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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Duluth Duluth Voter April 2011
League of Women Voters Duluth ● 32 East First Street, Duluth, MN 55802 ● (218) 7240132
Our Mission The League of Women Voters,
a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the
informed and active participation of citizens in
government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education
and advocacy.
In this issue:
Calendar 2 President’s Column 2 Book and Plant Sale 2 Nominating 3 Book Club 3 Colombia 3 Proposed Budget 4 Immigration 5 6 Great Lakes Day 7 Women and Leadership 7 Citizens in Action 8 9 Need a Ride 9
Officers
President Sally Munger Secretary Louise Eilert Treasurer Zandy Zwiebel Editor Julie Seidelmann
Climate Change in the Arrowhead What’s Ahead?
Join us to hear how climate change is affecting Minnesota and Lake Superior and what you can do about it?
Speaker:
J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director, Fresh Energy Jay Austin, Associate Professor, Large Lakes Observatory, UMD
When: Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm Where: St. Luke’s Auditorium
915 E. 1st St. Auditorium is on 2nd floor Take center elevators
Free Parking! Across the street (Northland Ramp) or
on 1st street level directly across from St. Luke’s (Pavilion area)
Need a ride—See article on page 9
Sponsored by League of Women Voters Duluth, Fresh Energy, Institute for a Sustainable Future, Duluth Sister Cities International/Climate Idols,
Duluth Energy Efficiency Program
Wednesday, May 11th Duluth Women’s Club 2400 E. Superior St. 5:30 9:00 pm
Cost: $20.00 per person for dinner Guests, Friends, Spouses welcome!
5:30 6:30 Social Hour, Wine and Silent Auction 6:30 7:00 Dinner
7:00 7:30 Annual Meeting 7:30 8:30 Program
8:30 9:00 Pay for auction items
LWV Duluth Annual Meeting, Auction, and Program
Melanie Ford will speak about the League of Women Voters Global Democracy Program and its liaison with the U.S. State Department’s Legislative Fellows Program Join us to hear of her experience, see photos, and learn more about democracy in Colombia.
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Calendar
April Earth Month 4/1 New Citizens Ceremony 4/7 LWV Duluth Board Meeting 4/14 Climate Change Event
May 5/11 Annual Meeting 5/12 LWV Duluth Book Club 5/21 5/22 LWV State Convention
June Book and Plant Sale
Diversity
League of Women Voters affirms its commitment to reflecting the diversity of Minnesota in its membership and strives to overcome barriers of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or disabilities
in the activities of the organization.
As I am writing this (midMarch), the whole world is reeling from Japan’s horrific disasters – earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdowns. So many people dead, so many people missing, so many people suffering. I am sure we all feel that it is hard to get your head around the pain and suffering that you see. Something like this makes us put things into perspective and look at the minor problems in our lives as just what they are – minor problems.
While thinking of the many difficult issues that are occurring around the world, it is important that I mention the Immigration series put on by LWV Duluth and many other sponsors which helped to educate people on critical Immigration issues that continue to plague us. Of special note is the very well attended March 9th panel discussion, Public Policy and Immigration Reform: How Effective is Our Current Immigration System? Largely put together by LWV Duluth VP Gail Schoenfelder and moderated by State LWV CoPresident Judy Stuthman this program had it all excellent panel, interested and engaged audience and a great location. Kudos Gail for all of your hard work!
By the time members read this, the Redistricting Forum (March 24) and the Women’s History Month (March 31) programs will have been held. Look for information on those in the May Voter.
Finally, as I am sure most of you know, Climate Change is a top priority issue of LWV. With that in mind, the LWV Natural Resources Committee has planned an ex
cellent program: Climate Change in the Arrowhead Region – What’s Ahead, April 14 at 7 p.m at the St. Luke’s Auditorium. Two presenters – J. Drake Hamilton of Fresh Energy and Jay Austin, UMD physicist with the Large Lakes Observatory will discuss the effects of climate change on this region. (see information on Climate Change program on front page) Parking is free and League members Joan and Lisa Logan have promised to see that people who want a ride will get one. (see article Rides, page 9) I encourage everyone to make every effort to get to this program and bring a friend.
Citizens for Election Integrity and Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance would like to come up to Duluth to do a Voter ID educational forum. Details are currently being worked out. Please watch the List Serv for further information.
I would also like to encourage everyone to think about donating something to the LWV Silent Auction at the Annual Meeting on May 11. If you have something (no books please save those for the Plant and Book Sale) new or next to new, that you would like to donate, please call me . Let’s make this the best ever Silent Auction.
As always, I look forward to seeing you at many LWV Duluth programs! Sally Munger 218 7280711
President’s Column
THIRD ANNUAL BOOK AND PERENNIAL PLANT SALE
Mark your calendars for our annual book and perennial plant sale that will be held the first week in June. This sale was a huge success last year thanks to the many members who donated books and plants. We are looking for good quality hard cover and paper back booksnonfiction, fiction of all kinds including best sellers, mysteries, science fiction, suspense, and children's books. No magazines, please. As you begin to think about Spring cleaning, be sure to save any books you no longer want. If you are a gardener, please consider dividing your perennials and donate them to our sale. Questions??? Contact Gail: [email protected].
League of Women Voters Web Sites
LWVMN: www.lwvmn.org
LWVUS: www.lwv.org
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At the LWV Duluth Annual Meeting Melanie Ford will speak about the League of Women Voters Global Democracy Program and its liaison with the U.S. State Department’s Legislative Fellows Program. In 2010, the LWV Duluth, along with leagues around the country, hosted young women from Brazil and Colombia. Duluth LWV hosted Josefina and Maria Cecilia from Colombia in March and October. Melanie, as part of this program, visited Colombia with some of the LWV members in host cities in March of 2011. Submitted by Melanie Ford
LWV Duluth Nominating Committee Report March 16, 2011
Officers for 20112012 CoPresidents Jane Gilley and Rosemary Guttormson VicePresident Gail Schoenfelder Secretary Louise Eilert CoTreasurers Zandy Zweibel and Mary Dragich
Nominating Committee Chair: Sally Munger
LWV Duluth Book Club “The Sisters”
New Location and New Format Chester Creek Café, lower level
Time: 5:30p.m. dinner 6:15p.m. Book Discussion
Date: Thursday, May 12 Book: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel
By Jamie Ford
This book is the One Community Read for Duluth “Jamie Ford's first novel explores the ageold conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deepheart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.”
– Lisa See, bestselling author of SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
WANT TO READ AHEAD?
September 8 The Lemon Tree, An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the
Middle East By Sandy Tolan
November 10 The Dressmaker of Khair Khana By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
For further information contact: Sally Munger 7280711
LWV State Convention May 21 & 22, 2011 Rochester Minnesota Cost = $180 for 2 days (includes all meals)
Mark Your Calendars!!
Get lots of new ideas, meet fellow League of Women Voters members from around the State!
More details in May Voter
Interested? Contact Sally/7280711
LWV Duluth Connects with Colombia
Elected Directors Maria Isley Liz Olson Anita Gille Sally Munger Gay Trachsel Corrine Lamb
Appointed Directors Joyce Benson Portia Johnson
Rosie LoefflerKemp Julie Seidelmann
Josefina Carcamo, Melanie, and other LWV members with the President of the Assembly of the Dept. of Bolivar, Colombia and one of the women elected to the Assembly
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Income Budget 20112012
Fund Raising
LVVMN Ed Fund $500.00
Member Contributions $500.00
Ed Budget Phonathon $500.00
$1,500.00
Dinner/Events
International Hosting $0.00
Annual Dinner (May) $1,200.00
Annual Dinner Auction (May) $2,000.00
Plant and Book Sale (June) $900.00
Annual Tea (Aug) $1,000.00
Tea Hats, Photos, Other (Aug) $300.00
Kick Off Auction (September) $0.00
Holiday Ornament Sale (Dec) $0.00
Holiday Party (December) $50.00
Citizens in Action (Jan) $800.00
$6,250.00
Grant Funding Martin & Brown Grant (Voter Service
funds) $0.00
$0.00
Membership
Household ($75) $1,200.00
Members ($50) $4,750.00
Member Plus ($100) $1,000.00
Student ($25) $125.00
Limited Income ($10) $70.00
7145
Total Income Raised $14,895.00
Assets
Checking $2,235.00
Total Assets $2,235.00
Total Income and Assets $17,130.00
Additional Assets
Certificate of Deposits $3,459.64
Education Fund $3,462.98
Business Savings $2,000.28
LWV DULUTH BUDGET (Proposed) 2011 2012 Expenses Budget 20112012
Committees Education $25 Health Care $0
International Relations $50 Membership $450
Natural Resources $150 Program Planning $50
Voter Service $500 Public Relations $50
$1,275.00 Fixed Costs
LWVMNPMP $3,000 LWVUSPMP $4,500 Office Postage $50 Office Printing $50
Presidents Contingency Fund $100 Rent $780
Supplies $100 Telephone $250
$8,830.00 Member Activities
Meeting Costs $100 Publications $50
Membership Directory $250 Daughters Tea $800 US Convention $0 MN Convention $1,000 Fall KickOff $175 Holiday Social $500 Annual Dinner $1,500
Special Projects
Citizens in Action $800 Local Study $150
$950.00 The VOTER
Postage $400 Postal Permit $200
Printing and Folding $1,000 Other (Printing Labels) $100
$1,700.00
Total Expenses $17,130.00
