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Spotlight on the 2020 Census
The Census – Past and Present: Information and Issues
Lunch & Learn
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
12:00 noon
Columbia Public Library
Guest speakers
Bill Elder and John Blodgett
Formerly from the Office of Social, Economic and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
at the University of Missouri
for the Missouri State Census Data Center.
The U. S. Constitution requires a census of the people every ten years. The L&L noon-time program will address the importance of the data collected and how critical accurate information is to determine federal funding and legislative districts.
Feel free to bring a lunch and join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Columbia Public Library.
Women Judges: Women’s Role in Justice
“Women Judges: Women’s Role in Justice”
The Fifth Holly Burgess Public Policy Forum
Celebrating National Constitution Day
Monday, September 30, 2019
7:00 p.m. (refreshments at 6:30 p.m.)
Columbia Public Library, Friends Room
Panel
Judge Ann Covington
Judge Ellen Roper
Judge Christine Carpenter
Judge Casey Clevenger
Moderator: David Lile, KFRU
Event sponsors:
American Association of University Women – Columbia Branch (AAUW)
League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County (LWV)
Daniel Boone Regional Library (Columbia Public Library
Now retired, Ann Covington was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. Ellen Roper was Circuit Court Judge for 28 years and served as a special judge on the Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Christine Carpenter served on the 13th Judicial Circuit Court for 18 years and has been a leader in both Missouri and the U.S. in the field of recovery courts. Casey Clevenger oversees four treatment courts in Boone and two courts in Callaway County.
This forum honors the memory of Holly Burgess, a member of both LWV and AAUW, who was particularly interested in public policy issues.
The event is free and open to the public.
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League of Women Voters
Columbia-Boone County
“Income Inequality”
Poverty & Inequality in Columbia and Boone County
“Lunch & Learn”
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
12:00 Noon
Columbia Public Library
Guest Speaker:
Steve Hollis
Human Services Manager
Columbia/Boone County Dept. of Public Health & Human Services
This program will offer a local perspective on economic issues of poverty and relates to this year’s One Read book Nomadland.
Lunch & Learn programs are a monthly event in cooperation with the Columbia Public Library.
Although no lunch is provided, attendees are welcome to bring their own or purchase snacks at the library kiosk.
and
National Voter Registration Day
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Columbia Public Library
Members of the League Voter Service Committee will provide voter registration service and answer questions about voting.
99th Anniversary of 19th Amendment
Celebration of the
99th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote
Sunday, August 25, 2019
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Boone County History & Culture Center
3801 Ponderosa Street, Columbia
With A Sing-Along of Suffrage Songs
with the “Joy Boys”
and
Guest Speaker:
Catherine Rymph
Professor and chair, MU Department of History
“Changes in Women’s Legal Rights Since Getting the Vote”
With a historical display of the Missouri Suffrage Movement
and the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County
Come in historical costume of the suffragist era if you can!
Refreshments will be provided and there is no cost to attend!
