Black Activist You Should Know: Anya Dillard (Blog) 2/28/2023 Anya Dillard is a 19-year-old human rights and social justice activist, social entrepreneur, model, content creator, and aspiring filmmaker. Anya is also the founder of The Next Gen Come Up, a…
LWVUS Submits Testimony for the Senate Hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on a joint resolution affirming the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as part of the US Constitution.
LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Check out the art Long Beach students submitted to the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 2/7/2023 This story was originally published in the Press-Telegram. Artwork from more than 50 Long Beach high school students is currently on digital display — via a YouTube video posted by the local chapter…
Want a more representative democracy? Reform CT's redistricting process (News Clips) 1/31/2023 This opinion was originally published in the CT Mirror. LWVCT president Laura Smits co-wrote this opinion about the importance of fair maps in Connecticut.
11 Ways You Protected Democracy in 2022! (Blog) 12/15/2022 In a groundbreaking year, you rallied, donated, wrote representatives, and voted to defend a democracy in which all voters can safely and fairly make their voices heard. Here are a few highlights.
Boise's Shiva Rajbhandari debriefs us on COP27 (News Clips) 12/2/2022 As an official representative of the national League of Women Voters, Shiva Rajbhandari talked to Boise State Public Radio about the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Brings Needed Public Defense Experience to SCOTUS (Blog) 12/2/2022 In June 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) — was sworn in as an associate justice. Justice Jackson is the first former public defender to…
Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot (Blog) 11/1/2022 In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ending the federal constitutional right to…
LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Old Growth Forests (Legal Document) 8/30/2022 LWVUS sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Interior Secretary Haaland to comment on oldgrowth trees and forests should be defined/managed to provide the greatest climate benefits