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Spring Awards Luncheon
May 14, 2025
Ann Arbor City Club
11:30 AM Check-in
11:45 AM Luncheon (registration required)
12:30 PM Program (free)
“Adventures in Local Democracy: Transparency, Accountability, and Finding My Voice”
Speaker: President-Elect Elizabeth Nelson
Elizabeth Nelson grew up outside of Chicago, graduated from Rutgers College and has a law degree from University of Maryland (Baltimore). Right after law school, she married her husband and they moved abroad; they lived near London for four years. Twenty years ago, they returned to Michigan with a toddler and second baby on the way. Elizabeth was active in AAUW when her children were quite small and is active again now, after ten years working in schools, a masters degree in Educational Studies from UM, and four years serving on City Council (2018-2022). Since 2018, Elizabeth has written a newsletter related to City politics. She maintains websites at A2ELNEL.com and A2Council.com that are focused on City politics. In 2019, her blog (A2ELNEL.com) got a shout out from the New York Times in an article about the shortage of local journalism in places like Ann Arbor. Since November 2022, Elizabeth has also been filming and editing content for a YouTube channel, under the name A2ELNEL. On the video channel, she publishes recordings of public meetings, summary reports of City Council meetings, and interviews with people who have stories to tell about the history of our local politics.
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