Greetings from M Street!2005 is already shaping up to be a busy year with continued activity on many topics and new initiatives in other areas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In conjunction with the January LWVUS LWVUS League of Women Voters of the United States Board meeting, we kicked off the year with a festive Open House to celebrate the League's 85th Birthday and our new office space. Invited guests included local League leaders, funders, coalition partners, individual donors and other friends from the Washington government, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , think tank and academic communities. The event maximized the League's visibility, highlighting our recent work and introducing our plans for future activities. To top it off, our newly decorated walls displayed wonderful historical testimonies to the League's accomplishments from the 1920s through 2004. In February, we announced our "Democracy Agenda" to guide our advocacy and public education efforts (see Out Front). We also launched a new initiative, "Local Voices: Citizens Conversations on Civil Liberties and Secure Communities," to foster public dialogue on the balance between civil liberties and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . You will read more about these and other activities in the Education Fund and Advocacy sections of League Matters (pp. 16-18) and Hill Bulletin (pp. 12-13). In late March, the League received a new accolade--the National Association of Secretaries of State The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is a group comprised of the Secretaries of State of the states and territories of the United States. Currently, all Secretaries of State excluding Hawaii and Wisconsin (but including Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. 2005 Freedom Award to be presented at its conference in St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , MN, in July. This award recognizes and honors the recipient for contributing significantly to the cause of free elections in the U.S. The League was nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. by the National Association of County Recorders County Recorder may mean any of the following, in the context of a county:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You will find here brief updates from our Communications and Membership departments. To stay up-to-date with the activities on M Street, please do send us your e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address so that you can receive our monthly e-newsletter. Since we send weekly electronic updates to all League presidents, we ask them to be sure to update e-mail addresses and leadership changes through the online database. If there are any problems or questions, e-mail membership@lwv.org. As the magazine goes to press, our staff is preparing to welcome the delegates to Council in June. I look forward to meeting all of the delegates and learning more about your state and local Leagues' activities. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion