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Recycling Reality

Santa Cruz recycling ready to go

Submitted by Santa Cruz County in September 2019.

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The realities of plastic recycling have finally hit home. Learn what this means to us locally at the Santa Cruz recycling facility and see what happens to our waste first-hand.

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Confronting the Rich-Poor Gap: When a Rising Tide Doesn’t Lift All Boats

UCSC Professor Heather Bullock speaking with visual images

Submitted by Santa Cruz County in March 2019.

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Deepening economic inequality and its consequences throughout society was the focus of a talk by UC Santa Cruz Professor Heather Bullock on February 9, 2019 at the Resource Center for Nonviolence.

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Valuing Our Children: Taking action against child sex trafficking

Panel of speakers

Submitted by Santa Cruz County in January 2019.

News

Becoming educated about child sex trafficking, learning to recognize it, and taking action were the key points emphasized at the League’s October 2018 program, co-sponsored with the American Association of University Women.

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LWV Santa Cruz County board members photo from June 2018

Submitted by Santa Cruz County in January 2019.

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In June 2018 the County adopted Vision Santa Cruz County--A Strategic Plan. Many of the issues addressed by the County's Strategic Plan have been the subject of past meetings sponsored by our local League.

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LWVC Monthly Newsletter: May 2026

Newsletter

Submitted by California in May 2026.

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Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

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Article published by The Guardian 

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Voter groups challenge order to postpone House primaries in Louisiana

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

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Article published by Roll Call

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Voting Rights Groups Sue to Stop Florida Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause, and the League of United Latin American Citizens, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and Democracy Defenders Fund, filed a lawsuit in the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County to stop the new Florida Congressional map.  

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Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Federal Challenge to Louisiana Officials’ Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s implementation of Governor Jeff Landry’s unlawful executive order that attempts to suspend Louisiana’s congressional House primary elections after voting had already begun.

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