From the State President
Election Day, and the days leading up to it, were filled with celebrations of the women’s suffrage centennial that were exciting and educational. On Saturday, November 4th, a conference was […]
Death With Dignity Legislation Background in New York State
The New York State legislature is considering death with dignity legislation in New York State. The legislation is modeled after laws in Oregon and other states. Currently 6 states and […]
Death with Dignity Glossary
Active Euthanasia Active Euthanasia is the medical administration of a lethal agent to a patient in order to relieve intolerable and intractable suffering of the patient, resulting in death. Advance […]
Concurrence on State Level Death with Dignity Study
What is League Concurrence? CONCURRENCE as defined by LWVUS LEAGUE BASICS is: agreement by League members with a position on an issue reached by a small group of members or […]
What’s Happening at the National League Level?
LWVUS Receives DC Statehood and Voting Rights Grant Led by the LWVDC Committee for Full Rights for DC Citizens, members are presenting DC Statehood Toolkit materials in five places soon, […]
Greetings from Domenique
Board member and Students Inside Albany Coordinator Lorraine Newman recently received an email from Domenique Masi, the Island Park High School student who represented LWVEN at the 2017 League of […]
The Courage of the Suffragists
One hundred years ago, women in New York State won the right to vote, two years before the passage of the 19th amendment, and after over 80 years of fighting […]
Local League News
All local Leagues have been incredibly busy with voter registration drives and candidate events. Many have also engaged in other activities that are highlighted here! Great job by all on […]
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From LWVUS
First Call to National Convention 2018 The League of Women Voters’ 53rd National Convention will be held at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, IL, from Thursday, June 28 through Sunday, […]