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League of Women Voters of Illinois TIME commissioned several iconic images from early women’s suffrage history to be colorized in honor of International Women’s Day. “The colors are particularly important: the flags and outfits of early suffragists (and supporters of progress for women today) used colors to represent the ideals they valued. Purple for loyalty, green for hope, gold for light and life — and white, one of the most commonly seen colors in the suffrage movement, for purity of both person and purpose”. More info @ http://ift.tt/2lXQEnn Automated post from LWV of the Elgin Area - http://ift.tt/2dKZy4V March 09, [...]
League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle Congressman Peter Roskam will not hold public meetings with his constituents and has made clear his telephone town halls are campaign activities, not constituent services, which is what we thought, but it is good that distiction is made clear. Thank you NBC 5 reporter Mary Anne Ahern for your excellent reporting on this issue. http://ift.tt/2mnfmkx More info @ http://ift.tt/2mnfmkx Automated post from LWV of the Elgin Area - http://ift.tt/2dKZy4V March 08, 2017 at 06:57PM
The FBI is required by law to collect data about hate crimes, but local jurisdictions aren’t required to report incidents up to the federal government. As a predictable consequence, the FBI’s data is incomplete. ProPublica is collecting and verifying reports to create a national database for use by journalists, researchers and civil-rights organizations. Learn more here and see how you can help with this project.
Documenting Hate - ProPublica Nobody knows how many hate crimes and bias incidents take place each year in America. Help us track them. More info @ http://ift.tt/2jV9H17 Automated post from LWV of the Elgin Area - http://ift.tt/2dKZy4V March 01, 2017 at 05:30PM