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League 2020

2020 is going to be a big year! Maybe that’s an understatement! Activists! Check your calendar! Be sure to check our calendar, too.

Saturday, Jan. 18. The Fourth Annual Global Women’s March!

Tuesday, Jan. 21. Learn about Ranked Choice Voting at our local League meeting on the 21st. Should Oregon go that way? Attend this public meeting. We’ll discuss it there. League members will also discuss program planning after the Rank Choice voting session.

Tuesday, Feb. 3 – Mar. 7. The Oregon Legislative Session.
Legislative Session is the period of time in which the Legislative Assembly is convened for purpose of lawmaking. Regular sessions convene each January and may last 160 days in odd-numbered years and 35 days in even-numbered years. 

Oregon’s Capitol in Salem.

Friday, Feb. 14. The League is conducting a Day of Action. See what unfolds. This day is also the day one hundred years ago that the League of Women Voters of the United States was born! Also, this day just happens to be the State of Oregon’s first day as a state in 1859. Oregon became the 33rd state of the U.S.

Tuesday, Feb. 18. The League’s Day at the Legislature at the Salem Capitol. Keep an eye on this opportunity. More info will come out soon. Carpooling may be available.

Think about joining or supporting your local League in some way. We needs you! For more information, email us at lwvuv.info@gmail.com.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Everyone!

Your local League of the Umpqua Valley wishes you a great New Year and end of 2019!

We hope you had a good 2019, and that 2020 will be even better. We have lots to look forward to. The voter will be challenged to make numerous decisions. We hope to help you sort through the quagmire by providing timely, researched factual information on all sides of the issues. Then you decide and make informed choices.

That’s what the League of Women Voters is all about. That’s our main mission. To provide you with ALL the information about each statewide ballot measure. The national League will help with information about national issues which we will do our best to pass along to you.

Thank you for all your support throughout 2019.

Co-sponsoring a Suffrage Quilt!

The Umpqua Valley League has joined with the Umpqua Valley Quilter’s Guild as a silver sponsor for the 2020 Quilt Show to be held on April 24, 25 & 26, 2020. Our membership is very excited about this!

Here’s a photo from a poster showing a Suffrage Quilt from 1992.

Century Celebration 2020

Susan B. Anthony

JOIN US in planning for a year-long celebration of the one hundred years following the ratification of the 19th Amendment, also known as the “Anthony Amendment”, women’s right to vote.

Meet with us at the Roseburg Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 at 6PM to 7:30PM.

We will discuss how to celebrate, where and when. Bring your ideas and a friend to the meeting!

This event is open to the public and is free. Refreshments will be served.

See you there!

Roseburg Climate Strike Struck!

Thank you all for coming and joining us in Roseburg for the international Climate Strike! There was a great turn out! And thank you to our co-sponsors, the Douglas County Global Warming Coalition and Umpqua Watersheds, and the media for being there as well.

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Jenny Carloni delivers Senator Merkley’s statement to the crowd. Photos below by Joe Ross. 

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Some cool links to today’s event:

Roseburg Climate Strike Update

Roseburg Climate Strike!

NOON to 1PM
On Garden Valley Blvd in Roseburg in front of Fred Meyer
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Members of the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley, the Douglas County Global Warming Coalition, and Umpqua Watersheds will join together to demand climate action. All are welcome to join in!

At 12:20PM, Jenny Carloni, President of the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley will read a statement by Senator Merkley.

We will be part of a world-wide effort both here in the United States and across the globe demanding immediate action on the climate.  Students in the United States and abroad will be walking out of their classrooms in solidarity as they raise their voices on the most critical issue of our time.

With the Amazon in flames, unprecedented hurricanes, rising sea levels and wildfires at home, the planet we call home is sending us a powerful message.  And we must answer that call.

On Sept 20, from NOON to 1PM:

  • Bring your smiles,
  • Bring your signs,
  • Bring your cameras,
  • Post your photos!

See You There!

Roseburg #Climate Strike

On September 20th, the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley, Douglas County Global Warming Coalition, and Umpqua Watersheds are joining the Climate Strikes Coalition and 350.org partners from around the world to activate thousands of people around the country who want real solutions to the climate crisis.

FC_CS_Social-09-6%Hundreds of Climate Strike events are being planned across the country. People of all ages will come together in the streets all over the world on September 20th as part of a Global Climate Strike. And Roseburg citizens will be among them.

Join us on Friday, Sep. 20 at Noon to 1PM in front of Fred Meyer on Garden Valley Blvd. Bring your signs! Take photos! Be a participant. Be able to tell your children that you did something about this planetary emergency.

There’s no denying the climate crisis is already here. Over the years, we’ve watched storms, floods, fires and heat waves devastate communities from Puerto Rico to Portland. In the meantime, our elected officials have
continued to protect the oil, coal, and gas billionaires responsible for this crisis.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what the solutions are, and we have the means to implement them.

Together, we have the power to take our destiny out of the hands of fossil fuel billionaires and their corrupt enablers. Join us on Garden Valley Blvd. on September 20th for the Global Climate Strike.

Our communities, our planet, and our future depend on a climate movement that reaches all corners of this country. To change everything, it takes everyone — and with your help we can build a sustainable world for generations to come.

Please stand with us!

In Solidarity,

League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley, Douglas County Global Warming Coalition, and Umpqua Watersheds.

For more information email the Umpqua Valley League, Douglas County Global Warming Coalition, or Umpqua Watersheds

Sign ideas:power-1
#ClimateStrike
Demand Action!
Act like the House is On Fire!
No On LNG!
Time to Act!
Climate Justice Now!
One Planet One Future
There is No Planet B
Save the Planet!
Save the Children!
Fighting for our Future!
Winter is Not Coming!

 

Climate Strike Links:
U.S.Climate Strike Map We’re on the map!
Climate Strike Oregon
350.org
League of Women Voters of Oregon Climate Strike

National Voter Registration Day

We’re celebrating National Voter Registration Day at the Backside Brewery on Sept. 24 from 6PM to 8PM!

FREE PIZZA! Tuesday, September 24 at the Backside Brewery!whole cheese pepperoni pizza with a slice clipart
1640 NE Odell Ave, in Roseburg

Join us from 6:00-8:00PM as we kick-off a new year on National Voter Registration Day!

  • Enjoy pizza (they also have gluten free  pizza!)
  • No-host drinks
  • Update your voter registration,
  • Reconnect with League members,
  • and find out what’s going on in League this year!

This is also our kick-off meeting for the new season. Come visit!

For more information, email the League.

Campaign Finance Reform Forums

Representative Dan Rayfield of District 16, Corvallis, Oregon, is organizing a number of forums addressing CFR, Campaign Finance Reform.gif_money08_07-19-2006

In the 2019 Legislative Session, the legislature made gains regarding campaign finance reform by increasing transparency and increasing access for voters. Oregon still remains one of five states without campaign contribution limits. More can be done.

A CFR forum by Rep. Dan Rayfield will be held in Eugene on Sep. 5.

7:00 – 8:30pm at the University of Oregon, Global Scholars Hall Room 123 –
1710 E 15th Ave,
Eugene, OR 97403
Facebook event

You can also contact Rep. Dan Rayfield for more details.

There’s more information here as well. There are 7 forums scheduled in Oregon. Perhaps you will be able to attend one.

If you would like to carpool to this event, let us know by calling [541] [672] [1914].