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International Day of the Girl Child - 2012

The days of fighting an issue of a global proportions from a silo perspective can’t be effective with limited resources.  We need to find ways to work together, work smarter with ways that are proven.  Trafficking is a $32 billion industry and even if we rescue all the girls today—tomorrow a new crop will be in place.  Therefore the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, the Working Group on Girls, PPSEAWA and the League of Women Voters of the United States co-sponsored a panel discussion on "Best Practices:  Preventing Child Exploitation at Major Events."  Speakers provided ins

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Three Steps for a Smooth Election Day

Three Steps for a Smooth Election Day

We know you have been working overtime hosting registration drives, planning voters’ guides, hosting debates and printing helpful materials for voters in your communities. And while the end is in sight, our work does not stop until Election Day has come and gone.

LWVEF urges Leagues to take the following steps to ensure voters are ready for Election Day and are able to overcome any problems they encounter at the polls.

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Voter Registration Media Alert Template

MEDIA ALERT                                                                   Contact: (XX League contact)

www.VOTE411.org                                                              <contact’s email and phone>

 

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS IN <YOUR STATE> REMAIN UNREGISTERED AS DEADLINE LOOMS

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League Name and Logos: A Memo to State and Local Leagues

To: State and Local Leagues
From: Elisabeth MacNamara, President
Subject: League Name and Logos
Date: September 18, 2012

While election season is a busy time for all of us, it is also the time when “sham” groups and “dirty tricks” people are most likely to misuse our name and information.

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International Day of the Girl Panel Discussion on Preventing Child Exploitation

The first annual International Day of the Girl will be celebrated on Thursday, October 11, 2012 with a special panel discussion: BEST PRACTICES: Preventing Child Exploitation at Major Events. Speakers include: Abigail Lawlis Kuzma Office of the Indiana Attorney General -- Director and Chief Counsel of Consumer Protection. The Indiana Attorney General ran an anti-human trafficking campaign during Super Bowl 2012. David Arkless is ManpowerGroup's Global President of Corporate and Government Affairs.

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Sign-in Sheet

Be sure to capture the names and emails of those that attended your League's Debate Watching Party so that you can follow up with them and perhaps recruit them as new LWV members!
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Postcard

Distribute Post Cards with information linking to VOTE411.org and the LWVUS website to let voters know where they can find up to date information on elections!
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LWV Debate Party Media Advisory Template

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     CONTACT NAME 

DATE                                                                                                 Tel #

Web Address                                                                                    Email Address

 

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The League of Women Voters and Candidate Debates: A Changing Relationship

After a sixteen year period in which there were no public presidential debates, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) sponsored three presidential debates in 1976. These debates between Jimmy Carter (D), former governor of Georgia and Gerald Ford (R), President of the United States, were the first to be held since 1960. In 1976 the League also sponsored one vice presidential debate between Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) and Senator Bob Dole (R-KS).

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