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Public Policy and Immigration Reform Close to 100 people turned out on March 9 to be part of a community discussion on Public Policy and Immigration Reform: How Effective is Our Current Immigration System? The four panelists addressed the effectiveness of our current immigration system in meeting the needs of business, families and students, and local law enforcement as well as challenges and opportunities for positive change. We are grateful to Judy Stuthman, copresident of LWVMN, who joined us as moderator. We also extend a big thanks to Tom Morgan and St. Scholastica for providing the space for the event along with refreshments. The four panelists shared their unique perspectives regarding how they are impacted by current immigration laws. Bob Fitch, Executive Director of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association and founding member of the Business and Advocacy Immigration Coalition. According to Fitch, the growth rate of Minnesota’s workforce is declining. There are a number of jobs that are left unfilled, so employers rely on the immigrant workforce to fill these positions. When these jobs are left unfilled, our economy suffers. Minnesota has always relied on immigrant workers. Today there is a need for 170,000 additional workers and many of these positions are going unfilled in industries such as animal and food processing, manufacturing, and specialty foods. For these businesses, migration of workers becomes increasingly important for their success. Fitch believes that immigrants in Minnesota put more into the economy than they take out. Many Asian and Latino immigrants across the state have become business owners and are contributing to successful downtown revitalization projects. Immigrants as a whole pump $4 4.9 million dollars into the state’s economy. Susana PelayoWoodward, UMD Office of Cultural Diversity. Ms. Woodward immigrated to Minnesota from Mexico in 1984 at the age of 18. Like many others like her, she came to the U.S. because of economic pressures to financially help her family. Eventually, she was fortunate to connect with a Minnesota family who supported her in earning a scholarship to attend and graduate from college. Over time she was able to bring her three siblings and mother. It was a long and drawn out process to get her family here. She thinks many immigrant families have these same
kinds of experiences, but it is even more difficult for them now. Because it is so difficult and almost impossible to get green cards, people now come here without papers. They come out of economic necessity seeking a better life. To understand why people are willing to risk their lives to migrate here from Latin America, we have to look at the root causes. They come here not only because of our increased demand for workers, but also because of free trade agreements such as NAFTA U.S. corn subsidies make it difficult for Mexican farmers to compete. When they lose their farms and livelihoods, they look to the U.S. for a way to support their families. There has been an increase in hate crimes towards immigrants the past ten years. Latino images in the media and community are negative. These messages are particularly harmful to children. They worry, “Are we going to be arrested or stopped, are we going to questioned about our citizenship?” Undocumented children who have lived in the U.S. most of their lives, think of themselves as Americans and yet when they graduate from high school they cannot get financial aid for college and many colleges will not even accept them. Even if they manage to get a college diploma, without documents they cannot get hired, so they are prevented from using their education to contribute to their community and state. Many of them no longer remember their native language and culture and would therefore have difficulty returning to their country of origin. For all practical purposes, they have no hope of a future to realize their dreams and potential. **On Dec. 18, 2010, the DREAM ACT, which would have given students a path to citizenship by attending college or joining the military, after having passed in the House, failed in the Senate by 24 votes. Gordon Ramsay, Duluth Chief of Police. Chief Ramsay recognizes that immigration is a “hot button issue.” Laws such as the one passed in Arizona can result in racial bias, particularly towards Latinos. He believes that it is the Border Patrol’s job to investigate immigration status not local law enforcement. As Chief of Police he wants to establish relationships of trust between immigrant residents and local police officers. He says immigrants are often victimized, trafficked and abused. He gave the example of an immigrant here in Duluth being paid only $2 per hour for work. He believes the role of the police department is to “help those who are vulnerable and see that they are treated fairly.”
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John Keller, Executive Director of Minnesota Immigrant Law Center. Keller states that the U.S. has a Federal immigration system and elected leaders in Congress are the only people who can change this system. They control the laws that govern entry into the U.S., how long someone can stay, and the allowable movement once they are in the U.S. The law of 1965 prioritizes families as a unit and is designed to keep families together. Although this law did work once, it doesn’t work now. In practice, the fastest and easiest cases to bring relatives to the U.S. take 11½ years to process. The slowest take 2025 years. In the case of immigrants from the Philippines, he has to tell people that he can’t say that the case will be finished in their lifetime. There is a need for U.S. employers to hire foreign professionals. However, the wait time is so great that they are discouraged from applying. The cost of this unpredictable wait time is a lost economic opportunity for the U.S. Keller identifies four pieces of Federal immigration reform that are needed: Make the system work so people want and can opt into it.
