Action Alerts

Unnecessary and Disastrous: LWV Responds to Signing of Budget Reconciliation Package

 
neighborhood center community block bash
Event Date: 
07/26/2025 - 11:00am to 3:00pm

Join us for a day of fun and celebration as we mark 120 years of memories and milestones! Bring your friends and family to our FREE event. 

Our Community Partners will be on hand to provide:

gun violence prevention
Public Statement

The LWVAC Committee will focus on preventing firearm suicides, unintentional injuries, and deaths.

Action Alerts

What are SB 153 and HB 233?

Event Date: 
07/29/2025 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

Planning Meeting for Girl Scout Badge Event meeting on zoom Tues July 29    7:00pm - 8:00pm.  Contact Chris Crabtree at GirlScouts [at] wheatonlwvil.org for the zoom link

Celina Stewart
Blog Post

This Independence Day, Americans will likely gather for parades, fireworks, and barbeques, celebrating our democracy with familiar traditions. But while many will spend the holiday waving flags, the Trump administration and its allies are attempting to systematically dismantle the very reason for this holiday and put our country and the people in it, Americans, in harm's way.

As CEO of the League of Women Voters of the US, it’s my professional and patriotic duty today to issue an urgent call. And while this is a rare move for our century-old organization, it is necessary.

Vote 411
News

Visit VOTE411, type in your address and find all your August 5th election information!

LWV Federal Judiciary Position

Statement of Position on the Federal Judiciary, as announced by the national board, June 2025.   The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) believes that all powers of the US government should be exercised within the constitutional framework of the balance of powers among the three branches of government. The League believes that, within the bounds of the US Constitution, the overarching principles of transparency, accountability, independence, and ethics are essential to an effective federal judiciary.

Event Date: 
07/14/2025 (All day)
Event location: 

Zoom

The orientations will familiarize members with how their local governments function and provide more information on procedures and the Open Meetings Law.

Good Trouble Lives On
Event Date: 
07/17/2025 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Event location: 

King Plaza

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by this administration. Together, we’ll remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. 

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