First Fall Program: CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY
The League's first program of the 2010-2011 year, "Celebrating our History," continues the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a readers' theater production. Oxford's well-known actors Dixie Utter and Drena Williams Bowerman will be joined by the League's own Sallie Killian and, a special guest, Broadway actor Matthew Saldivar. The drama, titled "Failure is Impossible," uses voices of those involved in the struggle for women's suffrage as found in their recorded words. The evening will also celebrate the 57th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters of Oxford. The goal of the program is to bring alive some voices whose words and deeds shaped our consciousness. One of those, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spoke at Miami University in 1870. Learn more about that event--and Stanton's particular words to her MU and Oxford audience--by coming to the program on September 29, 2010, at 7:00 PM in the LCNB Community Room. There will be a visual display, as well as refreshments, and time to enjoy both. The program is free and open to the public. Members are encouraged to bring friends.
Women's Equality Day Proclamation at City Hall Photos
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY - August 26
Join other Leaguers and community members on the steps of the Municipal Building at 5 p.m. this Thursday, August 26 for the Mayor's Proclamation of Women's Equality Day. We are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the signing of the 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote. Some Leaguers and other community members will be wearing white, the suffragists' uniform, or other early 20th century attire and gold sashes with "votes for women" printed in purple.
Then after the proclamation you can have dinner at the Pig Roast and circulate in the crowd at the last community concert to raise awareness of the anniversary of women's suffrage.
WOMEN'S HISTORY PROGRAM -September 29
NATIONAL AND LOCAL PROGRAM PLANNING
National and Local positions are linked below as PDF files. To open PDFs you will need Adobe Reader, available for free from Adobe.com. The current version is Adobe 9, if you have older versions, you may need to update to view the files.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OXFORD LOCAL POSITIONS
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC POLICY POSITIONS
LWVUS IMPACT ON ISSUES 2008-2010 - an 82 page downloadable PDF that "includes the official statements of position for each program area, briefly traces significant past actions and achievements, and indicates links among positions." If you want to view only on one section, e.g. voting rights, not the whole document, click on that link in the Table of Contents below.
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