The Women for Kansas Lawrence/Douglas County Chapter invite you to a meeting on March 9, 10:30-12:00 at the Sunrise Project Community Room, 1501 Learnard Avenue in Lawrence.


*Note change of usual location. Please bring donations of food for the Sunrise food pantry in exchange of use of their community room.


Karen Willey, Douglas County Commissioner and Dole Institute Fellow-in-residence, presents on Solar Siting Regulations in Douglas County. The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has named its 2023-2024 Dole Fellow in partnership with the Kansas Rural Center (KRC), a state-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting the long-term health of the land and its people through research, education and advocacy.


Karen Willey also serves as the Douglas County Commissioner for District 3. She has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and doctorate in geography, both from KU.

She works as a nonprofit consultant through Futureful,

a local company providing organizational health and

fundraising support to health, housing and human services organizations in urban Kansas City. She leverages this social impact work along with her science and entrepreneurship experience in crafting grounded local policy.

QUESTIONS? Call Kelly Wall at 620-222-1198 or email:

W4KLawrence.Douglas@gmail.com.

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