Medicare Privatizatio

Are you concerned that Medicare is being privatized

The LWVBAE Healthcare Team invites community members to attend our Zoom meeting on Tuesday, August 9th from 7 PM to 8 PM. Register here to learn. Speakers: Henry L. Abrons, MD, MPH and Stephen Vernon, MFT. Co-leaders of the Healthcare Team.

Fighting Voter Suppression

Pam Gaskin, a member of the League of Women Voters of Houston, has been voting by mail for years without incident. This year, she almost missed the deadline — because her application for a mail-in ballot was rejected twice.

In Texas, at least 18,000 ballots were rejected in the March primary election thanks to a new restrictive voting law.

Pam says: “They’re making voting hard. Period.” Please read more and help if you are able HERE.

Election Security

Attend the Election Cybersecurity Workshop Thursday afternoon, August 4, at 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

USC Election Security and Information Project is a brand new non-partisan independent project to help protect campaigns and elections.

These events are targeted toward people in and around campaigns and elections and also open to the general public. Read more!

Alameda County Mental Health Crisis Team

The Albany Social and Economic Justice Commission featured Stephanie Lewis, Division Director for Crisis Services at Alameda County Behavioral Health Care, who gave a presentation on mental health crisis services in Albany at the commission’s July 6th meeting.

She said mobile crisis teams respond to calls concerning mental health crises. Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services have three types of mobile crisis teams: See more!

Protect democracy and the environment on the State and National levels!

Receive National League action alerts in your inbox — then respond with phone calls, postcards, emails  to our electeds.

Receive California League action alerts in your inbox — then respond  to your electeds and more.