You’ve joined a powerful, nonpartisan network of advocates working to empower voters and defend democracy—and now it’s time to get connected!
Join us for our New Members Orientation on Wednesday, December 11th from 5:30–6:30 PM on Zoom.
You’ll meet League members from across New York State, learn about the role of the state League along with our mission and impact, learn how local, state, and national leagues work together, and discover how you can get involved in statewide advocacy and education.
Join us for social time at I-Square. There's no agenda but we talk about everything League and have lots of political discussions. Many great ideas originate at First Fridays and a lot of work gets done. And we have a lot of fun. Come when you can, leave when you must. No need to register, just come!
The League’s big mission is to build an informed electorate. In this year of constitutional crisis, we need to step up our game on civic education.
We need to expand some familiar channels (educational forums) and develop some new ones. Those might include short videos aimed at particular types of voters, either containing specific info they need or inspirational messages on the power of voting and other forms of civic engagement.
Interested in helping us develop an educational plan? Possibly committing to making a piece of it happen? Join an initial Zoom meeting to help us make a plan, on Wednesday January 7 at 3pm. Register here. If you cannot attend but want to join the effort, email Mary Micket (micketeditor@gmail.com), and we will put you on the team.
Agent Josephine by Damien Lewis Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the highest-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all “negroes and Jews.” Yet instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight, she went from performer to Resistance spy.
In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer’s life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers—a cover for her spying work—Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served—the US, France, and Britain.
Drawing on a plethora of new historical material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of Josephine Baker, explaining why she fully deserves her unique place in the French Panthéon. more info...
A presentation on recent actions that ICE has engaged in, the rights of those who are the targets of that activity, as well as the rights of those who observe them.
This fully interactive webinar is presented by a joint coalition of the Monroe County Bar Association, the Rochester Black Bar Association, and the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. SPEAKERS
Maria Garcia: Program Director, Enlace, formerly the Western New York Coalition of Farmworkers Serving Agencies
Richard Link, Esq.: Immigration Attorney, JustCause
Donald M. Thompson, Esq.: Attorney, Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin LLP
Join us for social time at I-Square. There's no agenda but we talk about everything League and have lots of political discussions. Many great ideas originate at First Fridays and a lot of work gets done. And we have a lot of fun. Come when you can, leave when you must. No need to register, just come!
Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the highest-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all “negroes and Jews.” Yet instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight, she went from performer to Resistance spy.