UPCOMING EVENTS
- This page highlights a few of our upcoming events. For a full list, see the League Calendar.
- All League events are open to the public. Come and bring a friend!
- For more information or to RSVP, call 513-281-8683, or email info@lwvcincinnati.org.
- Please notify us if disability accomodations are needed.
This site lists nonpartisan and educational activities of interest open to the public that are sponsored by the League OR by other civic organizations. * Denotes activities sponsored directly by the League of Women Voters.
*LOCAL PROGRAM POSITIONS
LWVCA unit discussion topic for February, 2012. During February, in Unit Meetings around our area, the LWVCA will review our existing local program positions to ensure that we are keeping current with evolving realities.
If you are not already a unit member, pick the meeting that is most convenient for you ... and bring a friend!
For a good pre-study of the issues, you may consult the "buff pages" inserted into the February Voter (our newsletter).
- 02/08/12 (2nd Wednesday)
- Anderson: 7:00 p.m. Anderson Government Center, 7850 Five Mile Road
- Central Evening: 7:15 p.m. League Office, 103 Wm. H. Taft
- 02/09/12 (2nd Thursday)
- Eastern Day: 12:00 noon. Brown bag or order lunch in MPL Dining Room. Free valet parking. Marjorie P. Lee Home, 3550 Shaw Ave.
- 02/13/12
(2nd Monday)
- Hilltop: 1:00 pm at home of Sylvia Mersfelder.
- Northeast Evening: 7:00 p.m. Madeira Public Library, Euclid and Miami Ave
- 02/14/12 (2nd Tuesday)
- Central North: 12:00 noon, Friendship United Methodist Church, Springfield Pike & Fleming Rd
- Warren County: 7:30 p.m. Mason United Methodist Church, 773 Mason-Montgomery Rd.
- 02/15/12 (3rd Wednesday)
- Metro Day: 12:00 noon League Office, 103 Wm. H. Taft
*FIXING THE FUTURE, BUILDING A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
Monthly Series co-sponsored by the League
First Friday of each month, 7 pm, at the First Unitarian Church at Reading and Linton.
Free and open to the public.
Fri, Feb 3, 7:00PM, Growth Busters - Cincinnati premiere for this documentary.
Fri, Mar 2, 7:00PM, Gasland - a screening of the film, followed by discussion on fracking led by State Rep. Denise Driehaus.
Fri, Apr 6, 7:00PM, Journey to Planet Earth, a screening of the PBS documentary from Lester Brown's Plan B.
Fri, May 4, 7:00PM, Green Building and Infrastructure at the Cincinnati Zoo. Pervious pavement, solar panels, and much much more!
Thurs Feb 9, 12:00 noon, PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, a CHRIST CHURCH COMMUNITY FORUM
*League members are encouraged to attend as a prelude to the March discussion topic on Privatization.
Carpool from the League Office - meet at 11:15AM.
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, the Undercroft, 318 East Fourth Street.
Lunch can be purchased for $5.50, or you can bring a brown bag. Parking available at the 303 Broadway Building (3rd & Broadway) for a reduced hourly rate, between 11AM-2PM. Please use the Broadway entrance.
For more information about the forum series and location, visit the Community Issues Forum web page.
For online video of past forums, visit the Applied Information Resources website, here.
*Sat, Feb 25, 11:00AM, SUSAN B ANTHONY LUNCHEON 
Speaker: Roxanne Qualls, Vice Mayor, City of Cincinnati
Topic: "BUILDING VIBRANT COMMUNITIES: New Ideas in Transportation & Housing"
11 am - Noon: Social Hour & Silent Auction
Noon - 2 pm: Luncheon & Keynote Speech
Location: The Phoenix, 812 Race St, downtown. All-day Saturday parking is $2 at the adjacent Garfield Garage, 13 W Ninth St.
Please reserve your seat(s) or table by mail using the flyer here - deadline Feb 13.
OR you can reserve ONLINE through Feb 17 by clicking below.
Three options for purchasing tickets:
SPONSOR TABLE for 10: Please consider this option! We rely on community-minded individuals, foundations, and businesses like yours to support our lean operations - we receive no government funding. Your support is vital to our crucial civic education services. Can we count on your contribution of $1,000 for a sponsor table? Your organization will also receive recognition from the podium at the luncheon, and a full-page ad in the program brochure.
*Please email your guest list and meal preferences (chicken vs vegan) to info@lwvca.org.
*Please email your guest list and meal preferences (chicken vs vegan) to info@lwvca.org.
*MARCH FORTH FOR JUSTICE! March 3-4, 2012 
INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION JUSTICE CONFERENCE AND SOCIAL WITNESS WEEKEND
Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Council of Greater Cincinnati
Cosponsored by the League and over a dozen other organizations
DAY #1: ALL-DAY CONFERENCE
Saturday, MARCH 3, 8:30AM-5:00PM
Location: Sharonville Convention Center
Speakers include:
- Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray, Keynote speaker: Phoenix, Arizona UU Minister, and leader of the Arizona Immigration Ministry (AZIM). Rev. Frederick-Gray gained prominence in Arizona and nationally for her public actions of non-violent civil disobedience against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona's anti-immigrant legislation SB 1070. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Sister Alice Gerdeman, coordinator of Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center since 1992.
- Mayra Alza, native of Peru, leader of Immigration Programs at Cincinnati's Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center (IJPC), VP of Latinos en Accion at the University of Cincinnati.
- Rev. Nelson Jerome Pierce, Jr., pastor of Beloved Community Church in Cincinnati, OH and organizer for the AMOS Project.
- Dr. Liliana Rojas-Guyler, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Education at the University of Cincinnati , Academic Research Partner with Harmony Garden, member of the National Latina Health Network. Dr. Rojas-Guyler is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Hispanic Coalition and a founding member of the Latino Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati. ,
- Dan Hurley, Local 12 TV
- Natalie Fair Albright, Executive Director, International Center of Greater Cincinnati, co-founder of the Alliance for Immigrant Women.
- Don Sherman, immigration outreach and justice worker
- Fransisco Echevarria, Su Casa
- Alfonso Cornejo, Hispanic Chamber of Cincinnati
- Jeff Nzozdigeza, Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program
- Rev. Paula Jackson, Episcopal Church of Our Savior
- Jorge Herman Martinez, Former LULAC Board member, immigration attorney
- Bernard Pastor, native of Guatemala whose deportation proceedings have been for the time suspended as a result of popular outcry
- Helaine Tasch, US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Mike Corradini of Physicians for Human Rights.
- Tim Riordan, Dayton (OH) City Manager, presenting the Dayton "Immigrant Friendly Plan" which he hopes will be copied by charter municipalities across Ohio and elsewhere.
REGISTER NOW at ImmigrationJustice.com. Deadline to register is Feb 15.
For additional information, including a full schedule of the conference, click here.
Conference is FREE - but please DONATE what you can afford, to help us cover our costs!
Lunch is $20 (including beverage and gratuity) - Don't miss it!
Lunch is a full South-of-the-Border Buffet across the street, at the Crowne Plaza, including Chimichangas, Fajitas, Tres Leches Cake and Sopapillas
DAY #2: MARCH FOR THE DREAM ACT
Sunday, MARCH 4, 3:00PM
Location: Friendship Park on the Cincinnati Riverfront, between Sawyer Point and the Montgomery Inn Boathouse.
The "Dream Act" is a proposed federal law that would make it possible for individuals brought to the United States in infancy or childhood to follow a shorter, well-defined path to citizenship. Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray of the Arizona Immigration Ministry (AZIM) and others will offer brief remarks. Dream Act petitions will be available for signature.
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