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The enthusiastic and diverse audience of over 200 members of the community

2024 International Womens Day

The enthusiastic and diverse audience of over 200 members of the community

LWVCCA Celebrates 2024 International Women’s Day with the Community…
Students at the Dennis Glbal Climate March. sign reads "Your disbelief won't stop climate change".

Global Climate Strike

Students at September 20 Global Climate Strike
in Barnstable

 

The Cape Cod Area

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

LWVMA and  LWVCCA Joint Statement on Chatham Elections

LWVMA and LWVCCA make clear their position on the League's Non-Partisan Position in light of the League logo being used without permission.
The League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area and the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts do not endorse or support any candidate currently running for office in any municipality in Massachusetts.

Cape Codders:
The 2024 Elections are over: Now what?
Local Elections are important:
But turnout by town averaged only 18% in the Cape’s local elections last year!

International Women's Day Breakfast Cape Cod Uniting Women, Empowering Equity: Building a Just Future Together

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

LWV Calls on Congress to Act

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.

Maternal Health Zoom Event

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” .

Combined logos of organizations presenting the "ICE Out of MA" forum

This article and forum from 2023 is a little outdated - not because the issue has gone away, but because it has become more threatening to our immigrant community.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.

How do you decide what to believe? Media, Misinformation, and the Protection of Democracy

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.

LWVCCA Voter

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

Action Alert (Black woman with megaphone)

Action Alerts

The House voted to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act by a margin of 220-208. This bill would create an unnecessary barrier to voting by requiring eligible Americans to provide documentary proof of citizenship in person to register to vote.

Write to your House member about their vote on the bill.

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

Image of Martin Luther King Jr. with the words 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Community Learning Day
Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Saturday February 22, 2025
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
South Congregational Church
565 Main Street, Centerville