Enforcement: Do it in a way that doesn’t use lots of budget dollars. Gain control over the ports of entry. Work smarter and be more cost effective.
11 ½ million people are already here. In reality, deportation is not viable. The proposal to provide a path to citizenship has been described as an “amnesty.” It is anything but amnesty. The path for them to come forward would not be easy. It would require registration, fingerprints, social security care, proof of employment, proof that the person pays taxes and speaks English. Estimates are that in order to pass all of the requirements, it would take 816 years before a person could become a permanent legal resident, and get their “green card”. Five years later they can apply for citizenship. Meanwhile they have to live a perfect life.
How do we create a system so that we can bring workers in legally to make our economy grow, prevent people from entering illegally and make the people who are here legal for work? This is our challenge. One possibility is that we could issue a “Worker ID Card” to all workers that authorizes and verifies their ability to work.
Following their presentations, each panelist gave a one minute summary. Bob Fitch: Democracy has its flaws, but we can make it work. Do your part: communicate and push your elected leaders to adopt comprehensive immigration reform. Susana PelayoWoodward: I am a member of your community. I am hard working and so are my children. Educate yourself about what is happening in other parts of the world. There are many reasons why people migrate. Ask questions and educate yourselves.
Gordon Ramsay: This is a new and complicated issue for local police. We haven’t had policies on how immigrants are to be treated. It’s only in recent years that anger has brought this issue forward, and it has become a concern. Now the police department is in the process of developing policies.
John Keller: Let this be the beginning of the conversation. The people who are working for our elected officials have little background or knowledge on this issue. They don’t have the luxury of focusing on a single issue. Become more strategic in developing your message on the need for immigration reform. Advocates for reform are needed. The other side is loud and very motivated. Thank you to Louise Eilert for taking notes which formed the basis for this summary.
Submitted by Gail Schoenfelder
Public Policy and Immigration Reform (continued)
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Duluth LWV members attend Great Lakes Days in Washington, D.C. Members of the League of Women Voters joined regional organizations in Washington D.C. for Great Lakes Days March 12. The annual event, hosted by the Great Lakes Commission and the NortheastMidwest Institute, brings hundreds of people to the Capitol to convey a unified message to Congress expressing the Great Lakes region's priorities for legislation and appropriations to protect our environment and support our economy. Participating organizations included the Council of Great Lakes Governors, the Healing Our Waters® Great Lakes Coalition, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. Minnesota’s contingent included representatives from Clean Water Action Alliance, Minnesota Land Trust, Izaak Walton League of America, and 3 members of the LWV Duluth Chapter – Lt. Governor Yvonne PrettnerSolon, St. Louis River Alliance Executive Director Julene Boe, and Minnesota Environmental Partnership’s Northeast Program Director Julie O’Leary. The group attended issues briefings, a joint session with the Great Lakes Commission, and a reception at the Canadian Embassy, and met with all ten members of the Minnesota Congressional delegation to ask them to continue to support full funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) The GLRI was enacted in 2009 as a fiveyear strategy to restore and protect the environmental and economic integrity of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. It focuses on aquatic invasive species, contaminated sediments, polluted runoff, degraded wetlands, and impaired fish and wildlife resources. Following an appropriation of $475 million in FY2010, the FY2011 budget proposed for the GLRI was reduced to $300 million. The President’s FY2012 budget proposes $350 million for the GLRI, a $125 million cut from the planned $475 million funding level. In addition to supporting full funding for the GLRI, participants also asked legislators to fund shortterm actions to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and expedite the Army Corps of Engineers’ study of how to permanently separate the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins to stop transfer of invasive species between the two watersheds. Submitted by Julie O’Leary
LWV Duluth members Julene Boe and Lt. Governor Yvonne PrettnerSolon attend the reception at the Canadian Embassy while attending Great Lakes Days in Washington .
On February 26, LWV Duluth members Zandy Zwiebel, Gail Schoenfelder, Joyce Benson and Sally Munger shared information about the history and work of the League of Women Voters with young women from Bahrain, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates who were here as part of a State Department sponsored program called Study of the U.S. Institute on Women and Leadership. The young women were all either in University or recent graduates and most appeared to be very interested in the changing roles of women in their countries.
