Date: 7/21/2025
Subject: The Weekly VOTER for July 21, 2025 - LWV Austin Area
From: League of Women Voters Austin Area

July 21, 2025

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Welcome to the LWV Austin Area's Weekly VOTER

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Sharing timely resources, announcements, and actions to help you empower voters and defend democracy right here in Central Texas.

Want to Support Democracy (With a Side of Fun) This Summer?

The LWVAA event calendar is here to help!

July 21: Attend the Rally for Flood Relief hosted by Hands Off Central Texas (LWVAA is a partner)
July 23: Zoom in for the July session of LWVUS' Democracy in Your Hands Series, Championing Issues That Matter Most to You
July 24: Zoom in for the July session of LWVTX's DEI training series, Ensuring Voting Accessibility for All
Tuesdays in July: Attend the Pan Am Hillside Concert Series. LWVAA volunteers will be there every week, registering voters.
July and August: Attend your Austin City Council member's town hall meeting on the 2025 - 2026 city budget. This is your chance to make your priorities known. Find your council district here, and find links to the town halls on our event calendar.
July 24: Attend the Austin City Council meeting.
August 1: Attend a screening of the short film Dying to Vote followed by Born in the Struggle, part of the Austin Film Society's Pan African Film Festival. LWVAA is a promotional partner for these films; keep reading for a ticket giveaway and discounts!
August 2: Support local organizations championing reproductive health, rights, and justice at the Reproductive Access Marketplace hosted by Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas (LWVAA will be tabling)
August 14: Make plans to attend the LWVAA mixer at the Brewtorium! No speaker, just a chance to take a break and build community. The mixer is open to the public, so tell your friends and neighbors -- better yet, bring them along!
Are you a VDR? Find volunteer opportunities to register voters at the Alamo Drafthouse and The Hillside Concert series.

Find Democracy Events and Volunteer Opportunities

Empower Voters and Support Democracy at Your Events!

Is an organization or business you know hosting a concert, picnic, panel, or party? Help your community get vote-ready! Request a nonpartisan LWVAA voter registration table. Email tablingrequest@lwvaustin.org.
Contact LWVAA co-president Debbi Voss to ask the League to co-host or to provide a speaker for an event.

How is Government Supposed to Work?

Watch the recording of the latest webinar in the LWVUS Democracy in Your Hands Series: Understanding Media Literacy
Test your knowledge on our Stand Up For Democracy web page
Watch Can the President Do That? & Unite and Rise video shorts.

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LWVUS News

“The League of Women Voters mourns with the families and communities who lost loved ones and whose lives have been forever changed by this weekend's flooding in Central Texas. This tragedy underscores the urgent need for increased resources, robust systems, and well-coordinated responses to natural disasters." Read the full statement in the LWVUS Newsroom.

Get involved! There are many ways to have your voice heard by elected officials and policy makers. Take action on League priorities today!

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🎉 The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), the largest Black film and arts festival in the US, returns to Austin July 31 - August 3 at AFS Cinema. Don’t miss this weekend of powerful storytelling, dynamic panels, and cultural celebration.

🎟️ You can win 2 tickets to a double screening at the festival!
LWVAA is teaming up with the Austin Film Society to give away a pair of tickets to the double-header screening of Born in the Struggle and Dying to Vote at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1.

📽️ Dying to Vote (dir. Loki Mulholland, 31m) explores the long and deadly fight for Black voting rights in the U.S., from Reconstruction to the January 6th Capitol Insurrection. Features Vernon Dahmer’s family and Rep. Bennie Thompson.
🎤 Born in the Struggle (dir. Kamasi Hill, 60m) follows the children of Black Power revolutionaries -- like Ras Baraka, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Fred Hampton Jr. -- and how they continue the legacy through culture, hip-hop, and activism.

✨ To enter:
1️⃣ Follow @lwvaustin and @austinfilm on Instagram
2️⃣ Tag a friend you'd bring with you in the comments on LWVAA's Instagram post

🎉 Entries close at midnight on Monday, July 21. The winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday, July 22!

Don't use Instagram? Miss out on the ticket giveaway? Reserve your tickets online and use the code LWV4 during checkout for $4 off your tickets (limit two discounts per person).

Mark Your Calendar!

Highlighted League & Community Events

July 21 Rally for Flood Relief Hosted by Hands Off Central Texas
July 22 Pan Am Hillside Concert Series
July 23 LWVUS Democracy in Your Hands: Championing Issues that Matter Most to You
July 24 Austin City Council regular meeting
July 24 LWV Texas DEI Program: Ensuring Voting Accessibility for All
July 29 Pan Am Hillside Concert Series
Aug 1 Dying to Vote and Born in the Struggle at AFS Cinema (discount code LWV4)
Aug 14 LWVAA mixer at the Brewtorium

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