Political Responsibility through Informed and
Active Participation
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. | Thank You for Donating to the LWVP Virtual Food Drive with the Alameda County Community Food Bank
A big thank you to all who contributed to the LWVP Virtual Food Drive to support local families in need. We raised more than $5,300. There is always a need for contributions and volunteers, so your continued support is appreciated. You can reach out to the Alameda County Community Food Bank here.
| Join LWVP for "Office Hours" on September 8th at 10:00 a.m.
Our next office hours will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. We will have a preliminary review of the local, county, and state ballot measures that will be on our ballots in November, and will discuss ways to help get out the vote in our community and across the country. And, as always, this is an informal discussion so feel free to bring your own ideas--and bring a friend too! |  |
LWVP Presents "Can you trust the polls? Be better informed about what polls are (and are not)" with Polling Expert Amy Simon
The League of Women Voters of Piedmont will host an event on the credibility and mechanics of election polling with Amy Simon, a founding partner of Goodwin Simon Strategic Research. This free event will be live-streamed on the LWVP YouTube channel from 4:00-5:00pm on Sunday, September 20, 2020.
With the November 2020 election close at hand, viewers will learn how polls are constructed, fielded, and analyzed and will have a better understanding of how to interpret them.
A founding partner at Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, a national public opinion research firm, Amy Simon brings more than three decades of political experience to her work as a pollster and communications strategist. She conducts public opinion research on a variety of public policy issues domestically and globally.
Amy has special expertise in conducting innovative qualitative and quantitative research on socially controversial and emotionally complex issues, with particular attention to developing effective messaging that has yielded a winning record on ballot measure campaigns.
This event can be viewed on Zoom or on YouTube. Viewers may submit questions through Zoom chat or YouTube livestream comments, or email to lwvpiedmont@gmail.com. | Important Voting Information
If you have not already done so, please register to vote here. You can check if you are registered using either the County or State website. Please vote early and ask your friends and family to do the same.
You can drop off your mail-in ballot in the dropbox in Piedmont at the corner of Highland Way and Mountain Avenue by Wells Fargo and the mailboxes. You can find additional drop boxes listed on the County website.
Alameda County also has information on polling places and changes due to COVID-19. There will be fewer polling places this year, so please stay informed. Accessible Voting Centers will be open over four days from Saturday October 31, 2020 through Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Find an Accessible Voting Center here.
Alameda County is also recruiting poll workers for the four in-person days.
| The Education Trust--West Presents "Equity On the Ballot Women's Panel" on 9/2/2020
The Education Trust--West is presenting a program on Prop 16 entitled "Equity on the Ballot Women's Panel" on September 2, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. It will be a virtual panel on why Prop 16 matters for the educational and economic empowerment of women. The panel will include:
- Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
- Assemblymember Shirley Weber
- Senator Connie M. Leyva
- Assemblymember Monique Limon
- Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga, Ed Trust–West
You can register here. | LWVP Supports Piedmont Ballot Measures TT & UU
The League of Women Voters of Piedmont supports the two Piedmont ballot measures that will be on the November ballot. The first is an increase in the City's transfer tax and the second is the authorization to sell bonds to completely rebuild the Piedmont Community Pool. We will be publishing Pros & Cons on these measures in the weeks to come.
| Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC) Presents Housing Panel on September 24, 2020
Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC) is organizing an event co-sponsored with LWVP and Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee (PADC) about the history of racial segregation and housing in Piedmont, and steps that Piedmont can take to achieve a more equitable future. Join us for the program on Zoom on September, 24, 2020 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
The program will feature:
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Gloria Bruce, Executive Director, East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO). EBHO is the leading advocacy coalition promoting affordable housing in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
- Irene Cheng, Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, and co-editor, Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present
- Carol Galante, I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy, UC Berkeley, and Director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Former Federal Housing Commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama
Moderated by Sarah Karlinsky, Senior Policy Advisor, SPUR (the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association)
|  | Save the Date for LWVP's December Event About Water Conservation
Join LWVP on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. when we will have Ashley Boren, Executive Director at Sustainable Conservation talk about "Drought and Deluge: Water Conservation in California." | Join the Diversity Film Series for a Remote Presentation of Suppressed: The Fight to Vote
The Appreciating Diversity Film Series (ADFS) is proud to "remotely" present Suppressed: The Fight to Vote on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at 4:00 P.M., followed by a talk and discussion with voting rights advocate Valerie Morishige. While Director Robert Greenwald's urgent and timely film focuses on Stacy Abrams's gubernatorial campaign in Georgia, it exposes rampant voter suppression that affected the outcome of the 2018 midterm election and the threat it poses to our elections all across the nation in 2020. Please join us and learn how to prevent voter suppression right here in California.
| Next LWVP Board Meeting October 7, 2020
The next Board Meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be virtual. Please contact LWVPiedmont@gmail.com for details, or check our calendar. All members are invited to attend. | |