Local League News: June 2022
LWV of Tompkins County The Tompkins County League joined Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, who organized rallies in Corning and Ithaca, for the Bans Off our Bodies rally. People […]
Local League Support Committee: June 2022
Joy Rosenzweig, joyrose6@gmail.com, and Kathy Stein, kstein1@twcny.rr.com, Co-Chairs Welcome to the new LWV of Great Neck MAL Unit! The Local League Support Committee is happy to report that the LWVNYS […]
New York State League Receives $1M Gift
On Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2021, the League of Women Voters of NYS (LWVNYS) announced it has received an anonymous $1 million donation to expand and strengthen its fight to […]
Volunteers Needed for Freeport National Night Out
Voter Registration – No Experience Necessary When: August 6, 2019, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Where: Cow Meadow Park, Freeport, NY This is an opportunity to do voter registration and educate people […]
Presenters Needed! No Experience Necessary – Comprehensive Training Available
For the first time in the history of NYS, New Yorkers will be able to vote early. What does that mean? It means that Nassau County voters will be able […]
Students Inside Albany – Meet Alissa
The photo above shows the high school students from all over NYS who attended the LWVNYS Students Inside Albany conference in May 2019. Our local League has been sponsoring students […]
Because of Her Story – A Smithsonian Initiative
Because of Her Story “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence” is part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, “Because of Her Story.” The initiative is one of the […]
Women’s History Projects
Written By: Joan Johnson and Barb Thomas LWVNY asks every NYS League to participate in a statewide visibility event. What: All you have to do is recruit a member read […]
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the State Budget
When: Wednesday, April 17th, 7:15 pm Where: Levittown Library Who: NYS Senator Kevin Thomas and NYS Assemblymember John K. Mikulin Why: As New Yorkers, we pay among the highest taxes […]
Call for Submissions from Female Writers in New York State
Deadline: May 31, 2017 Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Born Before Rosie Started Riveting seeking first-person, present-tense TRUE stories giving voice to the author’s mother or grandmother born […]