Dawn Smith, President Hello League Friends! I’m in the middle of corresponding with over 50 candidates to whom Voter Services has sent invites, asking them to submit a 10-minute video for us to share on our YouTube channel; it’s taking WAY more time than I thought it would, so I need to get back to it. But there’s a lot going on right now that I want to share. We’ve completed one of the four elections in 2026 – it was the smallest election. Only one race was on the ballot in

Jean Marsch, Chair The Healthcare and Environment Committee will meet on March 11at 10:30 am via Zoom. All members are welcome to join. Contact Jean Marsch at jean.marsch@gmail.com and she will send you the link, In the meantime, we invite you to educate yourself by following these links: From KFF, February 20, 2026: · When It Comes to Health Insurance, Federal Dollars Support More Than ACA Plans · Climate Health Rollback Likely to Hit, Poor, Minority

Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Chair The Education Committee did not meet in February, but Denise made a few presentations on behalf of the League Education Committee and her employer, Wisconsin Public Education Network. Denise provided comments at the meeting of the American Association of University Women at which Vicki Bayer, Green Bay Area Superintendent of Schools, was the keynote speaker. Lynn Gerlach, Vice President of the GBAPSD Board of Education and member of our Educa

O n February 11, t he U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act with a 218-213 vote along strict party lines. Introduced by Republican legislators, the bill requires proof of citizenship for voter registration and voter ID for all federal elections. The League of Women Voters - along with dozens of other nonpartisan organizations - oppose this legislation for several reasons. First, it is unnecessary. Countless studies done by reputable organizations acro

(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

The growing and active LWVGGB National Popular Vote Committee has created a brochure to help educate the public about the limitations of the Electoral College and the many ways in which National Popular Vote is a better and more democratic method for electing our President and Vice President.

Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Chair Our next committee meeting will be Wednesday, February 18, at 3:30 via Zoom. All members are encouraged to join the meeting. Email me for the link . School Board elections coming up! Find out about the candidates for our local school boards. It is really important to be prepared to vote knowledgeably in April for your local school board candidates. We have people running for school board in all of the Brown County school districts. Be watchin

Lynn Gerlach, Education Committee member When our committee chair, Denise Gaumer Hutchison, called to my attention a recent press release from Wisconsin Public Education Network, a faint memory crept into my consciousness. WPEN was warning about a new plan to “nationalize” school vouchers that would draw public property taxes away from public schools to support private – often religious – schools. I remembered reading about such a proposal in the past, but where...? And th

Jane Benson, committee member and LWVGGB member February 2026 The Judicial Integrity and Redistricting Committee has now been subdivided into two very active subcommittees. First, let’s take a look at the important work of the Judicial Integrity subcommittee: Impact of the Federal Supreme Court Shadow Docket YouTube Series The Judicial Integrity Subcommittee devoted a lot of time in recent months to the preparation of a series of brief YouTube videos meant to make acc

Dawn Smith, President It’s cold, friends. If you read my update last month, you might remember I was looking forward to 2026 after last year, which was a tough one. 2026 had to be better, right? Well, we’re a month in, and I’m already exhausted. I’m watching the situation unfold in Minnesota, like many of you, and I feel a bit like I’m living in a dystopian novel. Minnesota is right next door, and I’ve seen videos of two people being killed by federal agents, and a five-ye

Dawn Smith, Committee Co-chair Voter Services holds its meetings the first Thursday of the month, which was January 1 this year, so we didn’t meet, but we have been busy. We’ve been working on collecting candidate data for many local races. We’ll be holding an in-person/live-stream GBAPS School Board forum at the Brown County Central Library on Wednesday, March 18, at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium. It will be moderated by Jean Marsch. For our other local races, we’ll be sendi

Jean Marsch, Chair The Healthcare and Environment Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 11 at 10:30 am via Zoom. All are welcome. Contact Jean Marsch at jean.marsch@gmail.com or 920-883-9394 for a link. In the meantime, here are some of the excellent resources we would like to share with you: From The Wisconsin Examiner, January 15, 2026 President Rolls Out Framework on Health Care Costs That’s Silent on ACA Tax Credits – Read the story here. From Ax

Terri Gulyas, DEI Committee Chair With so much to learn about in our world, reading makes it possible to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Here is a great book that talks about implicit bias and microaggressions. It’s an excellent companion to the webinar coming up this month. We changed the day to Thursdays, hoping that will make it more convenient for others. Hope to see you there! ~ Terri Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think,

(by Lynn Gerlach, Communications Committee member) We hear about “Unite and Rise” from our national League, and our local members struggle to understand exactly what this “project” or “movement” is. Then we see the number “8.5,” and we become really confused. So our Communications Committee did some digging; we determined to understand Unite & Rise 8.5 so we can meaningfully explain it to you. It turns out that we’re not being asked to do anything new or different – we’re si

(Terri Gulyas, Chair) News and Reviews Here are two books that will support what we will discuss in our next two webinars. We’ll be changing the day of the week and/or the meeting time to hopefully draw others into the discussion. More details to come! Three or More Is a Riot – Jelani Cobb In Three or More Is a Riot, Jelani Cobb brings together incisive essays that chronicle the political, cultural, and racial fault lines of the United States from roughly the early 2010s

(Dawn Smith, President) I’m writing this on December 30, so I’m still recovering from the holidays and gearing up to go back to work on January 2 after a nice break. As I’ve said before, 2025 was a tough year for a lot of people, and I, for one, am looking forward to flipping the page on the calendar and starting fresh with a brand-new year. I would like to give a huge thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Holiday Brunch on December 6. Around 20 members joined us,