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Community Leaders:
Cecilia Houston-Torrence
Andrea Boone
Phone:
(404) 577-8683
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League ID:
GA003
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Atlanta League registers dozens to vote at wrestling event
The League of Women Voters of Atlanta, GA recently teamed up with longtime LWVEF partner, Smackdown Your Vote!
,to conduct registration at a local World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event. The League distributed nonpartisan election materials and helped dozens of event attendees, many of them young and first-time voters, successfully fill out registration applications.
Leagues are gearing up nationwide to carry out similar activities at wrestling events this summer and fall. Want to get involved in this great visibility and voters' service opportunity? Check this list to see when WWE might be headed to your area, or order copies of the hot-off-the-presses "18-30 Voter Issues Paper", a must-have resource for Leagues conducting youth-related activities.
In the photos below, Atlanta League members Allen Bearden, Rita Robinzine, A. Ibn Nuriddin, Vernetta Keith Nuriddin, Rachel Lesperance, Charis Johnson, and Rita Robinzine, and WWE Vice President Gary Davis, gather and help individuals register to vote.
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League of the United States explores judicial independence and diversity at Convention
Date: June 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Event: Panel Discussion
Partners: Brennan Center for Justice; Hispanic National Bar Association
“Is the Quest for a More Diverse Judiciary Important? Is It Attainable?” was the titled of a workshop organized at the League’s National Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakers included the Honorable Carol W. Hunstein, Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, and Zuraya Tapia, Executive Director of the Hispanic National Bar Association. Elisabeth MacNamara, President of the League, served as moderator.State:
