The Annual Meeting on June 2nd was our first post-COVID, in-person meeting! It was a perfect opportunity to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Northampton Area LWV, all together, once again! Meeting highlights included a presentation by Regis Chandler, the lead teacher at JFK Middle School, who used the “She Shapes History” museum exhibit to develop student discovery projects on the history of the suffrage movement and the ongoing struggle for voting rights.

On display was an exhibit of historical posters created by Sharon Farmer, Zjemi Moulton, Nancy Polan, and Nancy Brady.

An entertaining trio – Brigid Glackin, Margie Riddle, and Nancy Brady – presented a lively, musical tribute to Lou Bouley, in appreciation of her decades of leadership on the Northampton LWV Board. Thank you, Lou, for always having an answer and a smile. You are the “glue” that holds the League together!

We need your help. Please join us! Smith Vocational High School is air conditioned. Book Collection begins Monday, July 11. Books must be donated only in designated collection boxes in front of Smith Vocational High School (any time) and at Forbes Library and Cooper’s Corner in Florence (when open). Books can only be donated from July 11-30. Books should be clean and in good condition. Most textbooks are not accepted.

Please email or call the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security members, email addresses listed below, using this template or by drafting your own. Here is a sample you can personalize:

To: Carlos.Gonzalez@mahouse.gov, Walter.Timilty@masenate.gov, Sonia.Chang-Diaz@masenate.gov, Becca.Rausch@masenate.gov, James.Eldridge@masenate.gov, Michael.Moore@masenate.gov, John.Velis@masenate.gov, Ryan.Fattman@masenate.gov, Bruce.Ayers@mahouse.gov, David.Biele@mahouse.gov, Chynah.Tyler@mahouse.gov, Christina.Minicucci@mahouse.gov, Liz.Miranda@mahouse.gov, Jonathan.Zlotnick@mahouse.gov, Joseph.McGonagle@mahouse.gov, Danillo.Sena@mahouse.gov, Brian.Ashe@mahouse.gov, David.Vieira@mahouse.gov, Peter.Durant@mahouse.gov, Steven.Xiarhos@mahouse.gov

Subject line: Support for Gun Violence Prevention bills

Dear Chair Timilty, Chair Gonzalez, and Members of the Joint Committee on Public Safety:

As a League of Women Voters member, I strongly support the following bills: H.2491/S.1540 An Act Relative to 3D Printed Weapons and Ghost Guns; Read our testimony. H.2519/S.1552 An Act to Create Alternatives for Community Emergency Services (ACES); Read our testimony.

The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts reasserts our demand for common sense gun safety legislation to allow all people to live safely and with confidence in their personal and community security. Curbing gun violence is a critical matter of public safety, public health, and public confidence.

(Add personalized information as to why this matters to you.)

Please take action to report these bills quickly and favorably out of committee.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

[your full name]

[your phone number (optional)]

[complete address – street, city, state, zip]

Be sure to copy your own state rep and senator and include your complete mailing address. Not sure of who your legislators are? Find them at: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator.

League of Woman Voters of Northampton Area

CELEBRATING OUR 100th ANNIVERSARY, ANNUAL MEETING, GROUP PHOTO

Historical Posters Highlight Local Leaders in the early years of the League

Two events for July 4th Celebration: New Citizens Ceremony & Voter Registration, and Frederick Douglas Reading

BOOK SALE September 24: Book collection & sorting July 11 – 30

Contact MA legislators: Pass Gun Violence Prevention Bills

LWVUS response to leaked opinion: Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization.

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