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LWVAA Fall Kickoff - Your Vote: Use It or Lose It

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About this event

You're invited to join the League of Women Voters of the Austin Area at our fall kickoff! Scheduled speakers, Travis County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado and Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector Celia Israel, will discuss how their offices work to ensure the security of our elections. Afterwards, you'll have a chance to expand your voter registration skills with Super VDR training from our Voters Service pros.

Light refreshments will be served.

Everyone is welcome -- invite your friends!

When? Sunday, September 14, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Where? Thompson Conference Center, 2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, 78712

About our speakers:

Travis County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado

Dyana Limon-Mercado is the newly elected County Clerk. Dyana’s professional experience includes working as the executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes.

She has served on numerous boards of directors and commissions for causes that work to advance race equity and gender equity, including the Equity Advisory Committee for Austin ISD, City of Austin Commission for Women, and the YWCA Greater Austin. She served as the Travis County Democratic Party Chair from 2018 to 2020, the first Hispanic person to do so, and ran one of the most successful and inclusive coordinated campaigns in the county party’s history.

Dyana’s close relationship with women’s issues, health care, and racial equity comes from her personal experience as a mother, Latina, community advocate, grassroots organizer, and leader. She earned an associate degree from Austin Community College in 2003, a bachelor's degree from Texas State University in 2005, and a graduate degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2008.

Travis County Tax Collector/Voter Registrar Celia Israel

Celia Israel was proudly elected Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector in 2024 and is on a mission of public service to deliver a government that works for all of us.

Celia moved to Austin from El Paso in the summer of 1982 to attend the University of Texas and become the first in her family to graduate college. She credits her campaign organizing and work in the Ann Richards administration for her firm belief in serving with a sense of humor and pragmatic approaches to policy making.

Celia has since served our community on numerous non-profit boards centered on issues of equity, including Capital Area Food Bank and the Girls Empowerment Network. Currently, Celia serves on the board of Project Transitions helping those with HIV with housing solutions. In years past she has served the City of Austin on the Environmental Board, the Police Monitor Board, the 2011 Bond Advisory Commission, and the Mueller Redevelopment Advisory Committee.

Celia was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2014 where she represented Northeast Travis County for nearly a decade. During her time in the legislature, she carved an expertise in voting rights, transportation, and good government. Celia was named "Freshman of the Year" in her first term in the legislature and co-founded the LGBTQ Caucus in the Texas House. She was inducted into the Austin Women's Hall of Fame in 2018 and has been honored by organizations including Equality Texas, Texas Freedom Network, Texas Democratic Women, and the Capital Area Progressive Democrats.

Celia recently practiced real estate and lives in Austin with her wife, Celinda, and their two dogs, Pippa and Libby.

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