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Come help register new voters and provide voter education at the WSU Tech Community Pages Book Fair on April 15th. This event will include organizations from all around Wichita to help students deal with "mid-semester blahs" by learning how to make Wichita a better place. Hearty mid-day snacks will be provided, and volunteers can sign up for 2-hour shifts. The Book Fair will take place at WSU South, 3821 E Harry, Wichita 67218

Come to help us welcome America‘s newest citizens and encourage their first exercise of rights as they register to vote. This is always a moving and rewarding experience, one you‘ll want to repeat many times! The ceremony takes place at WSU Hughes MetroPlex Lowe Auditorium, 5501 East 29th St. Wichita, KS 66226 Parking is easy and accessible. Enter the parking lot on the south side of the building off 29th Street East. Email voterservices@lwvwichita.org if you have questions. See you there.

Café con Leche is a community-centered event dedicated to increasing access to essential health services for individuals in our community who are low-income or uninsured. The fair began in 2012 as an initiative to improve healthcare access for Hispanic women in Wichita. Since then, it has grown substantially—the largest event has served more than 2,000 attendees, offering a wide range of free screenings, including vision, A1C, blood glucose, blood pressure, and more.

Join us for a one-of-a-kind community event that transforms the streets into a vibrant space for connection, activity, and wellness. Open Streets ICT – WSU & Shocker Neighborhood returns on Sunday, April 19, from 12 to 4 PM, bringing nearly two miles of 17th Street (from Oliver to Volutsia) to life with fun, fitness, and excitement. We will be tabling outdoors from 11:30-4:30 to provide voter registration & education at the event.

At this program meeting, we’re bringing in The Voter Network to help us see the bigger picture. They’ll walk us through real data from past elections. We will see where voters are engaged, where they have dropped off, and what that means for our work here in Wichita. We’ll also get a look at how coordinated state-wide outreach is evolving. We will explore together what piece of the plan LWV of Wichita can fulfill. Most importantly, we’ll introduce new tools designed to make voter outreach simpler and more doable, whether you have an hour or a few afternoons to give. Bring your questions, your friends and your calendar, and see how you can help increase voter engagement in Kansas.

The LWV Kansas state council is meeting in Great Bend on April 25. We are allowed three voting delegates, but any League member is welcome to attend. The cost is $15 (mostly for lunch and snacks). At this writing, we still need one more voting delegate. Carpooling can be arranged among the people going. Full details and the registration form can be found here: https://forms.gle/CWNpU9ARuVkoPDAx9LWVK

We‘re looking for volunteers to table at this fundraising event for LGBTQIA+ youth. Good company, great spaghetti, and vendor tables with hand-crafted items and support organizations. Saturday, April 25, 3:45 - 7:30 PM, at Calvary UMC, 2525 N Rock Rd, Wichita 67226.

Join local faith coalition Justice Together as it gathers more than 1,000 people and calls on local officials to enact community-driven solutions to gun violence, affordable housing and homelessness. Learn more at https://dojusticetogether.org/

Join us for a panel discussion on how Wichita is addressing extreme heat through initiatives that preserve the tree canopy, improve energy efficiency, and keep residents cool. Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other natural hazard. According to a 2022 NASA Heat Study of Wichita, Wichita is facing a host of climate threats, one being extreme heat that is manifested through the urban heat island (UHI) effect, a phenomenon where urban areas experience significantly higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas due to human-made surfaces like asphalt, concrete, and buildings that absorb and retain more heat than natural landscapes such as grass, soil, and trees. In this panel discussion, individuals involved in preserving Wichita‘s environmental sustainability efforts will discuss the different ways the Wichita community is addressing threats caused by extreme heat, such as the Wichita Tree Canopy Policy, tree planting projects, energy efficiency programs, cooling centers for individuals at risk during extreme heat, and what individuals can do to keep Wichita cool all year long.

Tabling, voter education and registration