Sunday, January 18: LWVCC Board meeting via Zoom  (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend

Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Day

• Community Luncheon & Learning Simulation (11:30 am - 1pm, YWCA)

• Indivisible Cortland County Candlelight Vigil (6 pm, Courthouse Park)

Saturday, January 24 (10 - 11 am) : Homer High School Community Building & Workshop Day - This event hosts students from multiple YMCA Youth and Government programs across the region at Homer High School for a day focused on civic engagement, leadership development, and preparation for our mock legislative and judicial conferences. Our students are passionate about government, public policy, and community involvement.  LWVCC will speak on why it is important to vote.

Tuesday, January 27 (7 pm): LWVCC Book Club  at All My Friends Book Store

Wednesday, January 28 (4 - 6 pm): a free webinar on Plastics: The Mounting Threat to Public Health.  If you missed the webinar, you can still watch the "Plastic Pollution" video on LWVCC's YouTube Channel.

February: Black History Month - Read about women in the African American Civil Rights Movement

Monday, February 2: LWVCC Monthly Meeting (5 - 7pm) - Topic: How to Run for Public Office panel discussion

Wednesday, February 4: TC3 New Students Get Connected Fair: February 4 (12 - 1:30 pm) - LWVTC and LWVCC tabling event 

Saturday, February 14: Last day to change your party affiliation before the primary on 6/23.

Monday, February 16: LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm)  - all members are invited to attend

Monday, February 16: President's Day

Saturday, February 28: Regional Training for members in Cazenovia

March: Women's History Month. Check our FB and Instagram for a new fact each day throughout the month.

Monday, March 2: Monthly LWVCC Members Meeting (5 - 7 pm, CNY Living History Center) - Speaker: Author Sara Catterall; Topic: Remembering History: Why and How, with insights from the 1850s and 1920s

Monday March 9 - Friday March 13: Civic Learning Week- Making civic learning a national priority for a stronger democracy 

Monday, March 9 (12 - 1:30 pm) - Youth Voter Registration tabling at TC3

Wednesday, March 11 (12 - 1:30 pm) - Youth Voter Registration tabling at TC3

Friday, March 13: Seven Valleys Health Coalition Cortland Counts Community Forum (9am - 3 pm, CRT Downtown) -  LWVCC will table at this event where stakeholders across sectors will discuss health and well-being in Cortland County.  For more information and to register to attend, visit: https://www.sevenvalleyshealth.org/cortland-counts 

Sunday, March 15 (4-5 pm): The National Women's History Museum's Current Women's History 101 Virtual Talk on Women Who Led the Disability Rights Movement.  Presented in honor of Stacey Park Milbern

Monday, March 16: LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend

Wednesday, March 18:  interactive presentation on why it is important to vote at Seven Valleys New Tech Academy 

Wednesday, March 25:

• Youth Voter Registration tabling at TC3 (12 - 1:30 pm)

• Ethics, Empathy and Women's Pollical Engagement (12:30 pm, Old Main Colloquium) - a powerful conversation with distinguished SUNY Cortland professor, Mecke Nagel on women's political engagement 

•  LWVCC Book Club (7 pm; All My Friends Book Store)

Monday, March 30 (12 - 1:30 pm) - Youth Voter Registration tabling at TC3

April: National Volunteer Month

Monday, April 6:: Monthly LWVCC Members Meeting Dinner and Discussion  (4:45 - 7 pm, CNY Living History Center) - Topic: Vibrant Communities are Voluneer Communities

Monday, April 13: Author Lindsey Cormack talks about How to Raise a Citizen (And why it's up to you to do it!); DeWitt-Jamesville Community Library, DeWitt, NY; 5:00 - 7:30 pm.  Thank you LWV of Syracuse Metropolitan Area!

Monday, April 20:  -  LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend

Tuesday, April 21 - Advocacy Day with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), Albany, NY

Wednesday, April 22 - EARTH DAY

• Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has a single mission.... eliminate single use plastic.... presents "Plastic Pollution and the Road to Activism" at ArtRage in Syracuse at 7 p.m.  (The talk will be given by LWVCC President, Kim Cameron -- and while Kim will not be there in her League capacity, the talk is related to the League's position on climate change.)

Tuesday, April 28 - Let New York Vote Advocacy Day (New York State Capitol) - . As pressure on state election systems increase nationwide with the federal government pushing to nationalize elections, we must fight to protect the vote to ensure access to our democracy. With less than two months left in the legislative session, join Let NY Vote in Albany on Tuesday, April 28th to advocate for co-sponsors and passage of our legislative priorities. RSVP here. 

