The Cooperstown Area
The Cooperstown Area
Earth Day 2025!
Can you Lend a Hand to Help our Planet?
The League will be participating in the 2025 Earth Day festival on April 26, 2025 at Milford Central Scool from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. OCCA, Otsego 2000, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS are sponsoring the Festival which will feature more than 40 exhibitors and vendors offering interactive exhibits, workshops, and entertainment and recycling events. The festival will also feature a drive-through drop-off recycling event at Wilber Park from 10 am- 1 pm. Get the full schedule at the OCCA website. We need your help. hudi.podolsky [at] gmail.com (E-mail) Hudi Poldolsky to volunteer. Do it today.
Stand Up for Democracy!
Take Action: Voice Your Opinion of the SAVE Act.
What is the SAVE Act? It's an attempt by Congress to limit voter registration by setting up obstacles to voter registration. The House passed the bill, and now it's in the hands of the senate. Review these talking points from the LWVUS to help you compose your message when you contact your representative. Read what the NCLS (National Council of State Legislators) says about the basic provisions, including a provision that establishes criminal penalities for election officials who mistakenly register someone who is not elegilble.
And check out this video from the LWVNY's series "Defending Democracy" which outlines the major faults of this proposal.
Read more.
Join us for Lobby Day in Albany on May 6.
LWVNY’s annual Lobby Day is May 6, 10 a.m.-4p.m. We hope we can send a strong delegation from our League. retiredcb2019 [at] gmail.com (Contact Christina Bourgeois) if you plan to come so we can organize car pooling. We will hear from speakers in the morning and then head up to the Capitol to lobby our representatives in the afternoon. Register here.
LWV CEO Celina Stewart speaking
at Light4Democracy Rally
LWVUS on the State of the Country
Just over one month into the current Administration, the President has issued a series of executive orders and directed actions that violate the law and Congress’ power. Congress must act now to restore the stability of our nation before it’s too late.
The US Constitution establishes the authority of each branch of government to ensure a system of checks and balances. Congress’ daily inaction threatens the rule of law and our Constitution and greenlights the executive branch's gross overreach. Americans’ liberties, the Constitution, and our democracy are at imminent risk. Last month, Leagues from all 50 states and DC wrote to Congress demanding they take action. Now, you can make your voice heard.
Contact your representatives in Washington:
Contact Senator Schumer Phone: (202) 224-6542
Contact Sentaor Gillibrand Phone: (202) 224-4451
Contact Congressman Josh Riley Phone: 202-225-5441
Students Inside Albany Delegate Announced
Elias MacLeish has been chosen as the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area’s 2025 delegate to the annual Students Inside Albany (SIA) conference in Albany. Elias, the son of Padraic and Shelby MacLeish, is a junior at Cooperstown High School and lives Hartwick, N.Y. Learn more about Elias and the SIA program.
