How Our Elections Can Work Better for Voters (Blog) 5/4/2015 Watch our new video, which outlines five ways to improve our elections.
‘Candi-dating:’ Using speed networking to meet candidates (Blog) 4/13/2015 Faced with a slate of 10 candidates for city government, the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri decided to try something new to introduce them to voters. The League dubbed the event “Candi-…
League of Women Voters: Why Civics Education Matters (News Clips) 4/7/2015 Under what kind of government does the United States operate and what does it value? Here is a hint: repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. Did you learn this in civics? Perhaps not.
Helping the League of Women Voters Expand Its Mission, Extend Its Reach (News Clips) 4/1/2015 This article originally appeared in the New Jersey Spotlight.
Honoring the Female Justices of the Supreme Court for Women’s History Month (Blog) 3/19/2015 As a part of Women’s History Month, I was thrilled to join a special event in honor of the four women who have served as members of the United States Supreme Court.
Voting as a Dual Citizen (Blog) 3/12/2015 As a citizen of both the U.S. and the U.K., I believe it is important to be politically engaged in both of the countries that I call home.
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 cryosphere.
League of Women Voters marks 95 years (News Clips) 3/2/2015 The League of Women Voters of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights (LWV-DDH) celebrated the League’s 95th anniversary on Thursday, Feb.
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at the US Mission to the United Nations (Blog) 2/27/2015 This week, the Mission of the United States to the United Nations commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Bernice Johnson Reagon: The Voice of Freedom (Blog) 2/26/2015 Reagon’s unique blend of activism and music led her to become of the "voice of freedom" during the civil rights movement.