League of Women Voters ^®
of Woodland

You are formally invited to the 55th League of Women Voters National Convention in Denver, CO, and online, June 23 – 26!
This year, our Convention will be a fully hybrid experience, with both combined and unique experiences for in-person and virtual attendees. All information related to Convention, including registration and hotel bookings, can be found at lwv.org/convention.

Woodland’s League plans to reinstate it’s in-person informational presentations and voter registration for eligible high school students in all three schools this spring. Meetings with newly appointed Superintendent Elodia Ortega-Lampkin and school Principals indicate that the WJUS District is looking forward to reintroducing this in-school program after a two year hiatus.

As we enter Women’s History Month, it is difficult for me to find the right thing to say. The accomplishments of women throughout history have advanced every part of society - from voting rights to civil rights, science, government, athletics, healthcare access, business leadership, caregiving, and more. Women have been on the forefront of advancement. Still, it is difficult to celebrate at this moment, as people, including women in the Ukraine are taking up arms to defend their country, their homes, their land. And yet we must.

John Lewis served in Congress for 33 years and fought for voting rights. He was one of the original Freedom Riders, who helped to end racial segregation in the US, and led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

John Lewis fought to repair the rolled back voter protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He called on Congress to pass a “permanent, national act” to guarantee voting rights for Black and brown Americans across the nation — a battle we’re still fighting to this day.