LWVPDX Podcasts

This episode is a recording of a panel discussion with League of Women Voters (LWV) members who attended the UN International Climate Conference in Glasgow Scotland in November 2021.  The UN’s Climate Conference—the “Conference of the Parties” or COP—is  the official meeting of member states who signed the UN’s climate treaty.  Every year, the parties to the treaty, including the U.S., meet and ne...

The Portland City Charter is similar to a constitution for the city; it defines how Portland is governed. Every ten years, the City of Portland appoints a volunteer Commission to review the City Charter. Over the past year, twenty Charter Review Commissioners have been considering ways to improve the way Portland's government works. They have learned from Portlanders, other cities, and numero...

Every year, Oregon offers new homes and a new start to hundreds of refugees who have escaped intolerable conditions in their home countries. Now in late 2021 and 2022, we are preparing for resettling as many as 1,200 new Afghan refugees.   When immigrants make their homes in Oregon, they make Oregon stronger. Even so, immigration policies remain a source of national controversy.  In November 2021,...

The case method is a way to more fully engage high school students in learning history and civics. This episode describes the case method and provides information about free training for U.S. History, Government and Civics teachers in grades 9 through 12, provided by Harvard Professor David Moss and the Case Method Institute for Education and Democracy.  Listen to the voices of teachers and studen...