LWV Urges Congress to Exercise Its Authority

On the 105th anniversary of its founding, the League of Women Voters sent a letter to Congressional leadership regarding the organization's grave concern over the state of our nation. Specifically, the League writes to urge Congress to exercise its authority to protect the rule of law, defend the Constitution, and end the overreach that the Executive Branch has shown in the last few weeks.

Juneteenth is an importantpart of our history, and an important holiday:

Watch a short video from Heather Cox Richardson to find out more:

The theme of this year’s event was:
Uniting Women, Empowering Equity:
Building a Just Future Together

LWVCCA is pleased to celebrate and highlight exemplary student civics projects shared by their schools.  In these projects students select a problem, learn about its root causes, strategize how to produce an improvement related to that problem, and develop an action plan. In this process, students speak to community experts and learn how to influence change through advocacy for government or community action.

See the projects nominated by Monomoy Regional High School

Congratulations to the Leagues of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area (LWVCCA) and Massachusetts (LWVMA) for their excellent virtual forum, “The Massachusetts Maternal Health “Momnibus” Law: What It means for the Cape and Commonwealth” .

This article and forum from 2023 is a little outdated - not because the issue has gone away, but because it has become more threatening to our immigrant community.
The situation it describes - immigrants being detained for extended periods - is still occurring.
The backlog and long delays in obtaining legal status, and ultimately citizenship, has gotten worse.
And immigrants are being threatened with deportation without due process.

In the aftermath of the 2024 federal elections, what is the impact of misinformation and disinformation on our democratic processes? Is it difficult to discuss issues because the accuracy of information is in dispute? Do we read/listen to news to confirm our existing opinions? Our speakers for this program discussed how misinformation is spread and what we as consumers of news can do to protect ourselves from it and ensure that we ourselves are not disseminating it.

The latest issue of our newsletter, the Cape Cod "Voter" -
And an archive of past issues.

Our Committees are where the real work gets done.
Read more to see committee descriptions and responsibilities