No More Excuses: Voting Rights Now!

The right to vote is under attack, and the LWV is TAKING ACTION!

On Wednesday, November 17, LWV took its largest action to date to demand that President Biden protect the freedom of millions of Americans to vote. SOME 200 ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN MASSIVE WHITE HOUSE DEMONSTRATION. Watch the live streamed recording of the demonstration here. Follow the event on Twitter at #VotingRightsNow.

On November 3, League leaders—three from the national organization (CEO Virginia Kase Solomón, a board member and our organizing director), two from the Maryland LWV, and Palo Alto's own Alice Smith--joined many YOUTH and other voting activists in standing up and speaking out for voting rights. They  were among 59 activists arrested at the rally.  Read more here.

Upcoming Events/
​         Highlights

Now through Dec. 19 - Public Input Meetings by the California 
Citizens Redistricting Commission
for the drawing of all statewide  district maps (Congress, Assembly, State Senate, Board of Education) 

Nov. 30 - LWV Bay Area: Zoom Lunch Dialogue on Environmental Justice   

Dec. 9 - Winter Luncheon: Language of Leadership (for all) - See calendar for more details.

Dec. 16 - Book Discussion #2 of 4 
​(Nov-Feb) on Jill Lepore's These Truths - LWV Oakland. If you have read the second quarter of this great book, please join the discussion!

Jan. 20 - Book Discussion #3 of 4 
​(Nov-Feb) on Jill Lepore's These Truths - LWV Oakland
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Jan. 26 - LWVPA: Housing For All - HOW?
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LWVUS: Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House After Fourth Direct Action Calling on Biden to Help to Protect Freedom to Vote. Included among the activists was LWV Palo Alto's Alice Smith, Executive Director of the National Voter Corps. Watch the live-streamed recording of the demonstration. ​

Watch this one-minute video: "What is Redistricting?"
See our Redistricting Page for:
  • what redistricting is
  • why it's important to you and me
  • how you can participate at the state and regional levels.

Speaker Series 

Our next Speaker Event will be the LWVPA Winter Luncheon on December 9, with Lori Nishiura Mackenzie. As the Lead Strategist for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and also cofounder of the new Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, she will share her unique perspective on Language of Leadership (for all).  

Watch the latest event in our Speaker Series on our YouTube Channel. Manu Meel, CEO of BridgeUSA speaks about engaging college students in democracy. 

Latest news from LWV - United States, California and the Bay Area

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Equal Justice, and Civil Discourse 

The League of Women Voters at all levels views its work through a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lens. In addition, LWV Palo Alto has declared Racial Justice a priority. In this context, we offer a set of Racial Justice resource lists with links to materials in a wide variety of media, as well as links to other organizations with more resources. With a Civil Discourse emphasis, we also offer a list of organizations working to enhance dialog across political divides.

The purpose of the League is to Make Democracy Work®.  We:

  • Register and educate voters through our work in VOTER SERVICES
  • Take Action based on our positions through ADVOCACY
  • Inform and educate the community on issues by League PROGRAMS

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