Our Mission

League of Women Voters^®
of Livermore-Amador Valley

What is our mission? How are we structured? What is our history?

Our Mission. Other Leagues. Our History.

Our Mission and Roles

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.
The League of Women Voters has two separate and distinct roles.

Voters Service/Citizen Education: we present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues.

Action/Advocacy: we are also nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.

To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, we use funds from the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization. The League of Women Voters, a membership organization, conducts action and advocacy and is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation.
Our Vision, Beliefs, and Intentions guide our activities.

Other League Organizations

Our Livermore-Amador Valley League is one of 7 local Leagues in Alameda County. The others are:

Alameda
Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville
Eden Area
Fremont/Newark/Union City
Oakland
Piedmont

Our members are also members of:

League of Women Voters of the Bay Area,
League of Women Voters of California, and
"League of Women Voters of the United States"<http://www.lwv.org/">.

See other Leagues in California and other state Leagues and local League websites.

History of the League of Women Voters

Read a short history of the League of Women Voters.
The beginning of our local League:
Livermore Amador Valley begins its 51st year in 2006. Our League began as a provisional organization, holding the first organizational meeting on 4/27/54. There were 98 members and dues were $3.
In April 1955, the League of Women Voters of the United States voted to recognize the Livermore-Amador Valley League as an official local League.

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