What's Happening
June 13, 8:00 am
Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup Day
This is our first adopt-a-highway clean-up since our South Central Texas League joined 3,400 other participating organizations in the Texas Department of Transportation's Adopt-a-Highway Program. We're responsible for having at least 4 clean-ups a year on the 2-mile stretch of State Highway 90 just west of Schulenburg that we adopted.
On Monday, June 13, we're meeting at 8:00 am - early because of the heat - and will wrap up by 10:00, with an option for (iced) coffee afterwards at Tillie's in Schulenburg. We're meeting in the parking lot of the Fayette County Precinct 4 Road and Bridge facility at 1801 W Hwy 90 near the Schulenburg city limits. Participants are asked to wear long-sleeved shirts and full-length pants, closed-toed shoes, a hat, and sunglasses (if desired) and bring a reusable water bottle, as we will supply chilled water. We will provide instructions, a map, sunscreen, bug spray, reflective vests, and collection bags.
Are you wondering why we decided that picking up trash is part of what we do? Yes, it's not core to our mission, but it's another way for us to give back to our community, be more visible (look for our sign) and build connections among friends and members.
For more information, contact our Adopt-a-Highway Coordinator, Jaci Elliott, at 713-823-1891.
June 14, 7:00 pm
Texas League Rural Caucus
Our South Central League, working with LWV of the Texas Hill Country, is connecting Leagues in rural area of Texas to form a Texas Rural Caucus. Our goal is to connect rural Leagues so we can share what we're learning about being a League in a rural community and ramp up work on issues that impact our rural areas.
We tested this idea by hosting a workshop at the 2022 LWV Texas Convention in Austin last April, where workshop participants voted unanimously for form the caucus. We held our first meeting in May - with League leaders from rural areas from all over Texas participating.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, June 14 @ 7:00 pm. At this meeting we'll hear from Kathleen Stein, President of the LWV of St. Lawrence County in rural upstate New York and leader of the New York State Rural League Caucus about items on the agenda of the upcoming LWV US Convention that are of interest to rural Leagues - most specifically rural broadband.
All are welcome to join this and future Rural Caucus Zoom meeting.
June 27, 7:00 pm
LWV South Central Texas Zoom Business Meeting
At this meeting, LWV South Central Texas members will vote on a proposed by-laws amendment and the Leadership team and budget for the coming year (2022-2023). Members - look for an agenda and items we'll be voting on via a separate email, but please put this meeting on your calendar.
July 19, 7:00 pm
LWV Book Group Zoom Meeting
All are welcome to come and go with our Book Group as desired, joining in when there is time and interest in the book we're discussing. Check out this page on our League's website for the League Book Group information.
If you're a League member, join the Book Group Interest Area for updates on Book Group activities. You'll need to sign in as a member to join the interest group; if you don't remember your sign-in info, contact Janis for help.
At Your Convenience
Spotlight Screening: Suppressed & Sabotaged - Texas
We spotted this opportunity too late to give you enough advance notice, but the good news is that you can tune in to the recording and take this in at a time that is convenient for you.
Some members may remember our pre-pandemic MLK Day meeting when we watched the Suppressed documentary together. This is that documentary plus a discussion of voting suppression in Texas. This screening is presented in partnership with Progress Texas, Black Voters Matter, Common Cause Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, and MOVE Texas.
Here's the link.. You should allow about an hour to take in the documentary and the panel discussion.
Coming Up - Planning for:
- Women's Equality Day (August 26)
- National Voter Registration Day (September 20)
- Voters Guide distribution & collecting candidate information for Vote411 for the November 2022 General Election
- GOTV (get out the vote) for the November 2022 General Election - early voting (October 24-November 4) and election day (November 8)
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