Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Dispatch
August 18, 2024
If you have announcements to pass onto the DEI Committee, please email it to dei@lwvtucson.com. The next issue of The DEI Dispatch will be September 10, 2024.
LWVGT DEI Policy - adopted November 6, 2021
League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson (LWVGT) is fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. LWVGT aims to build a participant base that is representative of all dimensions that make each individual unique. Our aim is to be inclusive, affirming, and welcoming of all identities. We intend to ensure that each individual has access to the same opportunities to grow, contribute, and develop within the organization. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to the organization's current and future success in engaging all individuals, households, communities, and policymakers in creating a more perfect democracy.
| | The DEI Outreach Committee
| | 2025 National Day of Racial Healing
Planning Meeting
Saturday, September 7
10 AM
LWVGT Office
800 N. Swan, Suite 126, Tucson
The National Day of Racial Healing takes place annually on the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The observance grows every year as people across the country work to create connections and share a sense of belonging. The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson and the YWCA of Southern Arizona are again partnering on an event to celebrate NDRH. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
If you missed the event last year you can view a video recording on the League website at Members/You Tube Library/click videos and it is the first two videos in the fourth row down. View NDRH 2024
|  | DEI Meeting
Wednesday, September 11
6 PM
Zoom
Anthony Avatar, Jr
NAACP Youth Council
Anthony Akator Jr. is a senior at BASIS Tucson North. He currently serves as president of the NAACP Youth Council and chair of the education workgroup at the Governor Youth Commission. He is deeply involved in community service. From cleaning up garbage in his local community, volunteering at his school, and helping out at the diaper bank, Anthony is committed to making a positive change in his community. Furthemore, Anthony is also deeply invested in social justice, political science, and international affairs. He has regularly given speeches advocating for voting rights and civic engagement, was a founding member and current co-leader of Students for Unity; a community service club that discusses ongoing public policy and political matters; and he has repeatedly argued for the need of American leadership on the global stage particularly in regards to international development. Finally, Anthony cares deeply about the rule of law and hopes to become a lawyer. He has served as president of his Mock Trial team, helping lower the cost of entry for the club, and over the summer shadowed attorneys working in Major Crimes and Domestic Violence as part of the High School Enrichment Academy. |  | | Tour
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
1288 West Rive Road, Tucson
Thursday, September 19
10 AM
Lunch provided
Limited to 20 attendees
For more information and to register
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DEI Book Discussion Group
Next meeting
Thursday, October 3
6 PM
The DEI Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, August 1 to discuss For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide (1997) Shange, Ntozake. This group will meet on the first Thursday of even-numbered months. There will be a discussion host for each meeting who will provide discussion questions. For more information email dei@lwvtucson.com
Scheduled book for December 5 - Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time (1963; Vintage reissue, 1992)
The DEI Book Group is beginning to discuss titles for 2025.
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A History and Overview of DEI in LWVGT
At the LWVAZ Council on May 17 Nancy Norton, Victor Bowleg, and Judy Wood presented the history and overview of LWVGT's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion activities. To view the presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H09XOFNIrxc | | Saturday, September 7
10:30 AM
Victor Bowleg and Jason R. Jurjevich - Facilitators
Valencia Library
202 W Valencia Road
Tucson
Registration required
For more information and to register
| | NAACP Freedom Fund Luncheon
Saturday, October 5
11 AM
Casino Del Sol
For more information or if you are interested in attending email
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African American Museum
of Southern Arizona
Tea
Saturday, October 12
Amethyst Room, PCC Downton Campus
For more information or if you are interested in attending email
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