League Membership Awards
Awarded to local Leagues who have increased membership from 2019-2021 the most in their category.
Winner of the Audrey Price Memorial Membership Award for Small-sized Leagues:
- LWV of St. Lawrence MAL Unit
HONORABLE MENTION:
- LWV of Cattaraugus & Allegany MAL Unit
- LWV of Cazenovia
- LWV of Central Nassau
- LWV of East Nassau
- LWV of Geneva
- LWV of Putnam
- LWV of Smithtown
Winner of the Anna Lord Strauss Membership Award for Medium-sized Leagues:
- LWV of New Rochelle
HONORABLE MENTION:
- LWV of Brookhaven
- LWV of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork
- LWV of Huntington
- LWV of Mid Hudson Region
- LWV of the North Country
- LWV of Rensselaer
- LWV of Rivertowns
- LWV of Rye, Rye Brook & Port Chester
- LWV of Syracuse
- LWV of Tompkins County
Winner of the Harriet D. Goldberg Membership Award for Large Leagues:
- LWV of Albany County
GOTV & Redistricting Awards
Awarded to local Leagues based on applications submitted for work performed or planned in the areas of “Get Out the Vote” and “Redistricting.”
For the awards in GOTV, the criteria used to evaluate the applications was if the local leagues were being creative to reach new populations, using new methods to reach voters, collaborating with other community organizations and developing ways to collect data to evaluate the impact of their efforts.
WINNERS FOR THE GOTV AWARDS:
- LWV of New York City & LWV of Buffalo ($500 each)
ADDITIONAL WINNERS RECEIVING $250 EACH:
- LWV of Utica/ Rome & LWV of Chautauqua
For the awards in redistricting, the criteria used included collaborating and engaging other community organizations, educating in new methods, and again, collecting data to evaluate the impact.
WINNERS FOR THE $500 AWARDS FOR REDISTRICTING:
- LWV of Rochester
- The 4 LWVs of the Capital Region (Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady)
- LWV of Nassau County ILO