Mark Your Calendar
2014 - 2015

Information will be added in the future. Please revisit.
June

14
Flag Day
19
Juneteenth or Emancipation Day
July

4
Independence Day
4
Freedom of Information Act Anniversary
30
First Quarter PMP Payment
August

12
Voter Registration Deadline for voting in municipal elections on Aug. 26
26
Women’s Equality Day – 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote - certified on this date 1920
26
 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
 Municipal Elections - Auburn, Bessemer, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mountain Brook, Scottsboro
September
REMINDER:  Sept. is LWV Membership Renewal Month! Renew online or by mail. Also, Sept. is Voter Education Month.
1
Labor Day
11
Patriot Day in honor of the 911 fallen
15
 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
 Women 2014:  Politics, Power and Perceptions
Wynn Fine Arts and Humanities Center on the Stillman College campus
Co-sponsored by Stillman College Women’s Council, The League of Women Voters of Greater Tuscaloosa, and the Tuscaloosa and Pickens County Alumnae chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Panelists include Cynthia Almond, Tuscaloosa City councilor District 3; Sonya McKinstry, Tuscaloosa City councilor District 7; Earnestine Tucker, Tuscaloosa City School Board member District 3; Ella Bell, Alabama State School Board vice president and representative Distict 5; Merika Coleman-Evans, Alabama State Representative District 57, and Elizabeth Hamner, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court judge.

Each panelist will share her experiences, including the preparation for and challenges of running for public office to the expectations of her constituents after her election. Written questions from the audience will be accepted as time permits.

Read the press release.
17

Constitution Day – U.S. Constitution signed 1787 / Citizenship Day
21
International Day of Peace
22
 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
 Alabama Moral Monday
Capitol Steps
Montgomery, AL
To include rally for "Equal Access to the Voting Booth"
23
National Voter Registration Day Join with your local League to register voters!
October
Voter Education Month
13
Columbus Day
21
Voter registration deadline for Nov. 4 General Election
24
United Nations Day
30
Second Quarter PMP Payment
30
Last day for voter to make application for an absentee ballot for Nov. 4 General Election
November

3
Last day to postmark or hand-deliver absentee ballots. Must be received by noon on election day (except UOCAVA - military and some other oversees voters)
4
 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
 General Election
11
Deadline for receiving absentee ballots from UOCAVA voters
11

11:00 a.m. Luncheon

1:30 p.m. Parade
 Armistice/Veterans/Poppy Day – all in honor of our Armed Service people

World Peace Luncheon
BJCC East Ballroom
and
Veterans' Day Parade
Downtown B'ham
27
Thanksgiving Day
December

2
Annual Giving Tuesday! - Please give on this day (or there about!) to LWVAL at http://www.lwval.org/about/donate/
7
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
15
Bill of Rights Day
2015

January

15
Martin Luther King's Birthday
17
Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday
?
Martin Luther King Day of Service
30
LWV membership count deadline
30
Third quarter PMP payment
February

1
National Freedom Day – signing of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery
14
LWV Birthday - 95 years young!
16
President’s Day (Birthdays - Lincoln Feb 12, Washington Feb 21)
March
Women's History Month
8
International Women's Day
15-21
Sunshine Week
April

7
World Health Day
6-13
National Volunteer Week
16
Emancipation Day
22
Earth Day
30
Fourth quarter PMP payment
May

25
Memorial Day
June

14
Flag Day
18-21
LWVUS Council
Washington, D.C.
19
Juneteenth or Emancipation Day
July

4
Independence Day



2016
June

18-21
LWVUS Convention
Washington, D.C.
Local Leagues, take this important national event into account as you plan your 2015-2016 budget. If possible, budget for delegates to represent your League! Local League delegates are powerful voices when discussing new studies and dues apportionment.