Saturday, May 2: LWVCC tabling at the Corn Ducky Derby at Suggest Park (9 - noon)

Monday, May 4: Monthly LWVCC Members Meeting (5-7 pm, CNY Living History Center) - A working meeting for members on "Setting goals and strategizing for upcoming elections"

Tuesday, May 5 

• Civic Engagement event (South Seneca Central School) - Kim Cameron, key note speaker, will address the importance of civic engagement and what LWVCC does in the community. 

• LWVNYS Advocacy Day (New York State Capitol. 11:00am- 4:00pm. ) Join the League to advocate for critical election issues in addition to all of our issue areas! Register here. 

Friday, May 8:  SUFFS premiers on PBS, 9 p.m. This musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffragist movement.

Monday, May 11 - People Above Plastic Rally & Advocacy Day (10 am - 4pm, Albany, NY.  Interested?  Contact Kim.

Tuesday, May 12 - Cortland Enlarged City School District "Meet the School Board Candidates" forum, 6 pm, Kaufman Center (Valley View Drive)

Sunday, May 17 - Wednesday, May 20: Students Inside Albany conference - This year, LWVCC is sending two students. 

Monday, May 18 - LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend

Tuesday, May 19 - School Board Elections and School District Budget Vote

Thursday, May 21 - Cortland County Mental Health Awareness Walk (resource fair 11am - noon; 1.3 mile walk noon - ??)

Thursday, May 28 - LWVCC Annual dinner honoring the Alice A. Walker award recipient and the two Students Inside Albany students.

Tuesday, June 2: Monthly LWVCC Members Meeting (5-7 pm, CNY Living History Center) - An overview and member vote on National Convention agenda items  

Thursday, June 11: (7 pm): LWVCC Book Club  at All My Friends Book Store

Tuesday, June 16 (2:00 pm):  LWVCC Zoom meeting with Anna Kelles. For League members only. Contact Kim if interested in participating.

Thursday, June 18 (1:00 pm):  LWVCC & LWVTC Zoom meeting with Leah Webb - Contact Kim if interested in participating.

Friday, June 19: Juneteenth Celebration, Courthouse Park, Cortland 12:00 - 3:00 pm. The Cortland County Community of Color (C4), a collaborative initiative between Tompkins Cortland Community College and SUNY Cortland is looking forward to a strong community celebration of freedom, culture, and connection. 

Tuesday, June 23: LWVCC Annual Meeting - "elect officers and directors and members of the nominating committee; adopt an adequate budget; and transact such other business as properly come before it."

Friday, June 26: start of 3-day LWVUS Convention, Columbus, Ohio

July:  250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 

Saturday, July 4: LWVCC tabling at Cortland County's Independence Day Festival, Dwyer Park, 1-5 pm.

Monday, July 6:  Special Board Meeting (3 - 6 pm)

Saturday, July 11: LWVCC Tabling at  Pride Festival (10 am - 3 pm, Courthouse Park)

Monday, July 13 - Monthly Members Meeting (5-7 pm, CNY Living History Center)

Monday, July 20: LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend

Saturday, July 25th: LWVCC tabling at Americans for Disabilities Act (Yaman Park, 10am - 1pm)  

August: Civic Health Month 

Saturday, August 1: LWVCC tabling at Arts Off Main (10am - 4 pm, Court St., Cortland -  between Main and Church)

Monday, August 3:  Monthly LWVCC Members Meeting (5-7 pm, CNY Living History Center) - Topic: Local News Strengthens our Democracy! Join us as Amanda Caridi (managing editor of the Cortland Standard) and Frank Kelly (author of "Speaking Frankly" column in the Cortland Standard) discuss the benefits of the local newspaper to our community and how local newspapers promote a healthy democracy.  Sign up here.

Saturday, August 8: LWV Day of Action (11 am - 1 pm, Cortland Free Library) -  LWV Cortland County is joining Leagues throughout the United States in a day of action on August 8th to celebrate the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.  We will be writing postcards to all registered voters in Cortland County who turned 18 after November 1st, 2024 and before November 3, 2026 to remind them to vote in the upcoming election.  A copy of the postcard is attached to this email.  We invite the public to join us in writing these postcards to celebrate this historic event. 

Tuesday, August 11: LWVCC Bookclub at All My Friends Bookstore (7pm). 

Sunday, August 16:  LWVCC tabling at Porchfest (12-5 pm. Van Hoesen St., Cortland)

Monday, August 17: In collaboration with the YWCA, LWVCC discusses civics and voter registration with residents of the Grace Brown House, 12pm

Thursday, August 20: National Latina Day 

Saturday, August 22 (11 am - 12:30 pm, TC3): LWV Cortland County and LWV Tompkins Count tabling collaboration at TC3's New Student Orientation Resource Fair

Monday, August 24: LWVCC Board Meeting via Zoom (social: 5pm; meeting: 5:30 pm) - all members are invited to attend