Everyone is busy meeting with legislators and planning their annual meetings! At the state level, we are busy planning for the Students Inside Albany Conference which begins on Sunday and then the state Convention on June 9th! So, Local League News will have to wait until next month! Keep up all the great work you...Continue Reading
You can help us with our advocacy agenda by downloading our new app on your phone (IPhone or Android). Voices is a political advocacy app that shares action alerts from the League directly to your phone. These action alerts will allow you to quickly call, email, or tweet at your legislator with the touch of a...Continue Reading
By Peggy Stein I spent two days in April, in Hyde Park and New Paltz respectively, with people celebrating the “Past, Present and Future of Women in Politics” with four other members of our local league. Senator Gillibrand and I shook hands while I reflected on her remarks about Susan B. Anthony. New York State...Continue Reading
LEAGUE’S STATE CONVENTION IS COMING! Our biennial state League Convention is being held at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool (just outside Syracuse) from June 9-11. All members are welcome to join us, as voting delegates, visitors or just as observers. Come see what the state League is doing – and help determine our leadership and...Continue Reading
Wednesday, May 17, 7:30 pm Levittown Library Our plan for the evening will be to discuss, among ourselves, some of the ideas, issues and concerns that we all have about today’s world. Because we are a non-partisan organization, there will be no one-sided diatribes, though political issues and opinions will certainly be permitted. We will...Continue Reading
May has been a busy month for the League. We have been ramping up our advocacy efforts and our hard work is finally paying off! This month the Assembly passed several of our priority bills: Single Payer, early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, single June primary, and legislation to include e-cigarettes under the Clean Indoor Air...Continue Reading
LWV of Rochester has been busy with forums on voting reforms – and will continue the forums in the future. Following are YouTube links to the recording (in 3 parts) of our 9/2016 forum on “Voting in Monroe County” presented by our BOE Commissioners – the “seed” from which this plan started. It’s a really...Continue Reading
New Google Discussion Group: Health Care Reform As the fight for health care continues, what is next for advocates at the state and national levels? The LWVUS Board recently approved a new a Google discussion group for Health Care Reform. This discussion and sharing group for League members on health care reform, including behavioral health,...Continue Reading
Honor an Inspiring Woman and Celebrate NY Suffrage Centennial It’s almost Mother’s Day and 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of women earning the right to vote in New York State. So this is the perfect time to honor a woman who inspires you by making a gift to the League of Women Voters of NYS...Continue Reading
