Meeting Basic Human Needs

Support programs and policies to prevent or reduce poverty and to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families.

Income Assistance. Support income assistance programs, based on need, that provide decent, adequate standards for food, clothing, and shelter.

Support Services. Provide essential support services.

Housing. Support policies to provide a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family.

SOCIAL POLICY: Human Services

Submitted by Lexington (MA) in August 2020.

Position

We support the continuation and strengthening of human services delivery and education in Lexington.

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Contra Costa Board of Supervisors - Observer Report (8/11/20 and earlier)

This is the compilation of the reports from members observing the Board of Supervisors from 3/31 - 8/11/20.

Living Room Conversation: Understanding Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Bias

Submitted by Wheaton, Illinois in August 2020.

Event Date:

08/24/2020 - 7:00pm to 08/25/2020 - 6:45pm

Event location:

via Zoom

Be an active participant in respectful discourse with other individuals on these timely topics and the role these concepts play in systemic racism. (There is an afternoon and evening session for this event.) This 7 - 8 p.m.

Submitted by Wheaton, Illinois in August 2020.

Event Date:

08/24/2020 - 1:30pm

Event location:

via Zoom

LWVUS Public Policy on Reproductive Rights

(For Complete position: Impact on Issues, pg. 57) The League's Position Statement of Position on Public Policy on Reproductive Rights, as announced by the National Board, January 1983:
The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices.

Submitted by Rhode Island in June 2020.

News

• Register to vote if you have yet to do so at Vote 411 or at R.I. Secretary of State.
• Get the latest updates on R.I.'s upcoming elections and learn more about voting-by-mail at R.I. Board of Elections and what the League is doing.
• Fill out the 2020 U.S. Census. We want to ensure that Rhode Island continues to receive the federal funding it deserves, and we keep two U.S. House Representatives.
• Support the League's People Powered Fair Maps campaign and ensure that R.I. puts the power of drawing districts in the hands of ordinary Rhode Islanders and not legislators. Sign a petition and show your support for proposed amendments to the R.I. Constitution to create an independent redistricting commission at Redraw RI.
• Read the House or Senate bills that would pave the way for an independent redistricting commission in Rhode Island.

Shelter for the Homeless

Submitted by League of Women Voters of the Homewood Flossmoor Area in June 2020.

Position

Support a coalition of faith communities, agencies and individuals who make up South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS).

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VIDEO: Thinking About Our Post-Pandemic World: Ensuring a Just Recovery for Contra Costa County

the word "Recovery" in large glowing green letters on black

Submitted by Diablo Valley in May 2020.

Event Date:

05/28/2020 - 12:00am to 11:45pm

Event location:

Zoom online meeting

The COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis are unfolding as our country continues to face a deepening climate emergency and extreme inequality that this moment lays bare. Watch the webinar presented by the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, 350 Contra Costa and the Contra Costa County Library on planning the recovery.

Social Positions - Behavioral Health

Submitted by in April 2020.

Position

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Healthy LA: In Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2020.

Action Alerts

Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

Meeting Basic Human Needs

Meeting Basic Human Needs

SOCIAL POLICY: Human Services

Contra Costa Board of Supervisors - Observer Report (8/11/20 and earlier)

Living Room Conversation: Understanding Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Bias - 7:00 pm

Living Room Conversation: Understanding Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Bias - 1:30 pm

Women's Health

LWVUS Public Policy on Reproductive Rights

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Shelter for the Homeless

VIDEO: Thinking About Our Post-Pandemic World: Ensuring a Just Recovery for Contra Costa County

Social Positions - Behavioral Health

Healthy LA: In Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

SIGN THE PETITION: Help Shape LA’s COVID-19 Response

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