Empowering Voters.
Defending Democracy.
Upcoming Events:
May 17
LWV St. Louis Park 71st Annual Meeting
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Aquila Commons Community Room, 8200 West 33rd Street, SLP
Presentation: Rose Roach
Chair of Healthcare for All Minnesota and
Nat’l. Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer
Set Up/Sign In 9:30 am
Business Meeting 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Presentation 11:00 am -12:00 pm
Brunch 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
All members, members' guests, and prospective members welcome.
The meeting is free to attend.
(Donations for food and supplies welcomed, but not expected)
LWV St. Louis Park 71st Annual Meeting
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Aquila Commons Community Room, 8200 West 33rd Street, SLP
Presentation: Rose Roach
Chair of Healthcare for All Minnesota and
Nat’l. Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer
Set Up/Sign In 9:30 am
Business Meeting 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Presentation 11:00 am -12:00 pm
Brunch 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
All members, members' guests, and prospective members welcome.
The meeting is free to attend.
(Donations for food and supplies welcomed, but not expected)
Past Events:
March 29
Help LWVUS Develop a Position on the Federal Judiciary
During our March program meeting, LWVSLP members will work through a set of consensus questions to provide input to LWVUS, as part of a nationwide study.
Help LWVUS Develop a Position on the Federal Judiciary
During our March program meeting, LWVSLP members will work through a set of consensus questions to provide input to LWVUS, as part of a nationwide study.
What: Federal Judiciary Study Consensus Meeting
When: Saturday, March 29, 10-11:30 AM
Where: St Louis Park Library Meeting Room 3240 Library Ln, St Louis Park
Who: All members welcome.
At the LWVUS Convention in 2024, delegates voted to develop a position on the federal judiciary as an essential component of U.S. democracy. This study will address key issues such as judicial accountability, transparency, independence, and ethics. To help members prepare for the upcoming consensus meetings, LWVUS organized a Town Hall. Watch the recording here.
When: Saturday, March 29, 10-11:30 AM
Where: St Louis Park Library Meeting Room 3240 Library Ln, St Louis Park
Who: All members welcome.
At the LWVUS Convention in 2024, delegates voted to develop a position on the federal judiciary as an essential component of U.S. democracy. This study will address key issues such as judicial accountability, transparency, independence, and ethics. To help members prepare for the upcoming consensus meetings, LWVUS organized a Town Hall. Watch the recording here.
For more information about the study—including the study guide, policy papers, timeline, discussion group, and scope—please click here.
Consider joining the LWV West Metro webinar on March 22 or listening to the recording (see above) and consulting the study materials also referenced above.
Our March meeting will require advanced preparation. If you are interested in helping members prepare and participate in the consensus process prior to the meeting, please contact Deb Brinkman at 612-803-6142 or [email protected].
April 10
LWVSLP April Board Meeting
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Host: Louise Winter
Please see roster for address and contact information.
All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!
LWVSLP April Board Meeting
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Host: Louise Winter
Please see roster for address and contact information.
All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!
April 24
DEI April Book Discussion
We will read The Sentence by Louise Erdrich for our April Meeting. Be prepared to take part in an interesting discussion!
“In her stunning and timely new novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman’s resiliency through her relentless errors. Lousie Erdrich's novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book.
A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls’ Day, but she simply won’t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading “with murderous attention,” must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning” *
*caption from the interview on YouTube, between Louise Erdrich and Eric Galsworthy
Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 7 - 8:30 PM
Where: Community Room at Lunds & Byerlys,
3777 Park Center Blvd, St Louis Park, MN 55416.
DEI April Book Discussion
We will read The Sentence by Louise Erdrich for our April Meeting. Be prepared to take part in an interesting discussion!
“In her stunning and timely new novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman’s resiliency through her relentless errors. Lousie Erdrich's novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book.
