Thanks for joining us for our Fall Conference
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This year we went virtual for our annual fall conference. Thanks to the wonderful speakers, board members and volunteers from the League of Women Voters of Indiana, and all who participated.
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Dunes at Portage Lakefront & Riverwalk, source: https://www.nps.gov/media
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Friday, October 16, 1:00 pm CT
Networking for Combined Sewer Overflows - Smart Sewers at Last! A virtual field trip
Presented by Kieran Fahey, City of South Bend
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Kieran Fahey is currently reimagining, rewriting and renegotiating the remaining 85% of South Bend’s $860 million Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) long-term control plan. Most towns in our watershed are looking for solutions for combined sewer overflows, flooding, and ways to keep residents healthy. Join us for a look at the innovative Smart Sewers System in South Bend, IN. This is an opportunity to learn about a system available for replication to ease the water pollution challenges in your own community! |
Kieran Fahey is the City of South Bend’s long-term control plan Director. A native of Ireland, he previously spent a decade with the Irish EPA. He also worked with the Irish Government’s Department of Agriculture and as a consultant on a range of environmental engineering assignments throughout the European Union and Middle-East. He is an environmental scientist and an engineer, and lives in South Bend with his wife and daughter.
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Saturday, October 17, 9:15 - 11:15 am CT
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Dr. Indra Frank, Hoosier Environmental Council
Indra Frank serves as the Director of Environmental Health and Water Policy for the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC). Her first career was as a physician, and she specialized in pathology. In 2004 she shifted her career to environmental health and has since worked in environmental health programs, education, and policy including seven years teaching environmental health and environmental toxicology with the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health.
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Saturday, October 17, 11:30 - 12:30 pm CT
Coal Ash Clean-up and Community Partnerships – A Template for Change
Presented by La'Tonya "Nikki" Troutman and Ashley Williams, Just Transitions NW Indiana
La'Tonya Troutman
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Ashley Williams
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Ms. La’Tonya Troutman and Ms. Ashley Williams are superb community organizers and environmentalists, and their work in Northwest Indiana (NWI) is an excellent example of successful networking for the common good. La’Tonya Troutman is the Environmental Climate Justice Chair of the LaPorte County NAACP and a founding member of Just Transitions Northwest Indiana (JTN) and Ashley is an organizer with Sierra Club and also a founding member of JTN. Both are residents of Michigan City, Indiana.
You can read more about these two impressive women in this Chicago Tribune article.
Their grassroots organization, JTN, is committed to bringing about a just and equitable to a regenerative economy in NWI for impacted communities and workers. Working with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and community members and organizations from across the Region, JTN has represented ordinary citizens in moving Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) to revamp their plans for local coal ash removal. You can learn more about their efforts here. LWVLMR is happy to highlight the work of this group, and to give you a template for working with groups in your own community.
You can read more about these two impressive women in this Chicago Tribune article.
Their grassroots organization, JTN, is committed to bringing about a just and equitable to a regenerative economy in NWI for impacted communities and workers. Working with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and community members and organizations from across the Region, JTN has represented ordinary citizens in moving Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) to revamp their plans for local coal ash removal. You can learn more about their efforts here. LWVLMR is happy to highlight the work of this group, and to give you a template for working with groups in your own community.
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Our organizers also recommend a virtual field trip to Indiana Dunes National Park. Take a virtual hike at the Lake Michigan Watershed's only National Park at your convenience.
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Support Us: League members, friends, and area businesses are invited to make an auction donation to help support the programing of the League of Women Voters of Lake Michigan Region. Auction items with a Lake Michigan theme are especially needed. All auction items will be posted on the virtual platform BiddingForGood.com. Auction bids will be received through to the close of the Annual Meeting on November 14, 2020. Watch for an announcement from LWV-Lake Michigan Region once the auction goes live in mid-October to place your bids. To make an auction item donation, please complete the donation form at: https://forms.gle/CJhWkZZnZFVzgsBs9
A fundraising committee person will follow-up with you on details for auction item delivery. All donors will be reimbursed for auction item shipment cost if requested. Thank you for helping us to make the biggest fundraiser of the year for LWV-Lake Michigan Region a smashing success on this virtual platform.
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Support Us: League members, friends, and area businesses are invited to make an auction donation to help support the programing of the League of Women Voters of Lake Michigan Region. Auction items with a Lake Michigan theme are especially needed. All auction items will be posted on the virtual platform BiddingForGood.com. Auction bids will be received through to the close of the Annual Meeting on November 14, 2020. Watch for an announcement from LWV-Lake Michigan Region once the auction goes live in mid-October to place your bids. To make an auction item donation, please complete the donation form at: https://forms.gle/CJhWkZZnZFVzgsBs9
A fundraising committee person will follow-up with you on details for auction item delivery. All donors will be reimbursed for auction item shipment cost if requested. Thank you for helping us to make the biggest fundraiser of the year for LWV-Lake Michigan Region a smashing success on this virtual platform.
Our annual business meeting will be held virtually on Saturday, November 14, 2020. More information will be sent directly to our member Leagues.
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Fall 2020 Splash!
It is Membership Renewal Time
Local and State Leagues in the four states surrounding Lake Michigan make up our valued members. Renewal forms have been sent to League Leaders. Click through to renew online or download the renewal form here.
Dues are tiered by the number of members in your League reported to the LWVUS roster in January, 2020. There is a small surcharge for renewing online to help cover the processing fees.
Dues are tiered by the number of members in your League reported to the LWVUS roster in January, 2020. There is a small surcharge for renewing online to help cover the processing fees.
Continuing the Legacy
The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region proudly continues the League's water quality advocacy and education work. The League has been working on water issues for nearly a century, over 50 years in the Lake Michigan basin.
This video presents some of this history. |
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