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.

Living Room Conversation: Understanding Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Bias
Event Date: 
Aug 24 2020 01:30 pm
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 1:30-2:30 p.m.

young girl reading newspaper
News

It’s August, fewer than 100 days to the election, and there’s lots to do! It’s also the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, with many commemorations. Plus an inside look at what the Board does, and a royal suffragist!

DEI
News

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee encourage you to take this 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.

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LWV is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice.
Equality of rights under the law  shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Equal Rights Amendment Text

Action Alerts


ERA Advocacy Needed Now

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Action Alerts

Give school districts the flexibility they need in determining how to start school on Aug 17

A statewide LWV committee has studied the crisis in Virginia in affordable housing and related issues of poverty and wages. The full PDF icon report and slides from a powerpoint summary are available.

Equal Rights Rally
Press Mention

WASHINGTON – Late Tuesday, the League of Women Voters of the United States filed a friend of the court brief in the federal lawsuit Commonwealth of VA, IL, and NV v. Ferriero, a case that supports ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA

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LWV Spokane supports housing programs within Spokane County which contribute to a substantial increase in the supply of standard housing of low and moderate cost and are part of a comprehensive overall plan.

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