919 S Polk St
Amarillo, TX 79101
USA
AMARILLO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS INVITES COMMUNITY TO 2025 ANNUAL MEETING & POTLUCK ON SAT., JUNE 14th
Featuring a history presentation by Dr. Brian Ingrassia (WTAMU)
The Amarillo League of Women Voters invites the public to our Annual Meeting and Potluck. This free event will take place:
- Saturday, June 14th
- 10:00 a.m.
- Amarillo Area Foundation (919 S. Polk St.).
Everyone is welcome, and League members are strongly encouraged to attend (as members will be voting on the new board, the proposed annual budget, and updates to the by-laws). Please encourage friends and family to join us, learn more about the League, and enjoy the food, community, and educational presentation.
Our speaker this month is Dr. Brian Ingrassia, Associate Professor of History at WTAMU. A vibrant and engaging presenter, as well as a prolific author and editor, the League is thrilled to welcome him to this important annual event. He plans to offer some historical context on our modern democracy, share some insight on the vision our founding fathers, and answer questions from attendees regarding our fascinating and unique US government — so feel free to bring your history-loving friends and family!
Like last year, this meeting will also be a potluck. Drinks will be provided, but we encourage everyone to bring some food to share. If you plan to attend, please contact Judy Tolk at jtolk597@gmail.com and let her know what you’ll be bringing; this will help with planning to ensure we have a variety of treats for attendees. Thank you for helping us keep things organized!
Reminder: Your local League is dedicated to community outreach. If your organization, business, nonprofit, or church is interested in having League set up a voter registration booth at an upcoming gathering, or if you’d like us to present our seminar, CIVICS 101, please contact us at amarillolwv@gmail.com or call 806-337-2148.
Thank you for empowering voters and defending democracy in Amarillo!
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About Dr. Brian Ingrassia: Brian Ingrassia joined the WTAMU faculty in 2015. He earned a B.A. in history from Eureka College in 2001 and received his M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Ingrassia specializes in modern American history with a focus on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (circa 1865 to 1920s), as well as sport history, cultural/intellectual history, and Texas history. At WT, he has taught courses in U.S. history, Texas history, sport history, urban history, and historical methods.
Dr. Ingrassia is the author of Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (University of Illinois Press 2024) and The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education’s Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football (University Press of Kansas 2012). His first book won the annual monograph award from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) in 2013, among other commendations. He currently serves as editor of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, a quarterly journal published by Cambridge University Press, and also serves as series editor for the Sport and Popular Culture book series at the University of Tennessee Press.
Ingrassia has published more than two dozen book chapters and scholarly articles, including pieces in The Journal of Southern History, Journal of the Early Republic, Sport History Review, and Southwestern Historical Quarterly. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sport History and the Panhandle-Plains Historical Review. He was featured on an ESPN documentary (2019) about the history of American intercollegiate football. His current book project focuses on expansion and franchise relocation in organized baseball, especially in relation to antitrust law and stadium construction.
About the Amarillo League of Women Voters: Our mission is simple: “Empowering voters. Defending Democracy.” We are proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing political parties or candidates at any level of government, but always working on issues of vital concern to members and the public. We encourage informed and active participation in government, work to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy. Our members work to register voters, provide them with election information through our Voters Guides, Candidate Forums, and community outreach. The League of Women Voters in Amarillo envisions a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate.