Thanks to everyone who attended our March 19th meeting on Sex Trafficking in Clark County.  We had two really great presentations. Sgt. Ericcson from LVMPD offered some sobering details on sex trafficking and Stacey Cramer from the Salvation Army’s Seeds of Hope provided some useful information on how to help sex trafficking victims.

Here is Stacey’s presentation: Recognizing Victims of Human Trafficking

Anyone who is interested in attending the next Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force meeting, it’s on Thursday April 28th from 1pm to 3pm at LVMPD at 400 Martin Luther King Blvd. Building B.

On March 19th please join the League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley to discuss sex trafficking in Clark County.  We will look at the prevalence of sex trafficking as well as ways to eliminate this scourge. In addition to Sgt. Ericcson, the Salvation Army’s Seeds of Hope Program Director Stacey Cramer will provide information on helping trafficking victims.

We are pleased to announce that Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske is also joining us for our February 20th meeting.  Please come discuss elections and the upcoming caucuses.

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We are happy to welcome Clark County GOP Chair Ed Williams to our February meeting for a discussion of the upcoming Republican caucus, his vision for the Clark County GOP, and the pros and cons of moving from a presidential caucus to a primary.  Our own youth member Diana Cecile will be facilitating this meeting.  RSVP for breakfast.

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Nevadans can now go green and opt for an electronic Sample Ballot. Just go to http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Vote, enter your information under Registered Voter Services, and then select the Email Sample Ballot from the drop down menu at the top of the voter registration page that opens. You will then enter your email address and will receive an email confirmation.

Join the League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley January 16th for our Elections Upgrades meeting. Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria will help us understand election priorities for the 2017 legislative session.  Nevada ranks high on ease and security of voting, so let’s work to not lose this prized distinction!  RSVP at lwv@lasvegasvalley.org

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Thanks to everyone who came to our meeting on Water, Drought, and Urban planning. We learned A LOT in just an hour thanks to the great presentations by Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Bronson Mack and Great Basin Water Network’s Howard Watts III.

I’ve added the resources discussed today to a new feature on our webpage. Through Storify we can now add website links and other social media posts directly to our committee pages; so I’ve added the water resource links to our Environmental Committee.

http://lwvlasvegasvalley.org/committees/environment.html

We’ll be doing this for all of our committees as we move forward with our efforts to keep the Las Vegas Valley informed and ready to improve our community.

Sondra

Sondra Cosgrove

President League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley