Sign Up for VOTE411 in 2023! The 2023 election cycle has already begun, and Leagues across the country are providing voters with the candidate information they need through VOTE411.org. Join your colleagues in the VOTE411 voter guide program and reach voters in your community. Millions of voters rely on the candidate information on VOTE411, and...Continue Reading
President’s Message As we begin 2023, I have to say how proud I am to be president of LWVNY. We accomplished so much in the past year and 2023 appears to be a year of opportunities for LWVNY and our members. This year in New York, voters can register up until 10 days before Election...Continue Reading
Celebrate the League’s 103rd birthday with us on Feb. 14 with a national day of action! Through storytelling, digital actions, local events, and advocacy, we will flex the breadth of our League people power and advance our priorities. We will have a marquee event with featured speakers livestreamed on our Facebook page at 11am ET...Continue Reading
Our Nation 2023 has been off to a speedy start, with February just days away! February is home to Black History Month, a time to reflect and celebrate Black history, as well as uplift the contributions of Black activists who power our democracy. I want to be clear: Black history is American history, and it...Continue Reading
LWVUS President, Dr. Deborah Turner, came to Albany for a couple of days. She was invited by LWV of Albany to attend their gala celebrating their 100th anniversary. The state League staff took Dr. Turner to the NYS Capitol for a tour – the 45 minute tour turned into 1.5 hours which was full of...Continue Reading
Compiled and written by Nancy Rosenthal, Jane Colvin and Sheila Bernson (and Milly Czerwinski, staff) Many thanks to the local Leagues that responded to the 2022 Voter Service Survey! To date, we have tallied the information from 31 Leagues that have responded (that’s 74% of the 42 Leagues!) and know that we will be receiving...Continue Reading
Milly Czerwinski, Organizer, From LWVUS, we received the following data on Vote 411 usage from January through November. Total Users: 285,359 New Users: 262,494 Returning Users: 22,865 Total Number of Sessions: 339,163 During the 2022 election season, New Yorkers visited Vote411 339,163 times. The “New Users” amount indicates the number of people who hadn’t used...Continue Reading
Sally Robinson, VP for Issues and Advocacy, Sally.s.robinson@gmail.com Erica Smitka, Deputy Director, Erica@lwvny.org New York State Equal Rights Amendment Currently 26 states have a state level ERA, including sex as a protected class in the state constitution—New York State does not. The good news is that we worked on the passage of a statewide ERA...Continue Reading
21 Day Racial Equity Indigenous Challenge: We had 115 people register for the 21 Day Challenge which ended on November 26th. Much appreciated also were the Board members that joined in on the challenge! We had taken a lesson from the previous 21 Day Challenges conducted, having learned from them that daily reminders were critical...Continue Reading
Buffalo The Buffalo Niagara League’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEI) hosted Pulling the Race Card, an interactive exercise aimed to help communities have effective and open conversations about race. The League was joined by their partner, including the NAACP, Self-Advocacy of New York State (SANYS), Westminster Presbyterian Church, National Action Network and the Jewish...Continue Reading
