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On Wednesday, February 7, at noon at the Leelanau County Government Center Lower Level Community Room the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will hold Part One of a forum entitled “Is Our Health Care System Broken?” featuring Kevin L. Seitz who will provide an overview of health care history and policy, leading up to where we are today.

The League of Women Voters Leelanau County hosts a discussion on sharing Anishinaabe history and culture and putting indigenous values into practice on Wednesday, June 7, at noon at the Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center (304 N. West Bay Shore Drive, M-22) north of Suttons Bay.

On Wednesday, April 5, at noon at the Leelanau County Government Center the Farm Labor Task Force of the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will highlight the impact current immigration policy has on area agricultural employers and their workforce. The forum is titled “Immigration Challenges in Leelanau: Who Will Harvest Our Produce?”

From staff reports On Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center on 6686 South Center Highway, a forum entitled “Seasonal Worker Housing For Michigan Agriculture” will be held. The presenters are Connee Canfield, farmer, migrant housing developer and site manager for SunRISE migrant worker apartments in Hartford, Mich.; Majed […]

The League of Women Voters Leelanau County will host a panel discussion on “The Migrant/Seasonal Worker Community: Inside Leelanau County” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, in the lower level of the Government Center in Suttons Bay.

The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) Energy Committee will host a public forum on “Community Energy Resilience: How do we achieve it?” Tuesday evening February 25 from 6-9 p.m. in the Leelanau County Government Center. The League’s goal is to create community conversations related to saving energy, generating electricity, and learning how “less can be more”, all related to building resilience in the face of energy issues that are and will continue to impact our community.

From staff reports The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host government and public policy educator John Amrhein at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Leelanau County Government Center. His presentation topic is “Understanding County Government: Its Structure and Authority”. Does county government have you totally stymied? In 45 minutes you will […]