Please join us to hear from the candidates seeking your vote for 1st Franklin State Representative. Independent candidate Amy Lavallee and Democratic candidate Lora Wondolowski will join us for a public candidate forum on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 6:30PM at the Greenfield Community Television (GCTV) studio.
Seating at the GCTV studio is limited, but we invite you to watch the forum live on GCTV’s YouTube channel. The forum will also be recorded and available for later viewing.
This year there will be nine statewide questions on the ballot—the most Massachusetts voters have ever been asked to consider. Join us Thursday, October 15, at 6:30PM, when GCC and LWVFC are hosting an interactive event where participants will spend five minutes learning about each of the nine questions. It will be a fast-paced and informative speed-dating format designed to help you head to the polls with confidence.
Free and open to the public, with complimentary refreshments, RSVP requested.
Co-sponsored by GCC and LWVFC.
Generations of women fought for your right to vote; now we must defend that vote—and use it! First proposed by the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, women’s demand for the right to vote was controversial—even scandalous in some quarters. Suffragists fought for 72 years to achieve the 19th Amendment in 1920, but astonishingly, women’s voting rights are once again up for debate in some quarters. In this talk, Smith College Professor of American Studies Carrie Baker explains the history and current challenges to women’s voting rights and how women are fighting to maintain our right to vote.
Free and open to the public, RSVP requested.
- What: A History of Women’s Suffrage with Carrie Baker
- When: Thursday, October 22, 2026, 7:00PM
- Where: GCC Dining Commons
Co-sponsored by GCC and LWVFC.
LWVFC’s 2024 Legislative Coffee
If you missed our Legislative Coffee with state Rep. Natalie Blais, state Rep. Susannah Whipps, and state Sen. Jo Comerford at the Greenfield Public Library on Saturday, April 6, the Greenfield Recorder published a comprehensive article.
If you missed our Legislative Coffee at the Five Eyed Fox in Turners Falls with Franklin County legislators: State Rep. Natalie Blais, State Rep. Susannah Whipps, and State Sen. Jo Comerford, you can read a thorough recap in the Greenfield Recorder HERE.
Our Mission
Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public.
League of Women Voters of Franklin County
416 Millers Falls Rd
Northfield, MA 01360
lwvfranklincounty@gmail.com
