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.

DEI
News

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

Position

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

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

Position

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.
Black Lives Matter Protests
News

"We also mourn those who have lost their lives or been harmed, mentally, or physically, as a result of America's pervasive culture of anti-blackness.

Testimony

Feb. 15, 2020

To: Wendy Carver-Herbert, Secretary, House Judiciary and Rules Committee

RE: The League of Women Voters of Idaho supports HB458.

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Action Alerts

This message is being sent to LWVID Local League leaders, MALS, and Advocacy Chairs. LL Leaders, please feel free to forward the information in the email to your members.

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