Television broadcasters, because they use the public airwaves, are required to have a license from the federal government to have exclusive use of their assigned frequency. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the agency charged with overseeing the broadcast licensees.
Many Leagues are already connected with their local TV stations through joint work on candidate debates or forums. If so, start with the people in the station you already know and ask for a meeting. With stations where you don’t have a relationship, call and ask for the General Manager.
The Young People Task Force (YPTF) was created as a collaborative effort between LWVUS President Elisabeth MacNamara and LWVUS staff in response to Leagues’ desire to attract the next generation of League leaders.
The LWVUS YPTF mission is to seek ways to increase the LWV long-term membership sustainability by recruiting the next generation of League members.
The YPTF was created with these three distinct goals in mind:
Please visit the Nikki Harris Online Training Library to find the materials from Convention. Specifically, you can find them under the Elections and Voters Service section of the training library.
Please click here to be redirected to the page that includes the training materials that can be downloaded for your use.
After weeks of diplomatic conversations and hours of hard work to make it all come together, the First Preparatory Meeting of the 9th Forum for the Future will take place in El Jadida, Morocco, September 3-4, 2012.
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Celebrating 92 Years of the Power of the Vote
The League joined the Brennan Center for Justice in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to uphold the University of Texas at Austin’s admissions policies, including the university’s reasonable efforts to encourage diversity in its classrooms.
League of Women Education Fund Board of Trustees
Board Meeting
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Renaissance M Street Hotel
Washington, DC
Board Present:
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Elisabeth MacNamara |
Patricia Donath |
Marcia Merrins |