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• ‘Juneteenth means freedom for everybody’: Evanston celebrates with parade, lakefront walk.

 

• League of Women Voters dinner focuses on news and reporting.

 

• From candidates to voters: Election Day scenes around town.

 

• Here in Evanston: The fight to vote.

 

• A LWVE Member for 75 Years and Counting: Helen Moag is the longest-serving League member in IL!

 

• Environmental advocates discuss the history and future of waste transfer station on Church Street.

 

• LWVE Letter to the editor: Thanks for your election coverage.

 

• ‘Combating Climate Change 101’– highlights opportunities for local action.

 

• LWV’s ‘Combating Climate Change 101’ event mobilizes residents for climate action.

 

• Skokie Village Board candidates debate affordable housing at forum.

 

• How first-time voters make an impact in elections.

 

• At forum, Schakowsky, Cohen discuss immigration, Israeli-Hamas ceasefire.

 

• State lawmakers meet with LWVE to discuss legislation, priorities.

 

• Joining Forces for Affordable Housing shines the "Advocacy Spotlight" on LWVE.

 

• Organizers work to increase voting in November.

• Stakeholders push back on common perceptions about safety and parking in downtown Evanston.

•“The truth of the matter is that every vote will matter,” said Mary Keefe Kelly, LWVE Treasurer.

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LWVE members Joan Linsenmeier, Cate Whitcomb and Betty Hayford, the primary authors of the League’s “This is Evanston” guidebook.  Credit: Bob Seidenberg, Evanston Round Table

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Some Evanston youth see voting as a critical chance to make a difference, not just locally, but nationally.

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The League of Women Voters Evanston plays an active role in the Evanston and Skokie Community. Public outreach increases citizen understanding of public-policy issues and promotes effective citizen participation in local, state and national government. 

LWVE celebrates Juneteenth!

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Poll watcher and LWVE member Mary Rothschild said “It’s important that the citizens know that we’re out there and making sure that they have fair access to everything while they go and vote — everything labeled properly, that voting booths are accessible.” Credit: Heidi Randhava

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Helen Moag has been a member of the League of Women Voters of Evanston for 75 years, making her the longest-serving League member in the state of Illinois! She and Georgia Vlahos at the same dining room table where Helen produced the Intercom.  Credit: LWV-IL

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