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Nassau County United Redistricting Coalition

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The Nassau County United Redistricting Coalition is a nonpartisan civic engagement coalition supporting inclusive, balanced, and fair legislative redistricting in Nassau County. It comprises the following organizations: Common Cause/NY, La Fuente Long Island Civic Participation Project, the League of Women Voters of Nassau County, and the Long Island Civic Engagement Table.

Action Alert! Call for Fair Redistricting!

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  CALL Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves at 516-571-6213 to demand action on redistricting reform! If you call during the day, they may ask your address and other information. If you call in the evening, you can leave a message. TELL THEM: “Hi, my name is ____________________. I’m calling to urge Presiding Officer Gonsalves to support […]

Other Localities

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Useful models for independent redistricting commissions exist in several other jurisdictions, including in New York City, and outside of New York, in places including Arizona, California, and Austin, Texas. Click on the Locality below to view the details of its redistricting process. New York City Arizona Austin, TX California

UN Commission on the Status of Women

CSW58 will be held from March 10-21, 2014, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The priority theme is “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls.” The Commission will also evaluate progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from CSW55 in 2011 on “Access and participation of women […]

Nassau Redistricting Poll Release

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Posted on December 10, 2013  by admin Posted in Statements/Letters/Press Releases New Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for Citizen-Led Redistricting in Nassau County: Long Island Civic Engagement Table, Good Government and Civil Rights Allies Release Poll Showing Clear Support for Reform to Nassau’s Contentious Redistricting Process After years of lawsuits and vocal community opposition to the legislative redistricting process in Nassau […]

Join us in the campaign to UNiTE to End Violence

Learn more about the UN Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women and why this initiative is so very important to all of us. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yvT85TitEI] Under the heading ‘Safe Spaces for Women and Girls’, this year the UNiTE campaign is focusing its Orange Day activities on highlighting recommendations of the agreed conclusions of the 57th session of the […]