)
November 11, 2023 1:00 - 3:00 PM
IBEW @ 2000 Airport Way
Members and friends gathered at the IBEW multipurpose room for great food, conversation, and a banned book quiz and trivia fun. Fall decorations, a baked potato bar with fixings, and a host of potluck appetizers, salads, and desserts made for a special afternoon with our friends and fans of League. Special thanks to Phyllis Darrah and Diane Lyon for all the prep work, gathering books, activities, and organization.
KUAC Fall Fundraiser Phone Bank
October 22, 2023
LWVTV has a close connection with KUAC as we sponsor the broadcast of the Borough Assembly meetings and they cosponsor our candidate forums and some of our Hot Topic events. We had a full house of volunteers for the Fall Fundraiser event. It was a fun and easy way to spend a couple of hours with other League members for a good cause.
Citizenship Celebration
October 20, 2023
LWVTV has a long-standing tradition of signing up newly naturalized U.S. citizens. For years we did this at the official national Immigration Service ceremony in Fairbanks.
Beginning with the pandemic and with continued federal budget constraints, the Immigration Service no longer conducts naturalization ceremonies in Fairbanks.
To fill the gap for the last three years, the Literacy Council has scheduled a citizenship celebration for newly naturalized Fairbanks residents. These are smaller but no less meaningful occasions. The Literacy Council invites us each year to offer the new citizens an opportunity to register to vote,
Municipal Elections
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Visit the FNSB Clerk's Office Election Information website for information
MUNICIPAL CANDIDATE FORUM
FNSB Assembly / FNSB School Board
Friday, SEPT. 22 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
In-person at FNSB Assembly Chambers.
Broadcast live on KUAC-FM 89.9
CLICK HERE to listen to a RECORDING of the FORUM.
Brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Tanana Valley, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and KUAC-FM 89.9. Thanks to the FNSB for room and technical support.
LWVTV Registers Young Voters at West Valley HS
September 21, 2023
Several LWVTV members were on hand at West Valley High School on the day that students held their candidate forum featuring FNSB School District School Board candidates. This is a nice opportunity to meet young people who are dipping their toes into civic engagement and support Vote Local.
LWVTV Helps with FEA and ESSA Tallies
August 31 & September 9, 2023
LWVTV members supported the Fairbanks Education Association and the Education Support Staff Association with their recent contract ratification tallies. Members were on hand to count ballots and provide nonpartisan support for the Associations' votes.
LWVTV On-Hand to Register Voters at Teacher Professional Development Days
Aug. 11 & Sept. 1, 2023
New registrations, changing addresses, upcoming election day information, Division of Elections info - LWVTV members provided current and new educators with what they need to keep voting.
First Summer Social
Sunday, July 23, 1:00 - 4:00 PM 2023
The grill was hot, the side dishes were delicious, the weather was great, and there were no mosquitoes. About a third of our membership showed up to socialize and just have fun. It was great!! Thanks to Mary and Ramon Galvan for spearheading this event. If you missed it this year, don't miss it next year. We even got a new member!
GOLDEN DAYS STREET FAIR
JULY 15, 2023
A Fairbanks tradition since 1952, we jumped in to host an informational tent with all-things-voting. We want to support our community and showcase the League's nonpartisan support of our democracy at all levels. LWVTV volunteers staffed the tent from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and shared information all day.
MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL
June 22, 2023
Downtown Fairbanks
About 30,000 folks enjoy the Midnight Sun Festival and LWVTV was there, too. It was our first time hosting a tent at this event and we got a lot of traffic with our info on registering to vote, help changing addresses, how ranked choice voting works and dates on upcoming elections.
Juneteenth Freedom Day
Saturday, June 17, 12:00 to 4:00 PM
Allridge Park
A gorgeous day celebrating Juneteenth. Members Shari George, Bernardo Hernandez, Ellen Mannion and Linda Witt were there enjoying the community support, music, food and fun. We talked to participants, registered voters and provided information on running for office and voting in Alaska.
LWVTV Annual Meeting
May 20, 2023
We held our Annual Meeting at the IBEW Meeting Room and on Zoom. We reviewed our local positions, updated bylaws, set priorities for the coming year, adopted a budget and elected officers for the new year. We were also treated to a fascinating and humerous presentation by James Brooks of the Alaska Beacon.
LWVAK Annual Convention
April 22-23, 2023
The Convention was held in-person at sites in each local area and online. We heard from Dr. Turner (LWVUS), Leah Edwards (AK's liaison to LWVUS), Anton McParland (Mary Pertola staff member), and Sen. Murkowski. We hosted a panel on overcoming obstacles for voting in Alaska.
During the business sessions, the group retained all current Alaska positions, but voted to revise/update campaign finance, election processes and energy.
We adopted a state study on civics education and endorsed a study on gun safety. LWVAK's emphasis areas are: election policy and procedures, ranked choice voting, reproductive rights, gun safety and judicial selection and retention.
We updated bylaws, adopted per member payment and the proposed 2023-24 budget. Officers for the coming year were elected.
Hot Topics Forum: Mining in Our Backyard
March 3, 2023
Schaible Aud. UAF and broadcast live by KUAC-FM 89.9
Fairbanks has long been a mining center of the Interior from the days of the original gold panners to our large-scale modern, mechanized operations. What is the impact of mining on our local economy and our daily lives? Join us for a discussion of the role of modern mining exploration and operations in our borough.
Speakers included representatives from the Alaska Mining Association, the Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Department, Save Our Domes, and Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways.
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Tanana Valley, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and KUAC-FM.
2023 LWV Program Planning and Annual Meetings
LWVTV Program Planning
January 13 & February 8, 2023
Program Planning recommendations to the LWV of Alaska for 2023 - 24 were decided during the January gathering and forwarded to the LWVAK. In February we focused on priorities for the Tanana Valley local League that would be discussed and voted on at the LWVTV Annual Meeting in May.
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