Category: Neighboring League Events

More info on the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions

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  • Ballot Question 1 Forum (hosted by LWVMA on October 8, 2024 at 7PM, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Questions 1-5 Informational Session (hosted by LWV Concord-Carlisle on October 4, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Question 2 Forum (hosted by LWV Newton and co-sponsors LWV Boston, LWV Brookline, LWV Harvard, LWV Needham, LWV Waltham, LWV Wellesley, LWV Weston, and LWVMA on October 7, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Question 5 Informational Forum (hosted by LWV Needham on October 9, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Questions 1-6 Forum (hosted by LWV Williamstown on October 16, 2024, recording HERE) 

Upcoming 2024 Informational Ballot Question Forums

  • Ballot Questions 1-5 Informational Forum (to be hosted by LWV Norwood on October 23, 2024 at 7 PM at the Morrill Memorial Library, details HERE)

Watch Governor’s Council (District 3) Forum Online!

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NewTV (Newton TV) and the League of Women Voters of the Acton area, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boston-Cambridge, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Harvard, Lexington, Newton, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston co-sponsored a forum with the candidates for the Governor’s Council 3rd District.  This candidates forum was recorded by NewTV and is available here: Ward 3 Governor’s Council Forum.

The LWV solicited questions from residents about the issues and questions they believed were important to ask the candidates.  Questions were appropriate for all candidates for the specific office and were concise in their one to two sentence length.  While the moderator was not able to ask every question as written, she did try to cover all the topics recommended by the public in the time allocated for the forum.  

This forum was a collaboration between NewTV and all the local Leagues of Women Voters of the Governor’s Council 3rd District .  For more information, please email GCd3questions@gmail.com 

“Discover our Universal Humanity” Virtual Event (LWVCC), June 27 from 7 to 9 pm

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Our sister League for Concord-Carlisle will be holding “Discover Our Universal Humanity”, an evening with improv group Bright Invention on Sunday June 27, from 7 – 9 pm. The DEI Committee for LWVCC has been working with Bright Invention to develop scenarios that the improv actors will act out to highlight challenges to diversity that exist in our community. While the actors role-play, the audience will have the opportunity to suggest improvements for the actors to change their demeanor or their lines. Then Bright Invention actors will improvise on the spot, trying the scene again, incorporating our suggestions. What a powerful thing, to see and hear how we can reframe how we welcome people with diverse backgrounds. Click for registration (required).

Massachusetts Forests are Essential for Meeting Our Climate Goals: Are They up to the Task? on Monday, June 7, 7:30 pm

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Monday, June 7, 2021 at 7:30 PM, Dr. William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus of International Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University and Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, will speak on “Massachusetts Forests are Essential for Meeting Our Climate Goals: Are They up to the Task?”. There will be time for questions after Dr. Moomaw’s presentation.

After addressing stratospheric ozone depletion as a staff scientist for the U.S. Senate, Dr. Moomaw began working on climate change in 1988 as the first director of the climate program at World Resources Institute in Washington DC. He has been a lead author of five Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports. The IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize for its climate work in 2007. He is currently identifying natural climate solutions that increase accumulation of carbon in forests, wetlands, and soils to more rapidly meet climate goals. Dr. Moomaw is a co-author of a recent paper declaring a Climate Emergency that has been endorsed by over 13,000 scientists.

This event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters Lexington, and is open to the public at no charge, however registration is required at http://www.lwvlexington.org.  Please note:  This event will follow the LWV Lexington Annual Meeting, which begins at 7PM.   After a brief meeting, then a short recess, Dr. Moomaw will speak at 7:30PM.  Further questions? contact the League convener Margaret Coppe at mecoppe@gmail.com.