Community Lunch with Guest Speaker Celia Canavan

Name: Community Lunch with Guest Speaker Celia Canavan
Start: 2025-09-10T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-10T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Wamsutta Club

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Wamsutta Club | New Bedford, MA

Join the League of Women Voters SouthCoast for a Community Lunch at the Wamsutta Club on September 10 at noon.
Registration is required as we have a limited number of seats. A $10 donation is suggested.
The menu includes meat or fish, rice or potatoes, vegetable of the day, dessert of the day, and coffee/tea.
We welcome guest speaker Celia Canavan, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters Massachusetts (LWVMA).
Celia is a community organizer and policy professional who comes to LWVMA with a demonstrated background in intergovernmental affairs and a commitment to voter engagement and civic education. Previously serving as the Director of Government Affairs for the City of Brockton, Celia worked in this capacity to streamline processes for applying for federal funding opportunities, engaged municipal offices in civic development, and co-managed the start of the Brockton High School Massachusetts School Building Authority project; the largest physical and financial school building project in the Commonwealth.
Prior to her time at the City of Brockton, Celia worked on multiple ballot campaign initiatives in Maine and in Massachusetts including the 2024 Ballot Question #4 in Massachusetts (Limited Legalization and Regulation of Certain Natural Psychedelic Substances), a Maine ballot initiative to overturn Citizens United and support campaign finance reform, and a grassroots effort to implement Universal Healthcare in Maine. A passionate advocate for social justice, she has previously testified in multiple state legislatures for tribal sovereignty, election protections, and ranked choice voting. Her previous work also includes youth voter turnout and engagement, advocating for public education funding, LGBTQIA+ rights, and racial justice.
A Brockton native, Celia attended the University of Maine at Farmington, where she studied Political Science with a minor in International and Global Studies. A founding member of the LWV Greater Brockton Unit, Celia is dedicated to uplifting the mission of LWVMA, and is excited to work with the LWVMA Board of Directors, staff, and all the local Leagues.