Joan Hubbard, Mary Toy, Victoria Turner, Julie Gaebe, Jean Dugan and Kathleen Farrell accept award at the 40th Annual Bayer YMCA Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
We welcome Sandra Richason as our new Executive Director, replacing the retiring Executive Director Jean Dugan. Sandra also serves as Executive Director of the Missouri League.
New League members are invited to attend a Meet-n-Greet event on July 28, 6 pm, at Schafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. The evening is quite informal, but you will be able to meet some League leaders and other new members.
The Metro St. Louis League of Women Voters Board has voted to endorse the Stop the Ban campaign that Abortion Action Missouri initiated. A current ballot proposal now seeks to repeat the reproductive freedom amendment that Missourians just passed in 2024.
The severe loss of trees during the May 16th tornado did long-term damage to our region due to the “urban heat island effect.” Our Environmental Quality and Climate Change Committee explains.
The League of Women Voters of the United States has declared that we are in a constitutional crisis, and in response launched an initiative called Rise and Unite 8.5 on May 1.
In 2024 the League supported Prop A for healthy families and it was supported by 57 percent of voters in November. The proposition included mandatory sick leave and an increase in the minimum wage.
As threats to democracy grow and key elections approach, the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis is ramping up efforts to engage voters who are often left out of the conversation. The Get Out the Vote committee has decided on its 2025 outreach strategy.
This month the League of Women Voters of the United States collaborated with others to file a lawsuit challenging several provisions of Executive Order 14248, which asserts certain requirements for federal elections.
