Keeping Connected ~ September 19, 2023

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September 19, 2023

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Lunch and Learn with Consumers Council of Missour i

Thurs., Sept. 28, noon

Fighting Efforts to Dehumanize and Erase the LGBTQIA+ Community

Thurs. Oct. 12, 7 p.m.

Tues., Sept 19 is National Voter Registration Day

Make sure you are #VoteReady to hit the polls in the upcoming primaries & general election by registering or confirming your registration at NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org.

In honor of last week's Disability Voting Rights Week, the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis and Paraquad teamed up to create this guide for voters with disabilities.

The Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC) has put together information on what every MO voter needs to know, which can be found here.

Volunteers Needed for CourtWatch

The Women's Voices Criminal Legal System Reform Task Force is working to improve pretrial detention. Part of this effort involves observing bail hearings. Observers are needed to assist with this effort and can volunteer with CourtWatch, a collaborative extension of ongoing court monitoring efforts in St. Louis City’s 22nd Judicial Court.

CourtWatch is a program of the Freedom Community Center, which was founded after The Bail Project and works to improve our criminal legal system. In attending bail setting hearings, they aim to hold courts, judges, and prosecutors accountable to the law and to the people. The center collects demographic and anecdotal data to inform citizens about the inner workings of St. Louis’s pretrial process as a tactic to dismantle the criminal legal system. They produce monthly reports providing statistical data to track–in real time–how prosecutors are carrying out the circuit attorney’s legal responsibilities and campaign promises around use of cash bail in St. Louis in an effort to interrupt the violence of pretrial detention on all fronts!

If you are interested in learning more about the program, you can read the organization's reports and data drops. Register here for training to volunteer with CourtWatch.

Women’s Voices Signs on to Statewide Right to Read Coalition

Women’s Voices has joined the statewide “Right to Read” coalition, which supports Missouri’s libraries to remain an open, accessible resource for books and other materials available free of charge to the public. The coalition opposes attempts to restrict access to public libraries, including those at public schools.

The coalition has the utmost confidence in trained, experienced librarians and educators to evaluate and select materials available to the public. Membership in the Right to Read Coalition is open to organizations and individuals who support the coalition’s purpose. You are invited to join the coalition by completing the form here.

The coalition is in its early development and is guided by the following Steering Committee member organizations:

International Literacy Association, Special Interest Group, Children’s Literature & Reading, Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, Missouri Equity Education Partnership, Missouri Literacy Association, National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis, Saint Louis University School of Education, Turn the Page KC, and U-Turn in Education.

Member Input Requested as We Relaunch Racial Justice Committee

Liz Sondhaus and Anne Litwin, the new co-chairs of the Racial Justice Committee (RJC), invite YOU to join us as we identify projects and partnerships in the community that we can engage with and support to advance the cause of racial justice in St. Louis.

Please join us on Saturday, September 30, from 1-3 p.m., at Venable Memorial Park, 10630 Country View Drive, Creve Coeur, MO for community building and brainstorming – and snacks! Please RSVP to [email protected] if you are coming so that we may plan accordingly. Even if you can’t make it, reach out if you’d like to be involved!

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