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In this latest issue of the Council of Metropolitan Area Leagues (CMAL) newsletter you will find a recap of the January quarterly meeting and information on Elect not Appoint the Met Council.

View the newsletter here

The League of Women Voters of Roseville Area Student Recognition Scholarship is given this year in memory of Barbara L. Anderson who died unexpectedly in December 2022. Ms. Anderson was passionate about education and enthusiastic in her support of high school scholarships. She was an avid reader and loved to travel near and far. She graduated from the Roseville Area Schools and earned her BS in Education and an MBA from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Anderson retired in 2013 after a 30-year career with the Roseville Area Schools, including as Manager of Finance. At the time of her death, she was President of LWV of Roseville Area and an LWV Minnesota Board member, among other volunteer efforts. She was beloved by her many friends and family.

The League honors her devotion to education and access for all by presenting this scholarship in her memory.

Much of the wealth of this nation is founded upon the unpaid labor of kidnapped and enslaved people, unwillingly transported to North America from Africa. It is an ugly fact. Uglier still, though, is the fact that more than 150 years after slavery was abolished, the descendants of those enslaved people are not equitably included in the wealth of this society.

For too long we have stumbled over the immense challenge of determining how, and to whom, reparatory payments or benefits should be distributed, but in recent years communities have begun to step beyond the search for the perfect solution to doing something good, rather than nothing.

If you missed or would like to view again, here is the link to the Restorative Justice Panel:  https://my.nicheacademy.com/rcladult/course/58906/lesson/168450

Join us on Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 - 8:30 PM for discussion on Can a Restorative Justice approach break the cycle of repeat offenders in the justice system?

After a painfully long time since the first incursion of Europeans onto North America we have entered an era of the Indigenous Land Acknowledgement. You have likely seen and heard them in many places, from the start of events for League, the Guthrie Theater, your place of worship, museums, restaurants…well, just about everywhere it seems, and this is a good thing.

LWVMN recently released the version shown on the right [https://www.lwvmn.org/land-acknowledgement]. When drafting this wording, LWVMN used many resources in the indigenous community, particularly the Native Governance Center. I encourage you to go to LWVMN’s Indigenous Land Acknowledgement page and read the interesting resources that accompany the statement.

Missed the Conversations with Constituents? Here is a link to the recording.

LWVRA looks forward to welcoming the mayors from Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, and Roseville, along with Ramsey County Commissioners from District 1, 2, 3 and 7 to our annual Conversations with Constituents.  Never lacking local "issues" like public safety, representative governance, housing, and

If you missed the event, here is the recording link and passcode: CMAL recording.  Passcode: y$vA=Ar9. 

Council of Metropolitan Area Leagues of Women Voters (CMAL) invites all League members and members of the public to attend the Metro County Commissioner panel on Saturday, January 14 at 10:00 AM.