A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store’s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls’ Day, but she simply won’t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading “with murderous attention,” must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning” *
*caption from the interview on YouTube, between Louise Erdrich and Eric Galsworthy
Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 7 - 8:30 PM
Where: Community Room at Lunds & Byerlys,
3777 Park Center Blvd, St Louis Park, MN 55416.
May 8
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People Powered Fair Maps:
LWV Initiative to End Gerrymandering
LWV Initiative to End Gerrymandering
The LWV position: "Gerrymandering, or the practice of drawing district lines to protect the interest of political parties or politicians, undermines the redistricting process and suppresses the voice of voters. Politicians should not choose their voters—voters must be free to choose who they want to represent them. June 2020 will mark one year since the Supreme Court declined to set a standard to rein in partisan gerrymandering. This ruling played a major role in the launch of our campaign for People Powered Fair Maps™...."
Redistricting and the Census
For an idea of what the redistricting time line following the 2020 Census looks like in Minnesota, access Congressional and Legislative Redistricting 2020: Timeline Scenarios created by MN House Research Department:
From the Brennan Center for Justice
"Every 10 years, all U.S. states redraw their legislative and congressional districts in order to comply with the constitutional mandate that districts are equally populated. States redraw these districts using block level data from the decennial census conducted in years ending in zero."
"Every 10 years, all U.S. states redraw their legislative and congressional districts in order to comply with the constitutional mandate that districts are equally populated. States redraw these districts using block level data from the decennial census conducted in years ending in zero."
LWVMN Statement in Defense of Democracy
Letter Sent to Minnesota Legislative Leaders
Letter Sent to Minnesota Legislative Leaders
From the LWV Minnesota:
[On Friday, January 15, 2021], "the LWVMN State Board met and approved THIS LETTER to be sent to the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate leadership in both parties. We are especially concerned about the growing evidence of possible violence being directed at elected and government officials prior to inauguration, and about the ongoing use of the baseless claims of voter fraud as a reason for this insurrection behavior. We are specifically calling on our Legislative Leaders to:
Our letter fully documents and cites the evidence behind our concerns and requests, and provides you...with solid facts you can continue to amplify and use...."
[On Friday, January 15, 2021], "the LWVMN State Board met and approved THIS LETTER to be sent to the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate leadership in both parties. We are especially concerned about the growing evidence of possible violence being directed at elected and government officials prior to inauguration, and about the ongoing use of the baseless claims of voter fraud as a reason for this insurrection behavior. We are specifically calling on our Legislative Leaders to:
- Require that all Minnesota State Representatives and Senators tell the truth about the settled 2020 elections as a duty to fulfill their oath to the United States and Minnesota constitutions;
- Require certain legislators who have incited lies and violence to issue a public message immediately disavowing the falsehoods about a “stolen election,” apologizing for the use of those lies for political purposes, and accepting of the 2020 election validity and integrity, and a clear message that harassment and calls for violence toward our public officials will not be tolerated; and
- Seek consequences and accountability of those legislators who have continued to violate their oath of office by spreading lies about the election through formal censure, the revocation of committee assignments, and even expulsion if needed, should their behavior of spreading lies and misinformation continue.
Our letter fully documents and cites the evidence behind our concerns and requests, and provides you...with solid facts you can continue to amplify and use...."
For further information and explanation of the need for and ability of the LWVMN to issue a forceful letter like this one, go to THIS PAGE where LWVMN answers FAQ about this particular position and the support of LWVUS in issuing the letter.
LWV St. Louis Park
Established St. Louis Park League - 1954
Trusted, Nonpartisan, Grassroots Minnesota Leadership Since 1920.
MISSION STATEMENT League of Women Voters of St. Louis Park
The League of Women Voters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
MISSION STATEMENT League of Women Voters of St. Louis Park
The League of Women Voters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
League of Women Voters Minnesota
When you join the LWVSLP, you automatically become a member of the League of Women Voters Minnesota. This state site is a great resource for information on issues, positions, and voter information.
League of Women Voters United States
When you joint the LWVSLP, you automatically become a member of the League of Women Voters United States. The US site has a lot of information on different issues, positions, Action Alerts and other lobbying efforts.
