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  • Ranked Choice Voter Training: How it Works and Why it Matters

    Virtual Presentation

    Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is being used for the first time in the upcoming primaries and special elections for all local offices including City Council, Borough President, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and Mayor. This training will help voters understand the methodology, mechanics, and importance of RCV in expanding the playing field, followed by Q&A. Come and learn how easy it is to fill out the ballot and have your voice heard. Led by Rank the Vote Trainer, Adam Friedman

    To register and receive the link, please click: Vote NYC

  • Let’s Talk… The New York Primaries! 

    Virtual Presentation

    We welcome the facilitator of DOROT's Current Events Group, our very own Tom Kertes, for a special opportunity to discuss the upcoming NYC Primary Election on June 22, 2021. Join us to engage in conversation and learn more about the candidates running for office, including Mayor, City Council, Borough President, Public Advocate, Comptroller, and Manhattan District Attorney. Are you a New York City voter? Don't miss this special discussion.

    To register and receive the link, please click: New York Primaries

  • History and Biography Book Group, New Series on Women’s Suffrage

    Ruth Keeler Memorial Library 276 Titicus Rd., North Salem, New Your

    This group will meet in person at the library. If you want to participate by Zoom, send us an email and we will (albeit primitively) try and accommodate. We welcome new people and have copies of the books for you to check out. The group will meet at 7:00 pm and run until about 8:30.

    April 12th – Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol DuBois, UCLA Professor Emeritus of history and gender studies. This excellent and well written book is a chronological survey from 1848 – 1920.

    The following three books explore aspects of the drive for suffrage in more depth. All four books are short and very readable.

    May 10th – New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Winifred Gallagher, journalist (NY Times, The Atlantic etc) and author of books on a variety of topics.

    June 14th – Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha Jones, Prof. of History, Johns Hopkins University.

    July 12th – The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss, writer and journalist for The Atlantic, NY Times etc. Weiss focuses on the 1920 dramatic six week campaign in Nashville, Tennessee to secure the final state needed to pass the 19th amendment.

     

  • History and Biography Book Group, New Series on Women’s Suffrage

    Ruth Keeler Memorial Library 276 Titicus Rd., North Salem, New Your

    This group will meet in person at the library. If you want to participate by Zoom, send us an email and we will (albeit primitively) try and accommodate. We welcome new people and have copies of the books for you to check out. The group will meet at 7:00 pm and run until about 8:30.

    April 12th – Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol DuBois, UCLA Professor Emeritus of history and gender studies. This excellent and well written book is a chronological survey from 1848 – 1920.

    The following three books explore aspects of the drive for suffrage in more depth. All four books are short and very readable.

    May 10th – New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Winifred Gallagher, journalist (NY Times, The Atlantic etc) and author of books on a variety of topics.

    June 14th – Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha Jones, Prof. of History, Johns Hopkins University.

    July 12th – The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss, writer and journalist for The Atlantic, NY Times etc. Weiss focuses on the 1920 dramatic six week campaign in Nashville, Tennessee to secure the final state needed to pass the 19th amendment.