LEAGUE’S STATE CONVENTION IS COMING! The 57th State League Convention is scheduled for June 10-11, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Express in Liverpool, NY (just off the Thruway near Syracuse). The Registration Kit is now available on the state website (http://www.lwvny.org/programs-studies/concon/2017/Registration-Kit-2017.pdf). Encourage all members to attend, even if as Visitors or for free to the...Continue Reading
The 57th State League Convention is scheduled for June 10-11, 2017, at the Holiday Inn Express in Liverpool, NY (just off the Thruway near Syracuse). The Registration Kit is now available on the state website (http://www.lwvny.org/programs-studies/concon/2017/Registration-Kit-2017.pdf). Encourage all members to attend, even if as Visitors or for free to the workshops! Field Trip! To celebrate...Continue Reading
At a recent LWV of Rochester forum, more than 60 attendees heard Sister Anne Urquhart, Sister Barbara Lum and Sister Josepha Twomey of the Sisters of St Joseph of Rochester tell the story of their work in Selma, Alabama. The Sisters of St. Joseph began their work in Selma in 1940 with black families living in...Continue Reading
Be Earthwise Earlier this month the New York State League released our newest campaign: Be Earthwise. The goal of the campaign is to help citizens think about how their daily decisions can have a lasting impact on our environment. The campaign is being released in two phases – the first phase asks people to take...Continue Reading
League Direct Mail Appeal We continue to be active at the Capitol during this budget process. If you haven’t already done so and you’d like to make a gift to support our advocacy efforts, please use this link to make a gift today: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hQUE1blw9x-qEEC6eqk1Yg. We are hard at work making our voices heard at the...Continue Reading
Advocacy Training/Lobby Day Advocacy training day will be held on Tuesday, April 25, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. We have moved it into the Legislative Office Building for easier access to legislators and the capitol. We are charging $15 which includes lunch. We have asked Issue Specialists to present their hot topics for this...Continue Reading
100th Anniversary Dates November 6, 2017 100th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage in New York State November 19, 2019 100th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters of New York State February 14, 2020 ...Continue Reading
LWV of Huntington held our first youth committee meeting where we had three students attend and participate. We did a role play of Vote 18 and the students gave us some great ideas to use for hot topics to bring up when we are presenting it to schools. They will also be contacting their schools and arranging for...Continue Reading
The League’s 2016-2018 guide to public policy positions is now available for download HERE. Those Leagues who wish to receive a printed copy may make a purchase on Amazon or download for Kindle. Thanks to Joyce Corrington, president of the LWV of Louisiana, for driving this partnership with Amazon to make print copies available to...Continue Reading
Time is running out to protect and manage the aquifers and water supply of Long Island. The Long Island water supply, the groundwater stored beneath all of Long Island, continues to be polluted, wasted and depleted. Seventy percent of New York State is served by one of the three professional management compacts (river basin/watershed commissions)...Continue Reading
