Equal Rights Amendment Advances to NY Voters in November 2024
New York Legislature passed constitutional amendment in second consecutive legislative session FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Arianna Fishman, afishman@nyclu.org, 212-607-3372 Emma Corbett, emma.corbett@ppesacts.org, 518.852.0146 ALBANY, NY […]
Redistricting: January 2023
Issues and Advocacy
Sally Robinson, VP for Issues and Advocacy, Sally.s.robinson@gmail.com Erica Smitka, Deputy Director, Erica@lwvny.org New York State Equal Rights Amendment Currently 26 states have a state level ERA, including sex as […]
Regina Tillman, 3rd Vice President for DEI and Crystal Joseph, DEI Task Force Co-Chair
21 Day Racial Equity Indigenous Challenge: We had 115 people register for the 21 Day Challenge which ended on November 26th. Much appreciated also were the Board members that joined […]
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) – October 2022
Regina Tillman, 3rd Vice President for DEI, rmt370@gmail.com, and Crystal Joseph, DEI Task Force Co-Chair, campus@lwvnyc.org It has been a good several weeks for the planning and conveying of information […]
Nassau/Suffolk “Redistricting & You” Online Map
I wanted to make sure you the League of Women Voters knew about the interactive “Redistricting & You” map that our team at the CUNY Graduate Center has created, showing […]
October 8th Update from LWV of Nassau County Redistricting Committee
Nassau County’s Temporary Districting Advisory Commission will hold public meetings well into late October, the Nassau League of Women Voters Redistricting Committee is postponing the previously announced October 11 follow-up meeting with our Coalition. […]
From LWV of Colorado on Immigration Reform
All members are invited to join Google Group to work on this issue. At the LWVUS Convention in Denver, the topic of Immigration Reform and LWVUS Advocacy was the focus […]
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Regina Tillman, 3rd Vice President for DEI, rmt370@gmail.com, and Crystal Joseph, DEI Task Force Co-Chair, campus@lwvnyc.org Good fortune smiled upon us and we easily scored a rescheduling of the workshop […]
Upcoming Redistricting Commission Hearings Schedule and Locations
The League encourages all Nassau County residents to attend one of the five upcoming Commission hearings and provide public comments and input regarding how your community should be represented in […]