Events
June 2019
June* Book Club: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*Please note that due to Memorial Day, the May meeting will now be on June 15 in the conference room at the Edina Library.
The classic American novel about life and issues larger than life in a small Southern town. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was made into an equally classic film that won three Academy Awards. Read it again and discover why the American public, as part of PBS's, The Great American Read, chose To Kill A Mockingbird as America's Favorite Book.
Find out more »July 2019
Join LWVE in the 4th of July Parade!
To celebrate LWVMinnesota’s 100th anniversary and LWVEdina’s 65th anniversary this year, LWVEdina is participating in Edina’s 4th of July Parade. Our theme is LWV - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. We plan to have some people dressed as suffragettes (yesterday), current members carrying signs of what we do (today), and children who will vote in 2024 and 2028 (tomorrow).
Find out more »July Book Club: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, looks at various critical junctures of American history when hope overcame fear. He illustrates how what Abraham Lincoln called "the better angels of our nature" have helped Americans weather past crises and retain our national spirit of optimism.
Find out more »August 2019
August Book Club: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
This Man Booker prize winning book was Roy's debut novel and has been described as a powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. Roy has since written numerous other novels as well as political commentary focused on global issues that affect everyone.
Find out more »September 2019
Celebrate Minnesota Women’s Suffrage Day
Join the Leagues of Women Voters from Edina and all over Minnesota as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Minnesota’s ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which expanded voting rights for women. This free event includes special programs, performances and activities for the whole family!
Find out more »Unit Meeting: Redistricting in Minnesota
Our first Unit Meeting of the new program year will feature Peter Wattson, a Redistricting Consultant and former Minnesota State Senate Counsel and Secretary of the Minnesota Senate. Wattson has many years of experience with redistricting issues.
Find out more »School Board Candidate Forum
On November 5, residents in the Edina School District will elect three members to the Edina School Board. Seven candidates have filed for election: Linda Friede, Julie Greene, Garrett Knudsen, Lou Nanne, Sarah Patzloff, Janie Shaw and Leny Wallen-Friedman. This is a great opportunity to see and hear the candidates in person. Candidates will answer one question they were given in advance and will take written questions from the audience. Come and bring your questions and your friends.
Find out more »February Unit Meeting
Speaker: Heidi Lee, City of Edina Race & Equity Coordinator
Find out more »September Book Club: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama chronicles the experiences that shaped her life in this memoir. From her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years in the White House as the first African American First Lady, Obama describes both her triumphs and failures.
Find out more »October 2019
October Unit Meeting: The U.S. Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Come hear retired history teacher and long time League member, Lonni Skrentner's presentation on The U.S. Fight for Women's Suffrage.
Find out more »Past Events
Some of our recent events are listed here. Click a title for more info.
School Board Candidate Forum
Legislative Wrap-Up
2020 U.S. Census – Why It Matters
H.R.1 Community Conversation
Edina Reads Event: Poetry and Autism
Forum: Facts and Faces of Immigration
Voting Rights – and Wrongs
Debra Mangen: Reflections from 23 Years of Elections
Election 2018: What Happened? A Conversation with Dr. Kathryn Pearson