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Important Dates/Events/References Scroll down to see all the information and links. February 21, 2012, 12:00 NOON Lunch with the League Business Meeting Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Haywood Duke Meeting Room 607 N. Greene St. near downtown Greensboro The program is free. Reservations are necessary if you’d like to have lunch at a cost of $10.00 per person. Make lunch reservations by Wednesday, February 15 by calling 643-2131 or by email to  lwvptmail@gmail.com. If you are paying by check, please write your check, in advance, to LWVPT. If you are not having lunch, please let us know, if possible, so that the appropriate number of seats are available. Members may want to read the LWVUS background papers on privatization. The Education Study Background Papers for Members. Consensus is complete at the local level, but you may choose to read the papers. Common Core Standards and Assessments by Janelle L. Rivers, PhD  Early Childhood Education, Equity and Funding by Pat Aaron  Funding and Equity Issues by Jean Pierce  Legislation and Funding for the Education Of Children Who are Disadvantaged by Patricia O'Brien Libutti, PhD  Role Of Federal Government In Public Education: Historical Perspectives by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins and Margaret Hawkins Hill  For even more information, the complete LWVUS Education Study materials LANDFILL INFORMATION Read a paper by Steve Wing about landfill locations in North Carolina. Photos of League trip to Greenboro landfill in March. Photos from rally on April 15. Proposals for disposing of Greensboro’s solid waste and a comparison of costs across the proposals. Photos from April Lunch with the League. Rhonda Sherman’s Power Point Presentation from March 15 (PDF format). (Be patient as it takes several seconds to transfer the data to your screen.) Nancy Jimerson’s Power Point Presentation from March 15 (PDF format). (Be patient as it takes several seconds to transfer the data to your screen.) Read about the latest news for the LWVUS. Health Care information recommended by the Health Care Round Table: http://healthreform.kff.org/the-animation.aspx (Ten minute animation from the Kaiser Family Foundation.) http://healthreform.kff.org/timeline.aspx (Interactive time line of the implantation of the health reform law.) Reference about the truths and distortions about the new bill: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/October/19/health-law-myths-truths.aspx?p=1 For General information and to stay uptodate, check the Kaiser Family Foundation web site. Looking for ways to put health reform to use for you or your loved ones?  If you need health insurance, try this new tool. Read the White Papers on Mental Health and Substance Abuse from the Moses Cone Wesley Long Community Health Foundation. Look on the left hand side for White Papers 2010.

Updated  January 25, 2012