Save the date for our Fall Kick-off on Wednesday, September 21, at 7:00pm. This LWV OPRF Zoom event will be our Program Year Kickoff on the importance of local news and democracy. Zoom links will come soon from the Forest Park Library.

The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region is an interleague organization of approximately 56 local leagues from four member states in the Lake Michigan watershed joined in the common cause of protecting this valuable fresh water resource. You can view this year's April Climate Change Forum Panel discussion recording here. Tom Skilling was the featured speaker. Also, Save-the -Date for the League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region Annual Meeting October 21-23, 2022, to be held in Sheboygan, WI.

Are you interested in being more involved in LWV Lake Michigan Region? LWV OPRF is seeking a voting delegate for the 2022 Annual Meeting and to serve as a member of the Nominating Committee (four Zoom meetings per year). Call Sarah Shirk, LWV-LMR Vice President, at (708)707-1681 for more information.

There are still two more opportunities to learn more about the Cook County Forest Preserves and the upcoming Forest Preserve Referendum that will be on the November 8 ballot. On Tuesday, September 3, from 10:00am-Noon, there will be a guided walk at Sand Ridge Nature Center, 15891 Paxton Ave., South Holland, and on Thursday, September 8, from 10:00am-Noon, there will be a guided walk at Crabtree Nature Center, 3 Stover Road, Barrington Hills. Walks are limited to 20 people each. To register, send an email to info@cookcounty.org. Include your name, phone number, and Local League name.

August 26, the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, is often known as Women's Equality Day. Yet with our voting and reproductive rights under attack, women are still not equal in our democracy.

This year, we're observing Women's Inequality Day and demanding that our representatives:

1. Pass voting rights legislation;

2. Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution; and

3. Restore reproductive freedom to women and those who can become pregnant.

Join us in taking a stand and sharing #WomensInequalityDay across your social networks. We may not yet be equal, but together we can't be ignored.

LWV US August 11 Update

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