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Friend, 

It’s only been a few weeks since the 2024 election, and organizations in the democracy space are in a period of recalibrating. We know the coming months and years will be an important time for allyship and partnership, and the League will need to show up in different ways. The LWVUS staff and Board are having important strategic conversations about our path forward, as are Leagues around the country. In the following weeks, Leagues will receive more information about how to navigate the path before us. 

This week, I am reflecting on gratitude. On behalf of the entire LWVUS Board, I want to express our sincere appreciation for all of your hard work this year. Your contributions to empower voters and defend democracy make our organization stronger. I want to wish all of our League members a happy, healthy, and restful Thanksgiving. If you take part in the holiday, as you gather to break bread with friends and loved ones, I encourage you to acknowledge the native land you inhabit and learn about the Native Peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather.

In League,

Dianna

President, League of Women Voters of the US

See all upcoming events on the League Management Site.

• Federal Judiciary Study Kickoff | Slides
• Best Practices for Litigation: Record Keeping | Slides

Share your feedback on LWVUS recorded webinars and trainings with our post-event feedback form.

• Action Alert: The President Must Immediately Publish the Equal Rights Amendment

The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) is pleased to announce three new projects: the 2025 Young Voter Registration Project, the 2025 New Citizens Voter Registration Project, and the 2025 Former and Currently Incarcerated Voter Registration Project. As part of these projects, LWVEF will award funding to state and local Leagues that undertake voter registration activities aimed at young voters, new citizens, or formerly and/or currently incarcerated voters.

All applications are due by midnight on Nov. 30, 2024, with decisions announced in late December. Funding will only be considered for Leagues attending at least five events within the grant cycle. Leagues must agree to undertake activities in a nonpartisan fashion and must also agree to collect contact information from registrants, as allowable, in order to conduct get-out-the-vote follow-up.

Leagues can find applications for each project and additional information below:

• 2025 Young Voter Registration Project: Apply Now
• 2025 New Citizens Voter Registration Project: Apply Now
• 2025 Former and Currently Incarcerated Voter Registration Project: Apply Now

Please contact Morgan Murray at mmurray@lwv.org with any questions. 

LWVUS UN Observers are preparing for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), held from March 10 – 21, 2025, at the United Nations in New York. We are looking for delegates who will attend a minimum of four days and will participate in all varieties of sessions, including commission meetings, side events, and parallel events. This is a self-funded opportunity. Interested members should complete the application and submit it via email to Chris Sagona (csagona@lwv.org) by Sunday, Dec. 1.

• Blog: A Snapshot of LWV's 2024 Election Impact

The LWVUS Federal Judiciary Study Committee has begun to put together resources and materials for Leagues as we prepare for consensus meetings about this critical issue. Members can find a timeline of the study, as well as a recording and slides from last week’s webinar on the League Management Site.

Each local and state League has an individual page on LWV.org that includes information such as their League website, League leaders, and contact information, such as website and email address. To ensure your League’s information is up to date, we strongly encourage Leagues to review the information on these pages and test their “Ask a Local League a Question” button. Information on these pages is pulled from the Roster Manager Portal: for instructions on how to update your local League page, click here. If any of the buttons on your local League page on LWV.org — like “Ask a Local League a Question” — do not work, please email communications@lwv.org.

This checklist will ensure your League is prepared ahead of our transition to our new membership system, ChapterSpot. LWV provided in-depth guidance for each step on this checklist in our ChapterSpot trainings for presidents: watch a recording on our resources page.

• LWV Greeley-Weld County v. Weld County Board of Commissioners | On Dec. 11 at 9am MT, the Colorado Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether home rule counties in Colorado are required to follow state law on ensuring fair county commissioner districts.

• VOTE411.org was named the first-place winner for a nonprofit education and literacy platform in the 4th Annual Anthem Awards. Read our statement at www.lwv.org.
• Former LWVUS president Sania Irwin was recognized on the US House floor by Rep. Delia Ramirez last week. Watch the clip on C-SPAN. 
• The League of Women Voters of New Jersey’s executive director, Jesse Burns, was named on “Insider NJ’s 2024 OUT 100 Power List,” a tribute to politically influential LBGTQ+ individuals in NJ politics. View the list and Jesse’s shoutout here. 

Special Notifications: To help keep members informed, LWVUS sends this bi-weekly, internal email newsletter to state and local League presidents, as well as other highly engaged League members. The League Update includes important announcements about upcoming trainings and webinars, grant opportunities, messaging resources, stories from Leagues nationwide, and surveys to help LWVUS serve Leagues better. This newsletter is curated for League members specifically and is not intended for public consumption or distribution. 

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