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 – Today, the New York legislature passed the Equal Rights Amendment in its second consecutive session, officially bringing the amendment to New Yorkers for ratification...Continue Reading
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 a protected class in the state constitution—New York State does not. The good news is that we worked on the passage of a statewide ERA...Continue Reading
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 in on the challenge! We had taken a lesson from the previous 21 Day Challenges conducted, having learned from them that daily reminders were critical...Continue Reading
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 on DEI that could affect the culture, and thus, the policies and practices within the Leagues of NYS. So much to do at this time...Continue Reading
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 county legislative districts in Nassau and Suffolk for the purpose of helping people understand county redistricting. I’d like to arrange a call with the League...Continue Reading
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. We’ll advise you on the rescheduled date. Note dates and venues for the remaining public meetings, all starting at 6:00 pm: Oct 13: Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate...Continue Reading
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 of both a caucus and a resolution. The Immigration Reform and LWVUS Advocacy resolution was sponsored by a broad group of LWV members from across...Continue Reading
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 that had originally been planned for April. Remarkably, both Kimberlee Yolanda Williams and Debby Irving – as featured co-presenters – were available on a date...Continue Reading
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 new legislative district maps. The upcoming hearing dates and locations are listed below. All hearings begin at 6:00 pm. Sept. 8 at North Hempstead Town...Continue Reading
