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January 27, 2009 Regional Round Table Luncheon: “The Great Depression Number 2”

The LWV of New Haven and the LWVs of Amity, Cheshire/Wallingford, Hamden/North Haven, invite you to a Regional Round Table Luncheon Buffet at the Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven, at 12 noon on Tuesday, January 27, 2009.  The cost is $15.00, to be paid at the door.  The featured speaker will be William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University, and his talk will be “The Great Depression Number 2.” 

Please let Margot Kohorn of LWV New Haven know if you are coming – 203 795 3151.


January 28, 2009 West Hartford Budget Forum

West Hartford Town officials invite the public to a special discussion of the challenges and priorities facing the town in the upcoming budget. 

The session will be held at 7 PM in the Town Hall Auditorium.


January 29, 2009 LWV Wilton Community Forum: “The Amethyst Initiative”

The Wilton League of Women Voters and the Wilton Library present a community forum — a panel discussion — about the Amethyst Initiative, a proposal by more than 100 colleges and universities to open a dialogue about lowering the drinking age in the U. S. to 18.

Speakers on both sides of this issue will discuss the rationale behind the recent initiative and their viewpoints on prevention of adolescent alcohol abuse.  Speakers include Dr. Linda Degutis, Associate Professor, Yale University Medical School and immediate past president of the American Public Health Association; Dr. Lee Peters, VP, Student Affairs, University of Hartford; Mr. Barrett Seaman, author of “Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess” and board member of Choose Responsibility, an organization that proposes a new approach toward the drinking problem among young people; and Mr. John Hamilton, CEO, Regional Networks of Programs, Inc., a nonprofit social service agency specializing in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

The forum will be held at the Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, on Thursday, Jan. 29th at 7 PM, followed by the panel discussion at 7:30 p.m.  To register, please call 203-762-3950 or visit http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/events.


February 5, 2009 Ridgefield General Meeting: “The Global Financial Crisis”

LWV Ridgefield invites you to attend a discussion on: “The Global Financial Crisis: Can We Survive and What will Life be Like Afterwards?” starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2009 (snow date: February 19), at Veterans Park School Auditorium, with speaker Nicholas S. Perna, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Managing Director, Perna Associates.  Perna Associates specializes in economic analysis, forecasting and strategy.  Dr. Perna is economic advisor to Webster Bank, is a frequent guest on many national news programs, and is frequently quoted in the national and regional press.  The Wall Street Journal and Business Week have each cited him twice as one of the top economic forecasters in the United States.

Bring your questions.  The public is invited at no charge.  If you need further information, please contact Christine Lodewick at plodewick@aol.com.


April 27 2009 (Mon.) 6:30 p.m. General Meeting of The League of Women Voters of New Britain
Subject: Dept. of Peace
First Church of Christ, Congregational
830 Corbin Ave., New Britain


May 18, 2009 (Mon.) Annual Meeting of the League of Women Voters of New Britain
Speaker:  Former Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson
5:30 p.m. Central CT State University
1615 Stanley St., New Britain


June 22, 2009 (Mon.) 7:00 p.m.
Strawberry Social of the League of Women Voters of New Britain
Place to be determined.
An opportunity for members to hear reports of the state  convention and celebrate the start of summer.

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