Action and Advocacy

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  Urban Renewal 2007.  Education 2007.  Foothill DeAnza 2007.  Housing 2007.  Land Use 2007.  Positions in Brief 2007.  Route 85 2007.  Transportation 2007.

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue or advocates for a cause when there is an existing League position that supports the issue or speaks to the cause.

Positions result from a process of study. Any given study, whether it be National, State, or Local, is thorough in its pursuit of facts and details. As the study progresses, a continuing discussion of pros and cons of each situation occurs. Prior to the results of the study being presented to the general membership, study committee members fashion consensus questions that are then addressed by the membership.

Additional discussion, pro and con, takes place as members (not part of the study committee) learn the scope of the study. After the members reach consensus, the board forms positions based on that consensus.

It is the consensus statement -- the statement resulting from the consensus questions -- that becomes a position. Firm action or advocacy can then be taken on the particular issue addressed by the position. Without a position, action/advocacy cannot be taken.

Urban Renewal 2007

Education 2007

Foothill DeAnza 2007

Housing 2007

Land Use 2007

Positions in Brief 2007

Route 85 2007

Transportation 2007

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