Betty Ann King, bking8213@charter.net We have a new vision for engaging youth participation in the democratic process! You are invited to share your ideas, to ask questions, and to brag about your experiences with youth and government. Amidst all of this political chaos our country is experiencing exists passion and a desire for activism...Continue Reading
Judie Gorenstein, judieL728@aol.com One more important thing for local Leagues to do in the next few months is to call your county BOE and set up a meeting with them. Several Leagues hold these meetings, but all Leagues are now being urged to do so. If you’d like to join your League members on...Continue Reading
Sally Robinson, sally.s.robinson@gmail.com, and Jennifer Wilson, jennifer@lwvny.org Current Legislative Action At the moment our legislative activity is focusing primarily on voting and ethics. Governor Cuomo once again included early voting in his state budget proposals but without funding. We will be submitting testimony to the Public Protection Budget Committee advocating for funding to support early...Continue Reading
Regional Training Workshops On years when there is no state Convention, we organize workshops across the state to help train new members, remind current members of good practices and encourage local Leagues to reach out to neighboring Leagues for events, communication and assistance. On Saturdays in March and April, we are organizing workshops in 4...Continue Reading
The Cortland County LWV held a “Meet your elected officials” meet and greet reception in a popular Cortland watering hole. Not enough just to get elected but more importantly to hear, in an informal and social setting, what the constituents want from their newly elected and re-elected county and city officials. The LWV of Tompkins...Continue Reading
Sally Robinson, sally.s.robinson@gmail.com Jennifer Wilson, jennifer@lwvny.org When we first announced our pro-con con position, we received opposition from a number of our members. However, in the end, we believe that our pro position gave us a unique voice in this process and gave the State League a significant amount of publicity. In addition to the...Continue Reading
Judie Gorenstein, judieL728@ aol.com I would like to thank all those Leagues, ILOs and MAL that completed voter service surveys. We have 27 responses are from 23 local Leagues, 2 MALS and 2 ILOs. Here is a summary of what the surveys revealed. VOTER REGISTRATION All but two Leagues hold voter registration drives. Most deliver...Continue Reading
Message from Beth Radow, LWVNYS Chair of the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Committee Here’s a great article entitled: Lessons Learned from Launching a Composting Collection Program. Please share with others: http://www.gracelinks.org/blog/8313/lessons-learned-from-launching-acomposting-collection-progContinue Reading
League members interested in participating in the UN’s annual Conference on Women should contact Suzanne Stassevtich, LWVUS UN Observer, as soon as possible. During the Commission’s annual two week session at UN headquarters in New York, representatives of UN Member States, civil society organizations and UN entities gather to discuss progress and gaps in the...Continue Reading
