Join Us to March for the Dream on August 24!
By: Jessica Jones
The League is proud to be a partner of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1963 March on Washington.
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Fix the Voting Rights Act
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraThe damage to the VRA can and must be fixed – Congress has the power to act swiftly to restore the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act. Tell your members of Congress to work quickly to repair and restore the VRA.
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On the 48th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Congress Must Act Quickly to Protect Democracy
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraNow is the time to contact your members of Congress and tell them to repair the VRA before any more damage is done.
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North Carolina's Moral Monday Protests Spread to the Countryside
By: StephanieRead our most recent guest blog on the work of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina in the Moral Mondays protests, particularly around the issue of voting rights.
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ACTION ALERT: Support Carbon Pollution Regulations
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraThe Obama Administration has promised to issue regulations controlling carbon pollution from new and existing power plants within the next two years. With support from grassroots activists like you, those regulations can become a reality.
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Taking the First Step Toward Repairing the Voting Rights Act
By: StephanieThis week, Congress got to work holding hearings in both chambers and beginning to discuss possible solutions and the path forward. Both branches of the legislature showed that the Voting Rights Act could continue to be an integral part in preventing voter discrimination.
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Hundreds of Young Activists Making Progress Together
By: Stephanie“When you’re talking about changing the world, you don’t need permission and no one will tell you how to do it.” That was the message of the Make Progress national summit, hosted by Generation Progress and held just blocks from The White House.
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165 Years Since Seneca Falls: Continuing to Organize for Equality
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraOne-hundred sixty-five years ago this week in 1848, 300 women and men met in Seneca Falls, New York, to plant the seed for the women's suffrage movement.
