We are happy to announce that we have secured the Urban Ecology Center (UEC) in Riverside Park for most of our 2024-25 meetings!

  

August 23 – Happy Hour in the Suite to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment. The United States Congress approved a women's suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution and three-fourths of the states ratified it. On August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby officially certified the 19th Amendment with his signature and the seal of the United States. Meeting at the Astor Suite from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 

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September 14 – Peggy Creer will introduce the film "Most Dangerous Women," directed and produced by League of Women Voters member Janet Fitch, who passed away in December. This award-winning film is 33 minutes and is an inspiring, moving film about women who are deemed "dangerous" because they speak up and speak out -- and the dangerous women inside of all of us. The League has done presentations of this film at a few public events, and it is always enthusiastically received and a good spark for discussion about women's representation in the halls of power and the difference that makes for all of us. We will meet at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11 am to 2:00 pm.  

  

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October 5 – NCWSSL presentation by our very own Yajayra Ayala and an early recognition of the Day of the Girl Child which is October 11th. The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated annually on October 11 to recognize the rights of girls and the challenges they face globally. The day's goals are to highlight and address the needs of girls, promote their empowerment and ensure their human rights are fulfilled. Meeting at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

  

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November 2 - Big-Money in Politics - A Continued Threat to Women's Economic Equity, and Much More George Penn; a member of Wisconsin United to Amend a non-partisan organization focused on overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court decision by passing a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics. 176 Wisconsin communities have passed resolutions in support of their amendment - at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

  

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December 7 – Annual Holiday Celebration and Silent Auction to benefit the Cathedral Center – at the Woman's Club of Wisconsin from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm 

  

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January 11 – Volunteer at the Gathering, preparing and serving meals to those without. Meeting at the Gathering's Running Rebels site from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ​

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February 1 – Black History Month kick-off with Judge Derek Mosely presenting – What they didn’t teach you in school about black history. Meeting at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

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March 8 – This is International Women’s Day -- It began in New York City on March 8, 1857, when female textile workers marched in protest of unfair working conditions and unequal rights for women. It was one of the first organized strikes by working women, during which they called for a shorter workday and decent wages – Meeting at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

  

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April 5 – Interactive presentation from the Water Institute on the sustainability of water.  Meeting at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

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April 25 & 26 – AAUW WI State Convention in La Crosse – Meeting at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Convention Center in La Crosse/Onalaska. Details available soon on the State website.

  

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May 3 - (tentative) – Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women speaker – May 5 is the National Day for MMIW. The first proclamation declaring May 5 MMIP Day was issued in 2017. The date of May 5 was selected after the Montana congressional delegation persuaded the U.S. Senate to pass a resolution declaring the national day of awareness to honor the birthday of Hanna Harris, a 21-year-old member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe who went missing on July 4, 2013. Meeting at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

 

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 June 7 or 14 - Annual River and Harbor Cruise – Meeting at the Edelweiss Cruises and Boat Tours dock. Stay tuned for more information….