President's Letter to the Membership
2024 Annual Meeting
Last year, in this space, I talked about the challenges we would face this election season. Wow! I don't think anyone could anticipate how quickly and vociferously the attacks on voting rights, LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights and the right to live without gun violence would happen! There is so much work to be done, but LWVKC members have stood up! I encourage you to visit the website and take a look around to see what has been added since last year. There is a consolidated calendar of local candidate forums to make it easy to hear from candidates; there are updated, beautiful flyers for you to share via email or to hang at your church or favorite coffee shop; there is a graphic novel explaining how those questions get on the ballot and why they matter so much; there is even a super-cool video explaining why your ballot is safe and voting machines are in no danger of getting hacked. I hope you will poke around the site and share as much of our vetted, accurate information as possible.
I have used this space for the past several years to write words intended to fire you up. I don't feel the need to do that this year. We know the stakes. We are fired up.
Instead I will skip to my last paragraph from last year, which bares repeating:
I dream of a day when our organization is not needed, when all members of our society value the right to vote as much as we do, a world where civics are taught from the first step a kindergartner takes into the classroom to the final words of their graduation speech.
Until that day, we must continue to work together to Empower Voters and Defend Democracy.
It is my honor to work with this incredible, passionate group of people. Thank you.
Anne Calvert
President |