Update on Educate + Advocate + Impact Workshop 

Our Advocacy101 Workshop Educate+Advocate+Impact is tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26, 2020. We are looking forward to seeing you there. If you haven't registered yet, there are only a few spots remaining - register via the link below!

Where? Room 310 of the Capitol Building., 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford. 

 Time?   9:30 AM to 11:30ish, possibly Noon. [Room 310 will be open at 9 AM].

 Weather. It’s looking good! Perhaps no rain until afternoon.

 Parking.https://wp.cga.ct.gov/CapitolTours/directions/  These directions lead you right to entrance of Legislative Office Building, which is connected to the Capitol by an underground walkway similar to walkways/moving walkways connecting airport terminals.

 If parking is not available in free garage, there is on-street parking on Oak, Hungerford, Russ, and Grand Streets. Also, paid parking available in CEA garage/Capitol Place, 21 Oak Street.

Train:https://www.hartfordline.com/route_stations/hartford.aspx

It’s  a 6/10 mile walk from train station to Capitol across beautiful Bushnell Park. [This is an aspiration for me, but it will have to wait for another day. jl]

Food and Beverages. We are not providing any food or beverages. You may purchase both at the Lessings Cafeteria and bring to our meeting space in the Capitol Building.

Recording this Session. Pua Ford, our Legislative Specialist on Open Government with special attention to Community Access TV and Public Affairs Programming, has graciously agreed to record our session; she is also preparing testimony for hearings coming up on Thursday.

Handouts. There will be packets of handouts for each of you when you arrive, and we will post them on website after the event. (One or two are still in process).

Volunteer Job Description.

Our current Legislative Specialist for Election Laws, Yvonne Senturia, has other major commitments in March and April this year when the legislative calendar is most full. Yvonne has anchored this key position for LWVCT for several years. We are eternally grateful to Yvonne for stepping up and staying at the helm to keep us on course in challenging times. I am attaching the job description for this position so you can consider whether you or some other current LWVCT member would be interested in exploring the possibility of helping her out and taking on more of this responsibility. [Please note: trouble attaching job description. Look for it in your packet tomorrow, or email me at Advocacy@lwvct.org and I'll send it to you via regular email.]

 

Agenda for Educate + Advocate + Impact Workshop Feb 26, 2020

 Room 310 of the gold-domed Capitol will be open at 9 AM. Feel free to arrive early, sign in, and look over the packet of info we’ll have for you. You may bring coffee and bagel, etc into the room from cafeteria.

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 9:30 Carol Reimers and Judy Lhamon Opening Remarks

 9:45 - John M. Bailey, II, TCG Government Relations, Advocacy 101 Powerpoint (or Kimberly King, Legislative Aide to Sen. Paul M. Formica, 20th District)

10:00 -Kimberly King or John Bailey (see above)

10:15 - Secretary of the State Denise Merrill 

10:30 - Shannon Kief, Legal Program Director of State Elections Enforcement Commission (which administers the Citizens Election Program)

10:45 - 11:15 LWVCT Legislative Specialists

 

•  Yvonne Senturia, Election Laws (confirmed

 

•  Pam Klem, Campaign Finance Reform and Citizens’ Election Program (confirmed)

 

•  Pua Ford, Open Government, Media Issues (confirmed)

 

•  Kathy Golas (Judy L in her absence), Legislative Specialist, Bottle Bill

 

11:15 - Cheri Quickmire, Director, CT Common Cause — Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)

 

11:45 ish - 10:45 - Senator Mae Flexer, 29th District, Co-Chair, Government Administration & Elections (GAE) Committee 

 

[Also invited, Sen. Gary A. Winfield, 10th District; Sen. Winfield has a 10 AM Press Conference that day on “Clean Slate” legislation]

 

[Also invited and declined, Rep Gregg Haddad, 54th District.]

 Planning Ahead! Friday, Feb 28, 2020 , 11:00 AM, Rm 2A of the Legislative Office Building (LOB) -- Government, Adminstration, and Elections Hearing where several Election Law bills will be discussed for which we will provide testimony.

Last Chance to Register Now!