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League of Women Voters^®
of Diablo Valley

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Date	Time	Place	Description
Thursday, March 18, 2010	7 pm - 9 pm	Lafayette Public Library 952 Moraga Rd. Lafayette, CA 94549 Easy access to/from Lafayette Bart Station. Click on address above for yahoo map.	Health Reform Updates and Alternatives -- Free and Open to All. Our key speakers are: ~ Dr. Debbie LeVeen, health policy expert; Professor Emerita, San Francisco State University ~ Andrew Maguire Executive Director of Health Care for All - California (HCA - C). Sponsored by LWV's West Contra Costa County team and: ~ California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA): http://www.californiaalliance.org/ ~ California Nurses Association (CNA): http://www.calnurses.org/ ~ Contra Costa Chapter for Health Care for All - California (HCA - C): http://healthcareforall.org/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=2&sobi2Id=23&Itemid=157 ~ Interfaith Council for Contra Costa County: http://www.interfaithcouncilofccc.net/index.htm ~ California School Employees Association (CSEA): http://pub.csea.com/cseaHome/AboutCSEA/tabid/73/Default.aspx
Saturday, March 20, 2010	1 pm - 3 pm	Pittsburg High School Theater 250 School St. Pittsburg, CA 94565	Education Funding and the State Budget "Crisis" -- Free and Open to All. Come and learn how community members can hold the state legislators accountable for the current crisis in Education. Our DV League is presenting a follow-up event to its 2009 events on education funding issues and the ongoing budget crisis. Speakers include our two LWVDV members: ~ Barbara Wilson, Superintendent of the Pittsburg School District ~ Nancy Vandell, Education Advocate, Legislation Team, California State PTA Our moderator will be LWVDV Voter Editor, Anita Johnson, a local teacher herself. These excellent speakers will be joined by a representative compliment of stakeholders as panelists for this important update. Find out how how you can be effective in working to solve this problem. Please join us!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010	7 pm - 9 pm	California State University East Bay's Concord Campus For directions, click on: http://www.concord.csueastbay.edu/map.html	Failure to Govern. We will discuss options for governmental reform. Sponsored by LWVDV and: Scholar-Olli (the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State East Bay): http://www.ce.csueastbay.edu/courses/OLLI/about_OLLI.shtml
Thursday, May 13, 2010-Sunday, May 16, 2010		Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza 300 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814	LWV of California Leadership Council & Workshops - (workshops open to members and non-members). Find more information by visiting http://www.ca.lwv.org, or, click on this link: http://ca.lwv.org/lwvc/aboutlwvc/council/2010/index.html
Saturday, May 22, 2010		Walnut Creek, CA 94596	LWV of Diablo Valley Annual Meeting -- for Old, New, Prospective Members. Speaker to address potential reforms to the state budget process. More details to come.
Saturday, May 29, 2010			LWVBA (Bay Area) Convention. Details in progress.
Friday, June 11, 2010-Tuesday, June 15, 2010		Marriott Atlanta Marquis	LWVUS Convention. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES 49TH NATIONAL CONVENTION JUNE 11-15, 2010 MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK: A HISTORY OF CHANGE. A FUTURE OF HOPE. The LWVUS invites all members to join fellow Leaguers from 50 states, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hong Kong to celebrate 90 remarkable years of League achievements and chart the course for the next biennium of League programs. All League members are invited to attend Convention, but Presidents of local, state and ILO Leagues appoint their allotted delegates. Non-voting members can be part of the excitement as the Convention delegate body debates and adopts the 2010-2012 National Program, the LWVUS Budget for the next fiscal year, and amendments to the LWVUS Bylaws. Delegates will also be choosing the LWVUS Board officers, directors and nominating committee for the next biennium. Convention 2010 site, the Marriott Atlanta Marquis, is located in the downtown area known as Atlanta's heartbeat. It's where you can experience the world's largest aquarium, relax in Centennial Olympic Park, tour CNN Worldwide , and enjoy myriad dining, cultural and shopping experiences. Nearby are the President Jimmy Carter Library and Museum and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Visitors Center. For detailed information on this fabulous metropolis, visit the website http://www.Atlanta.net and click on 50 Things to do in Atlanta. Do plan to arrive early or stay a few extra days to explore the many attractions the Atlanta area has to offer. The Marriott Atlanta Marquis recently completed a $120 million renovation including a new Ballroom and meeting rooms on the Atrium level which will accommodate all of the LWVUS Convention events. Guests enter the hotel and a soaring 50 story atrium, and can check-in at the front desk or at a self-serve interactive kiosk which produces your room key with a swipe of a credit card. Hotel restaurants include a Starbucks Café, SEAR for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the M-Shop Deli. The hotel has an indoor/outdoor pool and a Health Club and Spa. A 2 minute walk on a indoor covered pathway leads to Peachtree Center, with over 60 restaurants and shops. For more information please call 404-521-0000 or visit http://www.Atlantamarquis.com

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