Portland Area
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021 12:00 pm | Hosted On Zoom | LWV-Portland Area: Climate Change Book Discussion January is Climate Change Awareness Month. Join Portland Area’s upcoming book discussion to focus attention on a great, short book on Climate Change. Written by a political conservative who wants to keep it short (if not sweet) to sway the unconvinced. Read it, discuss, hand it off to Uncle Louis. Book: What We Know About Climate Change, updated 2018 edition, by Kerry Emanuel. |
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021 12:00 pm | Hosted On Zoom | LWV-Portland Area: Diversity and Inclusion Book Discussion Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In this book, Wilkerson writes that beyond race or class, a powerful caste system influences how we see and behave in American society. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations |
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Portland Area League of Women Voters
PO Box 7904
Portland, ME 04112
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LWVPA Who's Who
Co-presidents - Peg Balano and Beth Basham
Secretary - Carol Carpenter
Treasurer - Polly Ward
Directors:
- Elaine DiGiovanni
- Barbara Kaufman
- Kim Peaslee
- Sue Robins
- Gail Roller
- Debra Smith
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