Meeting Time and Location
When
3rd Saturday of the month (September to April, no meeting in December)
Where
Las Vegas Social Club, adjacent to Main Street Station Hotel & Casino, Stewart and Main
Time
9:00 am Social and Networking
9:30 am Breakfast
10:00 am Program and Meeting
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Cost
Breakfast is $20.00 with reservation,
Admission is $5.00 (included in breakfast charge)
Reservations
By phone to (702) 464-7887
E-mail: lwv@lwvlasvegasvalley.org
Please contact us for more information about events and committee meetings May through August.
Photo caption: League meeting of September 21, 2002: All candidates for Governor of Nevada were invited to discuss the topic of "How to Resolve the Heath Care Crisis in Nevada." Pictured, l to r, Then-Governor Kenny Guinn, Green Party Candidate Charles Laws and Senator Joe Neal.
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February 18
| Danny L. Thompson has been Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Nevada State AFL-CIO since he was elected in 1999. He has directed the organization with 125 affiliates and more than 225,000 members statewide to be one of the most effective labor movements in the country.
Recognized nationally for his involvement in preventing anti-labor and divisive initiatives such as Pay Check Deception and TABOR from becoming law, Mr. Thompson was also the architect of the successful Constitutional Amendment to raise the minimum wage in Nevada and continues to be a strong voice for labor in all policy debates.
Mr. Thompson will speak on the economy and tax reform.
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March 17
| Marilyn G. Wills, the Governor's Consumer Health Advocate, will update us on Health Care Reform. Ms. Wills was previously Deputy Administrator of the Aging and Disability Services Division and Director of the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
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April 21
| Annual Meeting
Speaker: Mayor Carolyn Goodman
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Rescheduled - date to be announced
| Al Gore's Climate Reality Project. Eric Torres will discuss the components and causes of climate change and the effect on the natural world and society. Also also serves as the South West District Manager for Climate Reality, formerly known as The Climate Project. In December 2006, he was chosen to personally train with Mr. Gore and several dozen scientists from such scientific agencies as NASA, NOAA, the US Geological Survey, the Scripts Institute for Oceanic Study and many more in the understanding of Mr. Gore's slide presentation, its supporting science and how to present it. Eric has given over 100 presentations to over 10,000 people.
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