Hello again!
Our League just crossed an important milestone! We now have move then 50 members from four of our five counties! Our League - one of the newest in Texas - began in 2018 with five members meeting around my kitchen table. Each year has brought new possibilities and new challenges, with great energy now that we have outgrown kitchen tables and are building teams in each county.
Thank you to everyone who has joined, volunteered, offered encouragement, supported us with donations, and shared our vision of a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate! I hope you are as pleased as I am by our progress.
Janis Richardson
President |  | August Book Group Meeting - New Date!
Tuesday, August 30, 7-8:30 pm via Zoom
Do you need another week to read our League Book Group's August book, Fiona Hill's There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century? You have it!
In response to several requests, we have pushed our Book Group meeting back a week, now meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 7-8:00 pm via Zoom. All are welcome to attend, even if you haven't read the book but are interested in the discussion.
Here's the Zoom information you need to join the meeting:
Tuesday, August 30, 7-8:30 pm
|  | Take Action to Celebrate Women's Equality Day
In recognition of Women's Equality Day (August 26), the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, please join League members everywhere in helping to get the Equal Rights Amendment across the finish line. In January 2020, the final state voted to ratify the ERA. Now Congress must act to remove its ratification timeline so it can pass once and for all. In March of 2021, the House of Representatives voted to removed the ratification timeline, but the Senate has not yet acted on this issue.
What can you do?
You can use our national League's quick and easy Take Action tool to ask your Senators to join the House in voting to remove the ratification timeline and allow the ERA to cross the finish line and become the 28th Constitutional Amendment.
| | |
 | | Broadband for Rural Texas Update
Thursday, September 8, 7-8:00 pm via Zoom
LWV South Central Texas President Janis Richardson is a co-facilitator of the newly formed Texas Rural League Caucus, a network of Leagues working in Texas' rural communities. The Rural Caucus provides the vehicle for rural Leagues to work on issues of interest to rural communities with the understanding that we are stronger together!
At the September 8 Rural Caucus Zoom meeting, Dr. Kelty Garbee, Executive Director of Texas Rural Funders, will provide an update on work to bring affordable, high-speed broadband to all parts of Texas.
LWV of South Central Texas members are invited to attend this and future Texas League Rural Caucus meetings.
Here is the information you need for the September Rural Caucus meeting:
Thursday, September 8, 7-8:00 pm
Join Via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/mr388k5p
Meeting ID: 864 4500 8954
Passcode: 729403 |  | Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup
September 12, 8-9:30 am
This is our second 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, September 12, we're meeting at 8:00 am - early because of the heat - 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.
For more information, contact Jaci Elliott, our Adopt-a-Highway Coordinator, at 713-823-1891. | | |
 | August 29, 12:00 pm
Lunch N Learn Presentation
Navidad Valley Senior Connections Program in Schulenburg
League President Janis Richardson is the guest speaker for Senior Connectons' Lunch N Learn on Monday, August 29. Thank you to Senior Connection's Director Cindy Villarreal for the invitation! Janis will talk about Women's Equality Day (celebrated each year on August 26) and the League's rich 100+ years of work to encourage voting and active civic participation.
September 14
Rural Nonprofit Networking Group
Janis Richardson and Fayette County Leadership Team members Pat Johnson and Helen Niesner are working together on a presentation for the Rural Nonprofit Networking Group's September 14 meeting. This group, hosted by the Fayette Community Foundation, provides opportunities for those nonprofits that do so much good in rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partner.
September 24
Celebrating National Voter Registration Day at the Columbus Market
The League has plans to have a table at the Columbus Country Market on Saturday, September 24 to encourage voter registration and run one of our popular Best Texas Animal Mock Elections for children. Look for us there at this fabulous market!
For the Upcoming November 8 Election:
> Voter registration activities prior to the October 11 voter registration deadline
> Voters Guide distribution & collecting candidate information for Vote411
> Early voting and election day reminders
We need volunteers for this election season! Contact us if you're interested in volunteering. | Appreciations
- Sharing a special thank you for Lois "Robin" Robinson, The House Coffee Shop, and all those who helped with the League's July 26 Ice Cream Social in Columbus. Great ice cream, a great place, and wonderful people who are interested in the League - how wonderful is that?
- Cindy Meredith and Sandy Smith for gearing up to ensure that candidate information for county and state representative races is available on VOTE411.org for the coming election season. We appreciate the work you do behind the scenes to help all voters have easy access to the information they need to make informed choices!
| League of Women Voters of South Central Texas
PO Box 78, Hallettsville, TX 77964
361.772.3228
| |