League Urges Senators to Oppose Challenges to EPA Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 11/18/2015 The League joined a letter sent to the U.S. Senate urging members to oppose S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, legislation that would permanently block the…
Leading the League into our 2nd Century Through Our 2016 Election Plan (Blog) 11/13/2015 On Tuesday, we brought together supporters, policymakers and members of the media to introduce Dr. Wylecia Wiggs Harris as our newest executive…
League Urges Congress to Protect Funding for Farm Bill Conservation Programs (Legal Document) 10/19/2015 The League joined with over one hundred other organizations urging Congressional appropriators to protect mandatory funding for farm bill…
15 Years of Making Democracy Work (Blog) 8/24/2015 For all of 2015, we’ve been celebrating the 95th anniversary of the League of Women Voters. When Carrie Chapman Catt founded the League, she charged…
White House Holds Summit on Climate Change and Public Health (Blog) 6/24/2015 The White House held its first ever summit on Climate Change and Public Health on June 23. The event brought together senior White House officials,…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CRYOSPHERE (Legal Document) 3/9/2015 The LWVUS Climate Change Task Force has developed a background paper for League members and others on the projected impacts of climate change on the…
What Happens When More than 400,000 Advocates Rally to Save Our Planet (Blog) 9/26/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Toni Zimmer, president of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey You Make Friends… From…
Observing the UN Climate Summit (Blog) 9/25/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Rosalee Keech, UN Observer and LWVUS board member. This week, the United Nations (UN) hosted a…
Join Us for the People’s Climate March! (Blog) 9/3/2014 On September 23, the United Nations (UN) will meet in New York City for the UN Climate Summit. Leaders from around the world have been invited to…
Raising Our Voices to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 7/30/2014 Congress will recess in a few days, but the League of Women Voters remains hard at work. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding…