Background

The LWVUS Board approved a new Education position at the March 2012 (March 25, 2012) Board meeting.   The position is based on responses received from the 377 Leagues across the country who participated in the Education Study.   Thanks to the many local and state Leagues and ILOs who held meetings, involved their communities and worked to reach consensus on this critical issue of importance to all Americans.   Committee Chairs Peg Hill (TX) and Joanne Leavitt (CA) and their committee:  Pat Aaron ( IL), Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins (CO),  Patricia Libutti (NJ),  Sanford Ostroy (MA),  Jean Pierce (IL) and Janelle Rivers (SC) are to be commended for their excellent work and leadership.

The League of Women Voters is pleased to release Shining a Light: Redistricting Lessons Learned in 2011. This comprehensive whitepaper highlights the groundbreaking efforts of Leagues and other advocates to promote a more fair and transparent redistricting process and also sheds light on key reform opportunities for improving the process over the next decade. The report also includes helpful practices for all advocates to consider as they work to influence redistricting at the local level.

A new set of pre-coded and cut files are ready for use by any state and local League.  The downloadable kit below contains all the HTML, CSS, font and image files needed to produce a basic website and still allows for the flexiblity to customize the templates to meet the goals of a specific League.

As a local League leader and influential voice in your community, you have a unique opportunity to speak out on important issues. That is why we need you to share the League’s point of view on a critical national issue.

There is a great debate happening in Congress and across the country regarding health care and contraception.  A few weeks ago, the US Senate narrowly defeated an amendment that would have allowed insurers and employers to deny coverage based on “religious or moral objections.”