Cheers to Nancy Maloney! June 25th

All are welcome. RSVP here:

Action Alert: Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid

Congress is pushing a budget that would gut Medicaid, putting life-saving care at risk for millions of Americans, including children, seniors, pregnant people with limited incomes, and people with disabilities. These cuts are dangerous and unacceptable.

Raise your voice NOW: Tell Congress to protect Medicaid and stop this attack on our health care!  Take action here.

LWVMC Supported Planned Parenthood

at Pride Parade

No Kings Protest 

Cathedral Square Park, 520 E. Wells, Milwaukee

Saturday, June 14, Noon - 2:00

Noon - 1:00 Protest and Speakers (standing)

1:00-2:00 1.2 mile March ending back at the Park

Come for one or both

Attendance is expected to be 7,000 people in Milwaukee. Contact Donna Spars at d.spars@lwvmilwaukee.org for more information. Meet Donna at 11:45 in front of Belmont Tavern, 784 N. Jefferson to protest together. She’ll be holding the United States flag. Wear your LWV branded apparel if you have it. We’ll be protesting/marching with the League banner.

NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free speech, detained people for their political views, threatened to deport American citizens, and defied the courts. The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump, it belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen -- we’re making it! 

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

 Another Strike Against Women’s Healthcare

The Trump administration is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortion healthcare for women when necessary to stabilize their serious medical conditions. That guidance was issued to hospitals in 2022, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upended national abortion rights in the U.S. It was an effort by the Biden administration to preserve abortion healthcare for extreme cases in which women were experiencing medical emergencies and needed an abortion to prevent organ loss or severe hemorrhaging, among other serious complications. The Biden administration had argued that hospitals — including ones in states with near-total bans — needed to provide emergency abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. That law requires emergency rooms that receive Medicare dollars to provide an exam and stabilizing treatment for all patients. Nearly all emergency rooms in the U.S. rely on Medicare funds.“The Trump Administration would rather women die in emergency rooms than receive life-saving abortions,” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.

Thank you for responding to the Spring Appeal! 

If you have responded to our Spring Appeal to empower voters and defend democracy, we thank you. We are in a constitutional crisis with our democracy being tested daily. Your donation provides resources for our dedicated volunteers to fight against undemocratic actions by our government and educate citizens to challenge those who undermine democratic principles.   

Donate now and help us reach our $10,000 goal for this spring campaign. You can donate by check made payable to League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County and mailed to the league office at 6737 West Washington St., Suite 2218, West Allis, WI 53214. Or you can donate by credit card at www.lwvmilwaukee.org

Here are other ways you can make a donation to LWVMC toward our Spring Appeal:    

1. Give part of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA. Talk with your financial advisor about the tax benefits of making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) gift from your IRA to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County. Have the check made out to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County.  Our EIN number is 39-6096750.
2. From your Donor Advised Fund (DAF). You have already received a tax deduction for your gift, so this is as easy as deciding how much you would like to donate to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County. Talk with your representative at the organization that holds your DAF for specifics on making this gift.

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Your support is critical to help our nonpartisan grassroots organization reach voters play a critical role in democracy. It would not be possible to empower voters and defend democracy without your support. 

Thank you! LWVMC