League Day at the United Nations A Briefing on Forced Labor and Human Trafficking Nov. 16, 3:00 – 5:00 pm (lunch and tours available, too, starting at 11:30 am) The Annual League Day at the United Nations (NYC) will be held on Thursday, November 16. We will again offer a delicious lunch in the Delegates’...Continue Reading
Sally Robinson, robintwins@gmail.com Our new brochure on the constitutional convention ballot proposal is now available (click here or see link on state website). A wealth of information on the ballot proposal question on whether to hold a constitutional convention, including articles in favor and against the proposal, is available on the state League website at...Continue Reading
Judie Gorenstein, judieL728@ aol.com LWV of Huntington Program with Suffolk County BOE The LWV of Huntington coordinated a program with the Suffolk County Board of Elections at Wyandanch High School. The BOE did an excellent three part presentation. They first explained the importance of local elections and voting in those elections. The students then completed...Continue Reading
Women’s Suffrage: A Suffrage Centennial Conference Nov. 4, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Ave, Albany Sponsored by The Women’s Rights and Heritage Committee of the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network Come to a conference to hear speakers and join a discussion about the women’s suffrage centennial: History of suffrage...Continue Reading
Laura Curran and George Maragos debate the issues to help us decide which candidate should represent the county in the upcoming election against Republican Jack Martins in the general election on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. LWV of Nassau County would like to thank Michael Peters of PATV (http://patv.org/) for the wonderful video.Continue Reading
Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Women’s Suffrage History Nov. 4, 5:00-8:00 pm NYS Museum The LWV of NYS Education Foundation & The NYS Archives Partnership Trust invite you to a special evening reception celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in New York State and the opening of the State Museum’s Votes...Continue Reading
Happy fall, friends! League work is never more valuable than right now, and we really appreciate all of you who are registering voters, distributing Voters Guides and our new Constitutional Convention brochure, moderating candidate events, and holding forums on the ballot issues. Don’t forget to share our information in your local papers, radio and TV...Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters of New York State Voices: Political Advocacy Tool APP is designed to make political advocacy easy and to familiarize League of Women Voters members with local, state, and federal political representatives. The APP provides a series of monthly alerts aimed at introducing and sustaining support for different political causes along with...Continue Reading
2017 State Convention (7/11/2016) Handouts and materials LWVNYS Education Foundation 2015-2016 Annual Report(9/28/2016) 2016-2017 LWVNYS Calendar (9/12/2016) State Board Updates – August 2017 (8/23/2017) Additional League forms can be found on the Local League Resources page of this website. State Voter – July 2017Continue Reading
GET READY TO CELEBRATE FOUR IMPORTANT 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES (7/20/2017). VOTES FOR WOMEN • Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial November 4, 5:00-8:00 pm Opening Reception NYS Museum – buy tickets here or call state office at 518-465-4162. Benefactor level support available here • Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial Special Exhibit Nov. 4, 2017...Continue Reading
