(Terri Gulyas, DEI Committee Chair) For Black History Month, I immersed myself in two books that completely held my attention—both powerful, eye-opening, and deeply relevant to the work we do. I found myself thinking about them long after I’d closed the covers. Together, Elaine Weiss’s Spell Freedom and Jennifer Eberhardt’s Biased offer a compelling look at how education, bias, and civic structures shape who participates in our democracy and how. As you read the discussion q

(Terri Gulyas, DEI Committee Chair) During our last DEI webinar, we briefly discussed 287g agreements. Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act allows state and local law enforcement agencies to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These partnerships come in two primary forms: Jail Enforcement Model (JEM) agreements and Warrant Service Officer (WSO) agreements. Under the Jail Enforcement Model, certain local officers receive ICE training a

(Lynn Meshke, Vice President) At the end of October, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin hosted a powerful three-part webinar series, “Issues Briefing 2025: Understanding and Surviving Our Constitutional Crisis.” The series explored the depth and urgency of our nation’s current constitutional crisis – what’s at stake for our democracy and how circumstances in each of the three branches of government have contributed to this unprecedented breakdown. Most importantly, the