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Big injuries require big responses, right? Perhaps not always. The Holocaust engineered by Nazi Germany murdered millions, mostly Jewish, men, women, and children, but also the Romany, homosexuals, persons with disabilities, and political enemies of the regime. Such an immense crime must not be forgotten, but that very immensity makes it particularly difficult to grapple with. Some communities in Germany and across Europe have chosen a way of recognizing the lives lost which is more personal, both for the lives destroyed and the living. They place stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, into the sidewalk.

Earlier this fall the radio program This American Life rebroadcast an episode from 2015, “Three Miles” (listen at https://www.thisamericanlife.org/550/three-miles or read the transcript at https://www.thisamericanlife.org/550/transcript). It is the story of several students whose schools were a mere three miles apart in New York City, but whose lives felt thousands of miles apart. A pair of friends

Join with other LWVRA members on Zoom to listen, learn, discuss and vote on consensus questions on the LWVMN Firearms in Minnesota 2022 Study. Materials are now available in the Member Resources section of the LWVMN website: https://www.lwvmn.org/member-resources.

Previously Recorded Candidate Forum links: 

• District 44 Senate and House A & B: http://vod.maplewoodmn.gov/CablecastPublicSite/show/1228?channel=1
• Roseville Mayor and City Council: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• Maplewood Mayor and City Council: http://vod.maplewoodmn.gov/CablecastPublicSite/show/1229?channel=1 
• District 40 Senate and House A & B, conducted by LWV-White Bear Lake: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• Arden Hills Mayor, Council, and Special Election: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• District 66 Senate and House A & B: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• Little Canada Mayor and Council: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• Lauderdale Mayor and Council: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• School District 622: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6oqrnu9Ruo&t=34s
• Ramsey County Commissioner District 3: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• School District 622: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6oqrnu9Ruo&t=34s
• Ramsey County Commissioner District 3: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/
• District 65 Senate and House A & B: https://youtu.be/14P2rSmuTAY

If you were not able to attend this informative presentation, Ramsey County Library has provided a link to the recording: https://my.nicheacademy.com/rcladult/course/53766/lesson/154720

The League of Women Voters of Roseville Area, co-hosting with the Ramsey County Library, will host a panel of experts on ranked choice voting (RCV) with emphasis on how it works in cities. RCV allows voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference. We are fortunate to have as speakers:

The League of Women Voters of Roseville Area will sponsor a forum on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 pm for Roseville Mayor and City Council. 

The Roseville Mayor and City Council Candidate Forum held on September 14 can now be viewed at: https://ninenorth.org/speak-outs/.

• September 23: Early voting by mail or in person begins in the statewide general election
• October 18: Last day to register online before election day
• November 8 (second Tuesday): Election Day.

Ramsey County Library has provided a link to this presentation: https://my.nicheacademy.com/rcladult/course/53764/lesson/154719

Join the League and Ramsey County Library, August 18, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., for a timely 20-minute Power-Point presentation followed by discussion aimed at gun safety education.