Study of the U.S. Institute on Women and Leadership
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The 13th Annual Citizens In Action workshop was held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth. “Speak Your Mind, even if your voice shakes” was this year’s theme.
Our biggest event, with over 250 citizens from the Duluth Superior area spent a day learning how to get more active in the community and how to effect change at the local, regional, state and national level. Participants attended workshops to learn new skills, gain information about the 32 cosponsoring organizations, and network. Throughout the workshops we helped train the participants on how to do an “elevator speech” to promote their cause. They later put them into action during Coffee and Conversation with elected officials. Participants attended workshops to learn new skills, gain much information about the 32 cosponsoring organizations, meet area elected leaders, and have the opportunity to network. Skill building workshops included: Steps for Citizen Involvement, Direct Action Organizing, Changing Face of Communication, and Arts for Action. Our opening and closing speeches, by two powerful women included: MN Lt. Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon and Anishinaabe activist Winona LaDuke. We thank the following elected leaders for attending: Lt. Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon MN State Representatives Tom Huntley, Kerry Gauthier, Mary Murphy, MN State Senator Roger Reinert Duluth City Councilors Tony Cuneo, Sharla Gardner, Jeff Anderson, Patrick Boyle, Jackie Halberg, Dan Hartman Virginia City Councilor Nevada Littlewolf St. Louis County Commissioners Steve O’Neil, Peg Sweeney, Frank Jewell Duluth School Board members Gary Glass & Art Johnston St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin All area elected leaders were invited to attend. Once again, this event energized and motivated people to become as active and engaged as possible, Look for our 14th Annual Citizens In Action on Saturday, January 28, 2012 Please give your support to the support the following businesses. Their generous donations helped keep our food costs down! Special thanks to the following organizations for sponsoring closing speaker – Winona LaDuke: Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc., Churches United in Ministry (CHUM), UMD American Indian Learning Center, UMD Office of Cultural Diversity. Also, the UUCD – Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth Peace and Justice Committee for your help in so many ways.
A special thanks to our 32 cosponsoring organizations and our 2011 CIA Planning Committee. Sally Munger, Elizabeth Olson, Jill Rogers, Julie O’Leary, Buddy Robinson, Scott Yeazle, Rebecca Covington, Em Westerlund, John Doberstein, Julia Cheng, Steve Wick, Bob Grytdahl, Mary Streufert, Scott Bol, Kara Skahen,
Submitted by Rosie LoefflerKemp Chair 2011 CIA Planning Committee
13th Annual Citizens in Action Workshop
Bixby’s Café Duluth Grill Olive Garden Italian Restaurant Peace Coffee – Mpls
Pizza Luce Positively 3rd St. Bakery Sara’s Table Chester Creek Café Whole Foods Community Coop
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DID YOU KNOW?
Myth: Immigrating to the U.S. for work or family is easy. Fact: Only 5,000 green cards are available for lowskilled workers each year, yet our economy relies on millions of undocumented laborers. Myth: Immigration leads to an increase in crime and violence. Fact: Crime rates are actually the lowest in states with the highest immigration growth rates. From 19992006, the total crime rate declined 13.6% in the 19 highestimmigration states, compared to a 7.1% decline in the other 32 states. Research shows that the incarceration rate for nativeborn men age 1839 has been five times higher than the rate for immigrant men. Even with increased immigration, the violent crime rate in the U.S. has declined 34.2% and the property crime rate has fallen 26.4%. Source: Immigration Myths and Facts from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Submitted by Gail Schoenfelder
A Ride Any Time... Well, Almost!
If you don't drive or if you don't drive at night and need transportation to LWV Duluth events, please call us to see the world through the eyes of the League of Women Voters. If you are willing to offer rides to others, please call us as well. We plan to mix and match so we can bring together all of our LWV members at LWV meetings and special events. Consequently, we are beginning to create a list of those who would like rides and those who would be willing to provide rides. Please call Joan or Lisa Logan at 2187243104 so we can begin making our lists. If you are already picking up people or have some suggestions of people who may need a ride, please let us know that as well.
Submitted by Joan Logan
Citizens in Action 2011
2011 Citizens In Action Planning Committee with Winona LaDuke
Opening speaker Lt. Governor
Yvonne Prettner Solon. We are so proud of her!
Closing Speaker Winona LaDuke
LWV Duluth President introducing area elected officials: County Commissioners Peg Sweeney & Steve O'Neil, Duluth City Councilors Patrick Boyle, Tony Cuneo, Dan Hartman, and County Attorney Mark Rubin
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