President's Report

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Greetings,

In reading this month's series of reports from our committees, I am impressed with all that we are doing thanks to our dedicated members and supporters. (We will continue with additional reports in the summer bulletin.) Enjoy finding out about it all.

Not only are we presenting numerous dynamic and informative programs for the community, we are also bringing people together to work on projects and form new coalitions on behalf of our community. One wonderful collaboration, thanks to Lynda Nichols' initiative, was with the Union College Political Science class, Women in Politics, taught by Professor Zoe Oxley, a member of our League.

After meeting with some of our members at the beginning of the term, students did research and wrote reports which Zoe delivered to us on: the Integrated Domestic Violence Courts; Union College Students' Opinions about Civic Groups and the League of Women Voters; a Proposal for Comprehensive Sex Education; a recommendation to the League on the Implementation of a Female Candidate School; and Health Care Reform with a report on Engaging Young People in the Health Care Debate. Students reportedly enjoyed the application of their studies to real life and the opportunity to contribute to the League's work. We hope to work with faculty and students in other departments in the future.

As we come to the end of this program year, we look forward to seeing you at our Annual Dinner and Meeting, held this year on June 11th at the Turf Tavern in Scotia. In addition to our meeting (for which we need a quorum of members), we will be hearing from the Board of Election Commissioners Arthur Brassard and Brian Quail about how we can work together to educate voters about the new voting machines and increase citizen participation in the election process. Give Connie a call (393-7061) to make your reservation now. I hope to see you there!

Joanne

PS: Save the date: on September 10th we are having a luncheon meeting at the Stockade Inn to kick off our year and learn from a state representative from Vermont about the National Popular Vote Compact.

For more information, contact Joanne Tobiessen at president@lwvschenectady.org.

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