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The League of Women Voters Evanston plays an active role in the Evanston and Skokie Community. Public outreach increases citizen understanding of public-policy issues and promotes effective citizen participation in local, state and national government. 

Helen Moag has been a member of the League of Women Voters of Evanston for 75 years, making her the longest-serving League member in the state of Illinois! She and Georgia Vlahos at the same dining room table where Helen produced the Intercom.  Credit:LWV-IL

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LWVE members Joan Linsenmeier, Cate Whitcomb and Betty Hayford, the primary authors of the League’s “This is Evanston” guidebook.  Credit: Bob Seidenberg, Evanston Round Table

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Some Evanston youth see voting as a critical chance to make a difference, not just locally, but nationally.

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What's New–

• A LWVE Member for 75 Years and Counting: Helen Moag is the longest-serving League member in IL!

 

• Environmental advocates discuss the history and future of waste transfer station on Church Street.

 

• LWVE Letter to the editor: Thanks for your election coverage.

 

• ‘Combating Climate Change 101’– highlights opportunities for local action.

 

• LWV’s ‘Combating Climate Change 101’ event mobilizes residents for climate action.

 

• Skokie Village Board candidates debate affordable housing at forum.

 

• How first-time voters make an impact in elections.

 

• At forum, Schakowsky, Cohen discuss immigration, Israeli-Hamas ceasefire.

 

• State lawmakers meet with LWVE to discuss legislation, priorities.

 

• Joining Forces for Affordable Housing shines the "Advocacy Spotlight" on LWVE.

 

• Organizers work to increase voting in November.

• Stakeholders push back on common perceptions about safety and parking in downtown Evanston.

•“The truth of the matter is that every vote will matter,” said Mary Keefe Kelly, LWVE Treasurer.