Redistricting: People-Powered Fair Maps Project, 11AM Thursday, April 29th ZOOM Program (RSVP)

LWVDE ~ 

Redistricting: People-Powered Fair Maps Project

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29th

ZOOM Program 

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Hear from Expert speakers on Redistricting. Topics to include communities of interest, transparency and prison based gerrymandering.

Please join us on April 29th at 11am for a day of action for REDISTRICTING. We will start the day with two amazing speakers. Alerks Kajstura is the legal director at the prison policy initiative and Yurij Rudensky, is the redistricting counsel at the Brennan Centers democracy program. Our speaker will be here to answer questions till 12:30pm.

Please Register Here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArdu6prTgoHtS20BQTfm8Q_NEDHSQ67Hx0?

Also see ~

Census shows Delaware population up by 10 percent over past decade 

Delaware’s population falls about 10,000 short of 1 million residents 

2020 Census shows Delaware still not a millionaire 

Delaware's population growth ranks first among Northeast states  

2020 Census Apportionment Results Delivered to the President 

U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s

Census releases House apportionment for next decade

CLNCC April ZOOM Meeting - REDISTRICTING For Communities Of Interest - 7PM Tuesday, April 20th

 

CLNCC Monthly Meeting

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 20th

ZOOM Program

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REDISTRICTING for COMMUNITIES of INTEREST

Show Us Your Maps! 

In addition to our regular agenda, LWVDE Sandy Spence has asked us to help identify and reach out to communities of interest. Learn more about the project below! Create citizen-drawn maps and share them with the LWVDE, members of the General Assembly, and New Castle County Council. 

Join CLNCC for our monthly meeting and work on fair mapping for Delaware. Where are the community interest groups located and who will benefit from getting a better shot at uniting their electoral voice?

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Passcode: 12345

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I have asked Jakim Mohammed to share some mapping experiments for the communities along Route 40 to show how political representation can better serve existing neighborhoods by political district maps that do not divide and dilute their voice in government. 

We can all experiment with this mapping project and you are encouraged to share this website with your civic associations and other community leadership. Please bring and share any ideas and maps you may have created! : https://representable.org/?fbclid=IwAR1hHB4OtC56j5nIiAw0yC_74J5COBedf3cubERv0rpYV9PipHF0uz-A1G8

 

For example, State Rep. Larry Lambert has relayed his concern with Claymont which is split into four state senate districts. He believes Claymont can be identified as a Community of Interest and should re-mapped for a stronger representative voice.

I listened to the NCC Council discussion on Redistricting  during their Executive Committee meeting last Tuesday. The federal governement has indicated that while the formal Census Data presentation will be on September 30th, the data will be provided to local governements in the 3rd week of August. The county council picks redistricting committee members and there are strict timelines for production of maps in the council rules. You can click right onto the Agenda Item #6 and listen to that portion of the meeting https://nccde.new.swagit.com/videos/118592

Creative mapping can also look at Communities of Interest that may overlap with Delaware's Cancer Cluster report or sea level and flooding maps reflecting the expectancy of climate change and storm intensification. 

These maps could inform how we plan for growth and could be provided as materials being considered for the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Update.

Nancy Willing, President, CLNCC

nancyvwilling@yahoo.com

(302) 294-1939 

NCC Comprehensive Plan: Thriving Places: Community Design And Historic Preservation: 6PM Wednesday, April 7th (RSVP)

NCC Comprehensive Plan Session:

Thriving Places: Community Design and Historic Preservation

6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 7th

VIRTUAL Program

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Throughout 2020, we received important feedback from you about the future of New Castle County - which then helped us understand generally where and what our collective priorities may be. This time we are diving deeper! We will host a series of five digital workshops designed to further examine topics comprising the NCC@2050 Comprehensive Plan. 

During these workshops, subject matter experts and attendees will be asked to brainstorm and provide detailed input on draft goals, objectives, alternative future development possibilities, and strategies.

Deep Dive Session #4 (April 7, 2021) will focus on:

• Thriving Places: Community Design and Historic Preservation 

• This Deep Dive Session will also feature the Churchman’s Crossing Plan and include a focused land use discussion on subarea planning and countywide planning.

*All Deep Dive Sessions will also touch on key principles such as social equity and resilience.

Join us for the final Deep Dive Session:

• May 5: Environmental Justice, Social Justice + Bringing It All Together

Visit NCC2050.NewCastleDE.gov to learn more about the NCC@2050 Comprehensive plan.