The League of Women Voters Whitewater Area is honored to announce that Whitewater resident Camden Harlan has been selected to receive the League’s 2024 Making Democracy Work award for her outstanding leadership as President of Whitewater Pride for the last five years, working to create civil discourse in our community. The Whitewater Pride Rally that she organizes is a seminal event that brings our community together to support LGBTQ+ values of peace, love, and understanding. The League’s Making Democracy Work Award recognizes citizens who strive to make their community a safer and fairer place in which to live.
A public reception celebrating Camden’s advocacy for diversity, equity and inclusion with an emphasis on engaging youth and the community in social justice action will be held Sunday, December 1, 2 PM – 4 PM, at the Prairie Village Community Center, located at Prairie Village on County U and Fremont Street in Whitewater. Refreshments will be served.
Please join us on December 1st in honoring Camden. Camden has worked in the field of education for 22 years: first in Woodstock, IL for 18 years, and then Greenfield High School, and at Whitewater High School, where she served as the faculty advisor for the Whitewater Gay-Straight Alliance. She is now a member of the Academic Instructional Staff in the Department of Communication at UW-Whitewater. In addition to volunteering her time as President of Whitewater Pride, Camden also serves as the Recording Secretary of the Whitewater Arts Alliance (effective in January), a Board of Trustees member for the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library, and on the steering committee member for Be Kind Whitewater.
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