LWVWI Annual Meeting 2025
Hilton Garden Inn Northeast Conference Center
Hosted by LWV Ozaukee-Washington Counties
LWV Ozaukee-Washington Fundraiser
SILENT AUCTION BASKETS
Donate a basket to the silent auction fundraiser from your local League!
Contact president@lwvozaukee.org
Make the Most of Your Trip!
VISIT THE MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART
LWV Ozaukee-Washington Counties has partnered with MOWA to enhance your Annual Meeting experience. Head over between 1pm - 4:30pm on Friday June 6th to experience Wisconsin-specific arts. Let ticketing know you're with the LWVWI Annual Meeting group for a special rate of $15 single, $25 for two, or $50 for four adults. Your admission also doubles as a year-long membership to enjoy until next summer!
PLENARY PACKET
Please check back. The Plenary Packet will be available closer to the event.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, June 6th
SATURDAY, June 7th
3pm - 5pm
Attendee arrival and meeting check-in
Networking room and refreshments
Hotel check-in
5pm - 5:05pm
General welcome and announcements
Christy Schwan and Patty Keuck, Co-Presidents, LWV Ozaukee/Washington Counties
5:05pm - 5:15pm
Land acknowledgement
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Dinner
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Parade of Leagues (viewing 1 of 4)
6:30pm - 7:45pm
Malkasian Keynote Presentation
Kate Ullman, Executive Director of the Legislative Semester and CoFounder of the WI Civic Learning Coalition
7:45pm - 8pm
Closing announcements
8pm - 10pm
Networking reception and dessert
7:45am - 8:35am
Attendee arrival and meeting check-in
Breakfast with coffee + tea
Hotel check-out
Networking
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8:35am - 8:45am
General welcome and announcements
8:45am - 8:55am
Greeting from LWVUS Board Liaison
Stacey Chavis
8:55am - 9:10am
MENTOR Highlights
Presentation of Meg McClane Award for Advocacy
9:10am - 9:25am
LWVWI Staff Reports and Impact 2024-2025
9:25am - 9:40am
Parade of Leagues (viewing 2 of 4)
9:40am - 9:50am
Break
9:50am - 10:50am
Keynote
Niki Johnson, Milwaukee-Based Artist and Activist
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10:50am - 11:05am
Parade of Leagues (viewing 3 of 4)
11:05am - 12:05pm
Breakouts
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The Power of Political Cartoons with Phil Hands
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Media: Inform, Influence or Inflame? with Prof. Michael W. Wagner
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Civics: We're All in the Game with Pyper Flaig, Brogan Ringgold, and Ellie Schrauth
12:05pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
LUNCH BONUS- a capella musical performance
Victoria Benson Hora
1:00pm - 1:10pm
Break
1:10pm - 1:25pm
Parade of Leagues (viewing 4 of 4)
1:25pm - 2:15pm
State committees and teams: All members (including YOU) are welcome to join!
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Break
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Plenary Session
4:30pm
Conclusion and farewell
Many thanks to Ozaukee-Washington Counties for hosting!
BREAKOUT SESSION INFORMATION
The Power of
Political Cartoons
with Phil Hands,
Editorial Cartoonist at the Wisconsin State Journal
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Media: Inform,
Influence or Inflame?
with Prof. Michael W. Wagner,
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at UW-Madison
Civics: We're All
in the Game
with Pyper Flaig, Brogan Rinngold and Ellie Schrauth,
LWV Oz/Wa Youth Vote Group Members
SPEAKER BIOS
Kate Ullman
Executive Director of the Legislative Semester, CoFounder of the Wisconsin Civic Learning Coalition
Kate is a lifelong educator who believes that civic education is essential for a thriving democracy. She is the Executive Director of the Legislative Semester, a nonprofit organization she founded in 2022 to empower students with the skills for civil dialogue, depolarization, and civic engagement by simulating authentic democratic processes in the classroom. In addition, Kate is the co-founder of the WI Civic Learning Coalition, a network that connects individuals and organizations committed to strengthening nonpartisan civic learning in Wisconsin Schools.
FRI, JUNE 6
KEYNOTE
SAT, JUNE 7
KEYNOTE
Niki Johnson
Artist
Niki has spent her adult life living across the United States in many different locations and is now local to Milwaukee. She runs a studio full-time, exhibiting her art and curating local and national exhibitions. Her artwork is in several private and public collections including the collection of Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell, the collection of Ken and Melinda Krei, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Madison Central Public Library, UW-Health’s American Center Hospital and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
SAT, JUNE 7
BREAKOUTS
Speakers listed alphabetically by last name
Victoria
Benson Hora
Choral Director, Cedarburg High School
Victoria is a former music educator and international performer. She has been a League member for 4 years and is the catalyst and mentor behind LWVOzWa Youth Vote Group
Phil
Hands
Editorial Cartoonist, Wisconsin State Journal
Phil began drawing cartoons for the State Journal as an intern in 2004 and joined their staff in 2013. In addition to his work at the State Journal, Hands creates cartooons and illustrations distributed across 77 daily newspapers in the Lee Enterprises newspaper group. Phil has won several state and national awards for his work and was the 2012 recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning. Born in Syracuse, NY, Phil grew up in the Detroit area before moving to Wisconsin in 2005. He now lives in Madison with his wife and two children.
Pyper
Flaig
Member, LWV Oz/Wa Youth Vote Group
Pyper is a LWV Oz/Wa Youth Vote Group Alumni from Grafton, Wisconsin. She's currently a freshman at Simmons University in Boston where she studies Information Technology and Library Science. Pyper joined the LWV youth group after participating in a Civics Games Invitational. During her time in the group, Pyper helped facilitate the Mother Earth is Calling Panel, and helped coordinate a voter registration drive at Grafton High School last spring.
Brogan
Ringgold
Member, LWV Oz/Wa Youth Vote Group
Brogan is an alumni of the Ozaukee and Washington County LWV Youth Vote Group. He graduated from Grafton High School in 2024 and is currently majoring in both sociology and journalism at Boston University, with a minor in political science. Joining the league after a West Bend invitational for the civics games, he has helped coordinate the Mother Earth is Calling environmental panel, spoke on the Cedarburg Public Library’s Jack Henke Show, as well as organized a voter registration drive at Grafton High School.
Elli
Schrauth
Member, LWV Oz/Wa Youth Vote Group
Ellison Schrauth is member of the Ozaukee/Washington County League of Women Voters Youth Vote Group and has been for around 2 years. She is dedicated to increasing awareness and accessibility of voting rights. She is also eager to see how she can further contribute to this organization.
Michael W.
Wagner
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the WI Idea at UW-Madison
Wagner studies how the information people encounter in their media ecology affects what they believe, what they want from their government and how they participate politically. He's an expert in survey research methods and randomized control trial interventions to combat misinformation, improve public knowledge, civic trust, and political participation. Wagner has published many books, peer-reviewed articles and public-facing pieces and has won multiple research, teaching, and community-engagement awards, Wagner regularly facilitates workshops for journalists, legislative staff, election administrators, and public health officials.