Emily, Author at League of Women Voters of Klamath County

100th Anniversary Cookbook Coming January 2020

The LWV Klamath County, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the LWV and the Women’s vote, has been busy creating a commemorative cookbook! In fact, we’ve collected over a hundred recipes from our members, friends, family, and community members. In addition, we’ve added interesting pages on the history of the LWV, including here in Klamath County. We have all the right sections for our favorite recipes, from soups to desserts.

LWV Klamath 100th anniversary women's suffrage

And you can PRE-ORDER it for $20 here! Send us a check or contact Leslie Lowe for more information. The cookbook, “The Great Fight for the Women’s Right to Vote”, will be spiral-bound, soft cover, and over a hundred pages. You can pick it up after January 31, 2020 at locations to be determined. It will also be available at other upcoming events that will celebrate our 100th Anniversary. Definitely a unique archive of the LWV of Klamath County and our 100th anniversary.

LWV 100th anniversary event: discussion on women’s rights

On January 11, 2020, at 10 AM, at the main Klamath County Library in downtown Klamath Falls, the Rationalists Discussion Group, a monthly gathering of individuals who meet to discuss a wide range of intellectual topics, will discuss the topic of Women’s Rights: Where are we now? This group is not a debate society, nor an educational event, but rather a forum for anyone to come and listen and thoughtfully discuss the announced topic. The group is provided links to thoughtful articles on the general topic, and then holds a round-robin guided discussion. They don’t attempt to reach conclusions or induce calls to action. Rather, it is a chance to consider a topic in some depth with others, to enhance one’s own thinking on the matter.

LWV Klamath 100th anniversary Right to vote

For January, the following articles will be offered for consideration. Each one addresses a different facet of women’s rights and issues, from voting to sexuality.

Suffragettes and slaves: The women’s suffrage movement was saturated with metaphors of ‘shackles’, ‘bonds’ and ‘slavery’. Was it justifiable?

I’m not a feminist but…These American teens look up to their strong mothers and believe in equal rights. So why won’t they use the F-word?

How men continue to interrupt even the most powerful women

Bring back Women’s Lib: Modern feminism seeks equality with men. But in a dysfunctional society, that is nowhere near enough

Sex and prosperity: Nothing we can do will make the world more free, fair and prosperous than giving women control over their own bodies

Feel free to join the discussion at 10 AM on Saturday January 11, 2020. The group is usually quite small and welcomes all participants.

Redistricting Coming to Oregon

We the people – not politicians – should draw voting maps

The League of Women Voters of Oregon believes in putting our best democracy foot forward. We know that we deserve the best possible government and we invest the energy to achieve it. Oregon led the fight for direct election of Senators to Congress, pioneered vote-by-mail and has one of the nation’s most engaged citizenry. Now we are reforming Oregon’s redistricting process.

The League has joined the People Not Politicians campaign, a diverse coalition made up of all party affiliations, income levels, backgrounds, identities, and all corners of Oregon, to rally for equal, fair and transparent representation at the state and congressional level.

Oregon voters should be choosing their representatives-
representatives should not get to choose their voters.

The League supports redistricting reform that would make our system less susceptible to abuse and unrepresentative distortions. With an independent redistricting commission, we would take the process of redistricting out of the hands of partisan politicians and back into the hands of voters. To defend the principles of good government against potential gerrymandering, our proposal combines a multipartisan independent commission with strong criteria and substantial public input. As we approach the 2020 census and the potential of adding a sixth congressional district to Oregon, we need to make sure district boundaries are fair. Biased political goals can manipulate this process and affect election outcomes at state and national levels.

For more information check the LWV-OR site.

Download the flyer here.

LWV redistricting projections — Projections for the 2021 redistricting process

Here is a very thorough explanation of the redistricting process.

Another explanation of the redistricting process from a Loyola Law School professor.

Celebrating 100 years of the Right to Vote: recent news story

We’re in the news today! We are happy to see this story in the local Herald & News describing our recent efforts on our 100th anniversary celebration.

herald & news : November 7, 2019 Link here.

Dust off those old family recipes. The League of Women’s Voters of Klamath County is gearing up to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920. One way they’re celebrating the anniversary is with the publishing of a cookbook containing recipes submitted by locals either with a family tie or worthy of passing down to future generations.

The deadline to submit the recipes is Nov. 25, and the cookbook will go on sale Feb. 1, 2020 for $20. The book will be called “The Great Fight to Win the Vote.” Find the order form HERE.

