For the People Act
The For the People Act (S1) is the democracy reform bill that includes reforms for which the League has been advocating for decades. This Federal legislation will put power back […]
Tell Congress: Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment!
The majority of Americans mistakenly believe that women and men are guaranteed equal rights under the U.S. Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would, once and for all, guarantee constitutional […]
VAWA
By a margin of 244 to 172, the U. S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act, which had lapsed in 2019. The renewed VAWA […]
Don’t Shred Those Tax Records Yet
Once you complete this year’s taxes, you may wonder what to do with that pile of records, 1099s, receipts, and bank statements. The IRS recommends holding on to any documents […]
Joint Letter on Comptroller Contract Oversight
In addition to urging Legislative Leaders to fund the Redistricting Commission, the League co-signed a letter to the State Legislature asking that they ensure that the final budget makes changes […]
Structural Racism Today
Please join us on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:00 pm to discuss the very important subject of Structural Racism. Our guest speaker, Elaine Gross, is Founder and President of Erase […]
Earth Day: Restore Our Earth
The Earth Day theme this year is: Restore Our Earth Scientists are sounding the alarm that unless we take better care of the planet we risk more and even deadlier […]
Redistricting
We are in the process of forming a county League committee to work on the issue of redistricting, which will take place this year and next year, based on the […]
People Powered Fair Maps Day of Action Update!
LWVUS is urging all Leagues to hold a Day of Action on redistricting on Thursday, April 29th. In New York State, we will be organizing a Virtual People’s Hearing and […]
Moderator Training
LWVNC will be holding one or more virtual training sessions for those who are interested in becoming League moderators for candidate forums. Anyone interested is strongly urged to attend. No […]