Action and Advocacy

League of Women Voters^®
of Champlain Valley

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Issue Advocacy. Suggested Program for 2006-2007.

The League and Advocacy

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.
League of Women Voters of Vermont Advocacy and Action page, their Positions and Recent Action.
Contact Information for Vermont Legislators
The National League's "Action Center" and tips from the LWV on writing successful Op/Eds for your local newspapers--another way to advocate for League positions.

2006 Program for the Champlain Valley LWV

The Board-recommended area for concentration is environmental issues. The Board also recommends retention of all positions currently held: Making Democracy Work (Civics Education); School Choice; and Education Finance and Quality.

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