League of Women Voters chapters to meet Jan. 25

What’s it all about? Who are the people from the League of Women Voters who keep asking you to register to vote? Or urge you to come to a public meeting? 

Citizens with such questions are welcome to attend a meeting on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 9:30 a.m., at the Fairview Park Branch Library, 21255 Lorain Road, when the League will kick off its centennial year by discussing how the organization should focus its resources in 2020-2021.  

Members of the five westside League chapters (Bay Village, Fairview Park, Lakewood, Rocky River and Westlake-North Olmsted) will meet together for this session. New and prospective members are especially welcome. Men have been eligible for membership since 1947. A bargain membership fee of $5 is available this year to students of any age 16 and over.

Since its beginning in 1920, the League of Women Voters has relied on its members to provide direction on how to balance its dual mission of nonpartisan education and timely action on issues. The January discussions occur nationwide and culminate in decisions to be made by member delegates at the League’s national convention in June.

The same process is used in odd-numbered years to outline future activities at the state League level.

The League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland is scheduling a variety of activities around Cuyahoga County during 2020 in observance of the League’s 100th birthday. A number of women from Cleveland and Northeast Ohio were key players in the League’s formation in 1920 in anticipation of the passage of the 19th Amendment that opened voting to women.

Janice Patterson

Chair, Westlake/North Olmsted Chapter, League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland

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Volume 12, Issue 2, Posted 9:52 AM, 01.21.2020