“Cooking was a traditionally female domain. We’re talking about women’s history and one part of women’s history was cooking. It was always a way to share among family, friends and communities and I think just remembering good cooking, interesting recipes, old recipes, things that women shared, again, I know that’s maybe not the way we look at it anymore but it certainly was for a very long time,” said Emily Strauss, board member of the LWVKC. “It was a way of women working together.”

“It was a way of meeting with other women,” said Sue Fortune, president of LWVKC.

The organization is aiming for 100 recipes and had 82 as of Wednesday, said Leslie Lowe, LWVKC treasurer. They can accept as many as 150.

People wanting to submit recipes can email them to lenny5155@aol.com, along with a couple of sentences about why the recipe is significant to them.

The cookbook will also feature passages about the history of women’s right to vote and photos from the time. Funds raised from the cookbook sales will go toward other 100th anniversary events.

Although the league has the word “Women” in its name, Lowe said they’re not limiting recipes or involvement in their events to only women. Men are also welcome to participate in the events and in the League of Women Voters, as Lowe said the organization has expanded to include all voters and voter education in general. Lowe said they already have a few recipes submitted from men in the community, including one from Klamath County Commissioner Derrick DeGroot. The recipe is one of his Oma’s — which is Dutch for grandmother — for Loempia, a kind of deep-fried spring roll which he said is a traditional dish from the Netherlands, introduced by Indonesian immigrants.

“The League of Women Voters started just for women, but it has become the League of All Voters,” Lowe said.

According to the group’s website, “LWVKC joins more than 700 other local and state chapters to celebrate these historic milestones.”

For more information on the League of Women Voters visit lwvklamath.org. Those looking to buy a cookbook can call Lowe or email her at inharmony46@charter.net.

The League of Women Voters is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a national organization in February of 2020 and in August will celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

We Need Recipes!

Our 100th anniversary committee is hard at work to produce a fine cookbook showcasing all of your family or favorite recipes. Now we need yours! Send us as many as you want! We’ll accept any kind, as long as they are complete with ingredients and directions.

Do you want to see your recipes in our book? Send them to lenny5155@aol.com by November 25, 2019!

Do you want to buy a cookbook with your recipes in it? Cookbooks will sell for $20 and will be available at the end of January, 2020. You may pre-order yours now by contacting lenny5155@aol.com.

LWV Klamath County old recipes for cookbook

Harvard University-High School Case Study Project and the LWV

This past summer of 2019, for the first time in Oregon, the LWV joined with Harvard University to sponsor 13 high school teachers from around the state to participate in a free curriculum development project. Five of the teachers were from Southern Oregon high schools: Klamath Falls, Mazama, Lost River, and Paisley.

LWV Klamath County participates in Harvard case study teacher training program — Teach Workshop 2019

the harvard case study program

The Case Method Project is an initiative formed to achieve two goals:

Bring case method teaching to high schools and colleges
Use this methodology to deepen students’ understanding of American democracy

Based on the highly successful experience of Harvard Business School and other graduate and professional programs that use case-based teaching, we believe the case method can be employed to strengthen high school and college education as well, ensuring a more exciting, relevant, and effective experience for students and teachers across a range of subjects. We also believe the case method can be especially effective at engaging students with topics in history and democracy and that it presents a unique opportunity to help reverse the broad decline in civic education – and civic engagement – in the United States.

Here are profiles of our Oregon participants.

Here are the cases included in the program.

As a result of this project, the LWV Oregon and local leagues such as Klamath Falls will coordinate public presentations to be held in the Spring of 2020 with the teachers and their students to highlight the learning process using the case study method. These presentations will allow students and teachers to showcase their classroom work, and offer educational opportunities for the public. Our LWV Klamath County will help with these efforts, possibly to be held in public libraries, school facilities, or other public spaces. Everyone will be invited to attend, listen, discuss, and learn.

Creative and informative piece on Jordan Cove Energy Project

A local group called Southern Oregon Rising Tide (SORT) just finished a months-long project on public lands sections of the Jordan Cove’s Pacific Connector Pipeline route in southern Oregon, scouting the proposed right of way. The LWV wasn’t part of any of their hikes, but local LWV members have hiked parts of the pipeline route in the past, as well as seen–thanks to Christine Moffitt of the Coos County LWV–where the LNG terminal part of the project would go. Doing that gives a special kind of perspective on this project and what it proposes to do.

