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Issues

How Does The League Select Issues for Emphasis?

In League, Program means the issues that we choose for concerted study, education and action at local, state and national levels. Program can include both education and action.

The Program Planning process is part of what makes the League a grassroots organization; each League member has the opportunity to influence the selection of issues where the local, state, and national League will focus time, talent and money.

Every two years, members of local Leagues engage in Program Planning. Based on the results of this, the Board of Directors makes recommendations to the biennial convention delegates about the program to be adopted for the coming two year period.

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Positions

What is a Position?

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue only when we have a position addressing that particular issue. Members must study and come to consensus on an issue, in order to form a position. This thorough grassroots process ensures that our advocacy is well considered by a broad range of people, understood by our members, and we have a sense of the political environment.

Tennessee Valley Positions

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in April 2019.

State and local Leagues, and individual League members, have a critical role to play in helping to limit future climate change and protect the planet.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in March 2018.

Promote peace in an interdependent world by working cooperatively with other nations and strengthening international organizations.

MEETING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in April 2019.

The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that one of the goals of social policy in the United States should be to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families and that the most effective social programs are those designed to prevent or reduce poverty.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in February 2018.

Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in March 2018.

Promote an open governmental system that is representative, accountable and responsive.

SOCIAL POLICY

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in February 2018.

Secure equal rights and equal opportunity for all. Promote social and economic justice, and the health and safety of all Americans.

UNITED NATIONS

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in April 2019.

The League of Women Voters supports a strong, effective United Nations and endorses the full and active participation of the United States in the UN system.

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Action and Advocacy

We are truly a grassroots organization...

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue or advocates for a cause when there is an existing League position that supports the issue or speaks to the cause.

Positions result from a process of study. Any given study, whether it be National, State, or Local, is thorough in its pursuit of facts and details. As the study progresses, a continuing discussion of pros and cons of each situation occurs. Prior to the results of the study being presented to the general membership, study committee members fashion consensus questions that are then addressed by the membership.

Additional discussion, pro and con, takes place as members (not part of the study committee) learn the scope of the study. After the members reach consensus, the board forms positions based on that consensus.

It is the consensus statement -- the statement resulting from the consensus questions -- that becomes a position. Firm action or advocacy can then be taken on the particular issue addressed by the position. Without a position, action/advocacy cannot be taken