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What We Do

• Inform Voters:
  

  • Analyze and write Pros and Cons for local Ballot Measures.
    

  • Make recommendations to our Board of Directors on whether the LWV of Alameda should take a position on local Ballot Measures and write statements to support our League's recommendations.
    

• Follow issues of interest to the LWV of Alameda that are before local governing bodies, and when appropriate, advocate for LWV issues. Monitor Alameda City Council, Alameda Boards and Commissions, and AUSD School Board meetings.
  

• Advocate for National League, State League of California, Bay Area League, and LWV of Alameda priorities that include:​
  

  • Money in Politics (Campaign Finance Reform)
    

  • Making Democracy Work (Ranked-Choice Voting)
    

  • Monitor the work of the Alameda City Open Government Commission
    

• Provide campaign finance information for local elections to City of Alameda voters.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Join us to help guide issues before the LWV of Alameda Advocacy Committee.
  

• Serve on a working group: Campaign Finance Reform or Ranked-Choice Voting.

• Monitor meetings of local elected bodies (most meetings are televised or live-streamed) to inform our committee of issues to follow.
  

• Email us at advocacy@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Communicate the work of the League to our members and the community.

• Promote League of Women Voters of Alameda events.
  

• Generate and manage publicity through our website, emails to members and friends, newspaper releases/ads, and social media.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you have experience in graphic design, posting to social media, promoting events, and/or website management, we need your skills! Email us at Communications@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Recruit new members, help retain current members, and ensure that our valued members help support our mission of voter education and advocacy.
  

• Distribute membership brochures and place sign-up sheets at League of Women Voters of Alameda forums, community events, venues in Alameda; talk to potential members about the League (ongoing).
  

• Set up & pick-up banners, name tags at League events.
  

• Give brief presentations about our League to local civic organizations, youth groups.

• Meet with new members over coffee in informal League orientation sessions (once a month or as needed.)
  

• “Adopt” one or two new members, introduce them to current members, keep members informed -- The Buddy System.
  

• Manage and or assist with the annual renewal drive with letters, e-mail, phone calls to members.

• Open your home for informal get-togethers and conversations about League actions at the national, state and local levels, especially for new members (once or twice a year, as you wish.)

• Plan events that could attract new members to reflect the diversity of Alameda.

Volunteer Opportunities

Email us at Membership@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Identify future League leaders and provide nominations for open Board of Director positions.
  

• Solicit members’ suggestions for nominations for the offices to be filled.
  

• Attend board meetings to understand how the board operates and the responsibilities of the various board positions.
  

• Seek candidates to fill elected positions, vacancies, and Board appointed positions.

• Contact existing board members to determine if they wish to continue.
  

• Prepare a Nominating Committee Report in April listing the committee’s nominations for positions up for election; this report is sent to the membership before the Annual Membership Meeting.
  

• Present the Nominating Committee Report to the Annual Membership Meeting and accept nominations from the floor.

Volunteer Opportunities

Email us at info@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Educate members and the public on issues supporting our national and state positions while also addressing local items of interest.
  

• Arrange events, which can range from film showings of topical issues to well-known political speaker panels. These events are held at various venues to increase attendance and League exposure at different demographic and geographic pockets within the community.
  

• Throughout the year, the Programs Committee will:

• Develop event planning structure, support other LWV of Alameda committees with their events, and reduce duplication of efforts and resources.
  

• Foster relationships with venues, speakers, and co-sponsorship organizations.
  

• Establish regular committee meetings and activities. Through its diverse activities in presenting educational events and forums, the Programs Committee provides an excellent opportunity for members to serve, learn, and meet new people.

Volunteer Opportunities

Email us at Programs@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Educate citizens so they can learn more about the electoral process, make informed choices, and get involved in government. This is the heart and soul of the League, and this critical committee needs many helping hands!
  

• Staff tables to register voters at all LWV of Alameda events, and staff a table or information booth to register voters at local community events.

• Host forums during election seasons to provide voters with question-and-answer sessions with local candidates, and explain the pros and cons of state, regional, and city ballot measures.
  

• Distribute paper voter registration affidavits regularly, and our Easy Voter Guides during election seasons, to public sites in Alameda.
  

• Update the League's Vote411.org website during election seasons with information on local candidates and ballot measures.

Volunteer Opportunities

Email us at VoterServices@lwvalameda.org.

What We Do

• Recruit young members to become informed, engaged, and valued participants in our historic mission of voter education, advocacy, and making democracy work.
  

• Maintain and promote our online game called VerifyIt! to tackle the challenges youth face navigating misinformation online, coupled with the lack of understanding of voting rules and the basics of citizenship that form our American rule of law.
  

• Help City of Alameda teens get registered or pre-registered to vote.

• Provide a Student Internship program, and support our Student Advisory Committee.

Volunteer Opportunities

Email us at YouthOutreach@lwvalameda.org.