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Date: 2/23/2025
Subject: The DEI Dispatch - February 23, 2025
From: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee



DEI 2024-2025
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Dispatch
  
February  23, 2025

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 March 9, 2025.
 
LWVGT DEI Policy - adopted November 11, 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
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
1:30 PM  
Zoom

DEI Book Discussion Group
Special Session
 
The Message
by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
 
At the February 6 gathering of the DEI Book Discussion group it was suggested that we hold a deeper discussion of the first three sections of The Message. Thus this special announcement.  All are invited to participate.
 
Thursday, February 27
Section III
Bearing the Flaming Cross - pages 64 - 111
 
 
  
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DEI Book Discussion Group
Thursday, April 3
6 PM
 
 
The DEI Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, April 3 - Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman
 
Future Book titles:
  • Thursday, June 5 - Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II by Daniel James Brown
 
This group meets on the first Thursday of even-numbered months.  There is a discussion host for each meeting who will provide discussion questions.  For more information email dei@lwvtucson.com


DEI Movies
 DEI Movie Discussion
The Six Triple Eight
Thursday, March 6
6 PM
ZOOM
 
 
 The Six Triple Eight - The US Army's only predominantly Black, all-women battalion serving oversees in WWII must do the impossible in the stirring drama based on true events.  2024 2h 9m - Available on Netflix, Prime
  
Here are a few additional movies members have viewed in the past month:
 
Free State of Jones - A Mississippi farmer-turned-outlaw leads a ragtag ban of fellow Civil war deserters and enslaved people in a rebellion against the Confederacy. Based on true events. 2016 2h 19m - Available on Netflix
 
The Old Oak - When a group of Syrian refugees move into a once thriving mining town in Northern England prejudice fuels a rift between the community and its newest inhabitants.  2024 1h 52m - Available on Prime, Kanopy
 
One Life - Nicholas Winton is a young London stockbroker who leading up to the beginning of WWII rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Based on a true story. 2023 1h 49m - Available on Kanopy 
 

NDRH Banner 2025
2026 National Day of Racial Healing Committee
Saturday, March 8
11 AM
LWVGT Office
800 N Swan, Suite 126
Tucson

LOOK FOR IT!
THE 2025 DEI MEMBER SURVEY
Within the next two weeks the 2025 DEI Member survey will be emailed to members.  
Please take a few minutes to review, answer questions, and offer suggestions.
 

DEI Meeting Notes
February 12

DEI Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 12
6 PM
Zoom
 

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES


Edna Lewis
FINDING EDNA LEWIS
Wednesday, February 26
2 PM
PBS 6 Plus
 
Edna Regina Lewis was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as fried chicken, pork, and fresh vegetables – most especially greens.

LGBTQ+ Alliance
Calling Allies into Action
 
Friday,  February 28
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Midtown Tucson
 

This event will delve into the impacts of recent Executive Orders and explore actionable steps allies can take to support our communities. This event is a valuable opportunity to learn from leaders dedicated to social justice and discover ways to actively support and uplift our communities.



2025.03.01 Reentry Simulation

Empty Bowls 2025
Support local food banks. Join Interfaith Community Services to eat soup, bread and desserts from local restaurants as part of a fundraiser for local food banks. At the event, participants will select a handcrafted pottery bowl, created and donated by a local artist, to use during the event and take home. Tickets are $40. The event takes place on Saturday, March 1, at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center at 1288 W. River Road. 

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