Women's Issues Action Team
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About UsOur primary areas of focus in 2020-2021 include passage of the Equal Rights Amendment
in North Carolina as well as in the US Senate through SJR6 and affordable, accessible healthcare for North Carolinians, particularly women and children. We are collaborating with multiple organizations through Vote Equality, https://voteequality.us/ to promote candidates that support equality for all Americans and to raise awareness of the need for this amendment to our US Constitution. We hosted an informative Hot Topics on Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina, which can be accessed here: We are preparing to work with multiple organizations to advocate for Medicaid Expansion passage with our new slate of General Assembly members. And we are continuing to raise awareness of LWV’s Centennial and Ratification of the 19 th Amendment through December 2020. The Lower Cape Fear League will be celebrating its centennial in 2021, events are currently in the planning stages. Contact Bridget Tarrant Centennial Exhibit ScheduleLatimer House Exhibit
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Latimer House in Wilmington will be running the LWV-LCF Centennial Exhibit, "History of the Fight for Woman Suffrage in North Carolina," through September. They have also added some interesting historical facts and photos to their own website: https://www.lcfhs.org/exhibits.html Story boards telling the history of the vote and of the League of Women Voters are now on display in New Hanover County and Brunswick County. Click here for the exhibit schedule. Additional displays will be at the Shallotte library, 2/1-2/28, Latimer house, 3/1-5/1 click here for details, Southport library, February, March, and Southport visitors center, August Women's Suffrage - Click here for brochure
Women's Issues Action Team ReportsClick here to read the July 2019 Report
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