SORT just released the results of their project, “What’s at Stake: Mapping Jordan Cove & Pacific Connector,” a StoryMap about the pipeline combining GIS data, pictures and data from their scouting trips, and more to tell the story of what’s at stake on the ground where the pipeline is proposed to run. It’s well worth a look, no matter what you care about. They invite people to share at will: http://arcg.is/01H1yW

Southern Oregon Rising Tide is dedicated to promoting community- based solutions to the climate crisis and taking direct action to confront the root causes of climate change. We are based in the mountains and rivers of rural Southern Oregon, with most of our members living on stolen Takelma land.

LWV Klamath County takes action on Jordan Cove pipeline

about southern oregon rising tide

Our mission: Southern Oregon Rising Tide is a volunteer-run, non-hierarchical group committed to resisting capitalism and building social change through fun and creative disruptions. We use a range of tactics as diverse as all of our skill sets. By building deep relationships with our community, the land, and with other organizations, we create opportunities to take action that are accessible, joyful, and have direct impact on the issues we work on.

Our issues and values: SORT was created in 2015 in response to the proposed Pacific Connector LNG Pipeline through Southern Oregon. In continuing to fight the pipeline in coalition with other groups and organizations, we focus on building a culture of direct action and elevating the voices of rural and indigenous people whose lives and communities are most impacted by environmental destruction and climate change in Southern & Southwest Oregon.

In 2017, our focus expanded, but our principles remain the same. Climate justice transcends borders and is ultimately entwined with indigenous sovereignty and self determination, and with thinking beyond capitalism. We believe in the inherent dignity of all people, and also in the value of all non-human life including plants, animals, watersheds and forests. In action, we strive to build alliances and show up for those who are most impacted by oppression. We seek to resist fascism, capitalism, xenophobia, racism, transphobia, homophobia and patriarchy. We recognize that a community of mutual aid and solidarity is a potent force in opposing a system that thrives on division and hate.

A fine dinner for 12!

On Friday September 20, 2019, 12 people gathered at the home of Leslie Lowe for a fine dinner of homemade food. Recipes for several of the dishes will appear the the new LWV Klamath County 100th anniversary cookbook. All the guests contributed significantly to maintain the new LWV website and support other chapter activities. Guests included board members, general members and family. Discussion was wide-ranging and everyone had a wonderful time.

We’re Making a Cookbook!

100th Anniversary of the women’s right to vote commemorative cookbook!

We’re producing a cookbook to raise funds for our upcoming celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and the women’s right to vote. It also means the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters!

Cookbook title: “The Great Fight to Win the Vote”
Contents: 100 or more recipes collected from all of us, that celebrate the traditions of family cooking.
Size: 4.5 inches x 7.5 inches, soft-cover, spiral bound, professionally printed
Anticipated delivery: January 31, 2020.
Will include half-page b/w ads from local businesses. total 16 ads: hurry and get your ads in! They are filling fast! (contact us if interested: $50/ad. lenny5155@aol.com)
Read snippets of the history of the fight of women to gain the right to vote throughout the cookbook
Price: $20. Pre-order now to reserve your copy. Send check made out to ” LWVKC” (MEMO: “cookbook”) to LWVKC, 8880 Tingley Lane, Klamath Falls OR 97603

Want to have your family recipes included? it’s easy!

Give us any number of family recipes, the older the better! We are seeking authentic traditional recipes that have been handed down in your family. This is what we need:

hand-written or typed copies as illustrated above. (we reserve the right to reject illegible submissions)
your name as you wish it to be printed in the cookbook
any type of recipe accepted
a one-sentence snippet if you wish about its importance in your family
email recipe to: lenny5155@aol.com
post or hand deliver recipe to: Leslie Lowe, 409 Pine St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601 (you will pick up your cookbook here after January 31, 2020)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: November 25, 2019

WE NEED RECIPES FOR THE COOKBOOK SO PLEASE SEND US YOUR RECIPE!

Still Room at the Fundraising Dinner!

Contribute to the cause and join us!

We announced previously that we are seeking donations to help our local League enhance our position in the community, specifically to upgrade our website to provide new and relevant information! We also said that we were seeking $720 for this year, and that anyone who would contribute $50 or more would be invited to a special dinner to be held on September 20, 6- 8 PM at the home of Leslie Lowe.

As of August 1, our chapter has collected $415 from six supporters toward our goal, to pay for website management for one year. In September (date to be determined), we will sponsor a special dinner for the following people who have helped us move toward that goal: Jody Daniels and Phil Studenberg, Karen Kunz, Margo and Michael McCullough, Christina Pasillas, Jaye Weiss, and newest member Catherine Greenspan.

You too can attend this special dinner by sending a check of at least $50 to LWV Klamath website, 8880 Tingley Lane, Klamath Falls, 97603