Early each year, Leagues across the country convene for a Program Planning meeting to set the advocacy agenda for the next League fiscal year. This year the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County (LWVMC) will meet virtually on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. to plan our Program for July 2024 through June 2025. Devoting a meeting to just this topic allows us to select program initiatives that represent the most urgent needs in our community matched with the interests of our members. Therefore, we need to hear the voices of a broad cross-section of our membership.
For more than 100 years, the League has worked to secure the right to vote for every eligible citizen fulfilling its mission to empower voters and defend democracy. The defense of democracy is incumbent upon free and fair elections, but it extends further in the League’s work in issue advocacy.
LWV policy positions are categorized in Program areas of Representative Government, Natural Resources, Social Policy, and International Relations. All League advocacy is nonpartisan and stems from League principles and from positions adopted at the local, state, and national levels and is carefully coordinated so that the League speaks with one.
At this meeting, we will discuss our current advocacy programs and hear suggestions for new initiatives.
Please plan to attend the January 16 meeting to have input into the advocacy program for next year and to explore ways that you can be involved. A link to the virtual meeting will be included in the weekly Update newsletter in January.
LWV_ImpactOnIssues2022-2024.pdf