Global Climate Strike March: Attending one of the largest global protests in history (Blog) 10/10/2019 I want you to act as if the house was on fire, because it is. World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland Many a sign adorned this message at…
A Panel Discussion on Violence Against Women Politicians (Blog) 10/1/2019 This blog post was written by LWVUS's Chief Observer to the United Nations, Rosalee Keech. Simply put, threats against women in…,
H.R. 51 Hearing: The Washington DC Admission Act (Blog) 9/27/2019 This post was contributed by Anne Anderson, Chair, LWVDC Committee for Full Rights for DC Citizens. September 19th dawned crisp and bright as DC…
Tomorrow is National Voter Registration Day! (Blog) 9/23/2019 First launched by the League and partner organizations in 2012, National Voter Registration Day has become a nationwide, multi-sector, all-hands…
DC Statehood Finally Gets its Day on Capitol Hill (Blog) 9/16/2019 On Thursday, September 19th, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on the Washington, DC Admission Act (H.R. 51). This…
Leagues Step Up on Climate Action (Blog) 8/20/2019 This blog post was written by Cathy Frischmann and Claudia Keith from LWV of Oregon and LWV of Corvallis. Since 2015, the U.S.…
ERA Briefing Brings Together Senators and Activists (Blog) 8/8/2019 The path forward on the Equal Rights Amendment has never been clearer. With just one more state needed to ratify the amendment,…
LWVUS UN Observer Shares Insight Into the High Level Political Forum (Blog) 8/1/2019 This blog post was written by LWVUS's Chief Observer to the United Nations, Rosalee Keech. As the League’s Chief Observer to the UN…
Phone Banking for DC Statehood (Blog) 7/23/2019 Having just left a naturalization ceremony at the courthouse on 333 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, several fellow interns and I …
Leagues register over 20,000 new youth voters (Blog) 7/19/2019 June marked the end of our 2019 High School Voter Registration project. With a record-breaking 60 Leagues participating, volunteers registered a…, Leagues partnered with students and student groups who played a key role in the success of their program. One League stated that, while they may have…