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~Eleanor Roosevelt

Power the Polls! National Poll Worker Recruitment Day



Tuesday, August 12, 2025

The League of Women Voters asks you to apply to be a poll worker on National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Learn more and apply now for the November 4, 2025 election.

In Colorado we call poll workers "election judges". Our County Elections Offices need help for every election and there are are a variety of positions available from collecting ballots only on election day to helping process paperwork for a longer period of time. These are paid positions.

Colorado's safe, secure voting process is the gold standard in the nation. Poll workers make our democracy possible.

Read more and then apply today through our convenient League of Women Voters link  here

August Is Black Business Month



First celebrated in 2004, there are 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in America.

This month the goal is to push for equity in the business space and celebrate
those who own a business despite daily challenges.

A list of Black-owned businesses in Aurora is  here

A list of Black-owned businesses in Colorado is  here

August Is National Civility Month



Civility toward others allows us to make meaningful connections
and build relationships with one another.

With civility, we can create more friendships and allow workplaces and homes
to become the welcoming environments that we need.

Read more about National Civility Month  here

The First Women's Rights Convention:
The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments from
the Seneca Falls, NY Women's Convention in 1848



In 1848 about 300 people met in Seneca Falls, NY, for the first formal women’s rights convention ever held in the United States.

Sixty-eight women signed a document, along with thirty-two men, declaring they were in favor of the women's equal rights:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Although the convention became best known for its demand for women’s right to vote, the Declaration of Sentiments covered a wide agenda, asserting that women should have equality in every area of life: politics, the family, education, jobs, religion, and morals. "In view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation,— in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States."

Read more about the convention and the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments on the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  website

Featured Community Event: ACLU Flock Presentation



Tuesday, July 15

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
the Colorado Immigrant Reform Coalition (CIRC),
and Tegether Colorado host
a presentation on ICE surveillance,
data misuse, and Flock software.

Several cities and counties in Colorado use Flock software,
which automatically reads all license plates at a location.

Watch the recording here

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!



The League of Women Voters
celebrates your accomplishments
and reminds you to register to vote
or update your voter address

It’s easy online 24/7
Colorado Secretary of State voter registration page

LWV NEWS




LWV is working to engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters
to protect and preserve our democracy through Unite and Rise 8.5.
Click to read about the effort and how to get involved







Rise for Freedom" Training Series is Available free online
Click for more information and to register

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Issue Committees

Volunteers Are Needed!