Social Policy

Social Policy

Secure equal rights and equal opportunity for all. Promote social and economic justice and the health and safety of all Americans.

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Event Date: 
09/16/2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Headquarters Library

LWV of Alachua County is honoring National Voter Registration Day (September 19th) on September 16th with a table at the Headquarters Library in Downtown Gainesville.

Health Care Committee in white text on a blue rectangle with geometric shapes in a variety of blue colors in the far background
Event Date: 
09/11/2023 - 4:00pm
Event location: 

Sweetberries

Our brand new Health Care Committee, co-chaired by Barbara Frentzen and Kim Walsh-Childers, is hosting its second meeting in person at Sweetberries. Join the team to help plan upcoming actions and events. Everyone is welcome!

Position

Support measures to provide efficient, evidence-based, culturally knowledgeable and trauma-informed (care that considers the pervasive and causative nature of trauma) publicly administered behavioral health care for all people in Humboldt County.

Action Alerts

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, women in the US continue to face inequities based on sex and gender. Despite the significant advances made in recent decades, there have also been enormous roadblocks to progress and devastating steps backward. Please add your name to this petition urging Congress to protect women’s rights to vote, ensure that the ERA is added to the Constitution, and restore reproductive freedom for all.

Four women above the text "Women's Inequality Day: Tell Congress Your Women's Equality Wish List. #WID23."
Event Date: 
08/26/2023 - 12:00am to 11:45pm

Every Aug 26, we celebrate the accomplishments women have made and commemorate the 19th Amendment. But this year, we cannot celebrate. Join us this August and demand that women not only be represented in our democracy but included as equals.

Action Alerts

COMMON-SENSE TENNESSEE

BAHFA logo
Event Date: 
08/25/2023 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

ZOOM Only

Meet Kate Hartley, Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) Director, and hear about the progress in the past two years and next steps for a potential regional housing bond measure.

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority
News

On Monday, June 24, the LWVBA board voted unanimously to support the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) affordable housing bond measure that will appear on your November ballot in the nine counties of the Bay Area.

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Sign brown background with gold logo and brick base with gold letters

Action Alerts

Rep. Chuck Clemons has announced the opening of the application/nomination process for the governor’s selection of the five GRU Authority Directors. The announcement is below. We are encouraging anyone who is qualified to apply.

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