2025 Program

Annual Meeting
Written By LWV Chicago

The following materials have been prepared in advance of LWV Chicago’s Annual Meeting on June 28, 2025.

Program Suggestions

Continue to advocate and educate on the following issues:

  • Voting rights

  • Ranked Choice Voting

  • Transparency in City government

  • Environmental action

  • Police reform and public safety

  • Redistricting

2025/2026 Program Plans from LWV Chicago’s Advocacy Committees

City Government

The City Government Committee (CGC) will continue to follow the City Council and its committees. The CGC continues to follow efforts to ensure transparency so that Chicago residents have adequate knowledge of proposed Council actions and sufficient notice of proposed actions to allow residents to advocate. In following Council committees, the CGC will refer items of possible interest to other LWV Chicago committees and the Board. The CGC will continue to maintain and update, as appropriate, the Chicago government webpages on the Chicago League's site. 

Community Oversight of Public Safety 

Exploring the national effort of local law enforcement agencies in other parts of the country  to violently crack down on protests and how the Chicago Police Department can continue to support lawful protests as they did at the DNC last summer.

We will also review a report from the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General that was released on Wednesday, April 2 “Public Safety 2025 Outlook on Police Oversight and Accountability”  that addresses key issues like the effectiveness of community policing and how to ensure that the police department remains in compliance with the Welcoming Cities Ordinance that prohibits them from participating in federal immigration enforcement.

Education

The schools committee will continue to follow the schools board meetings and financial problems.

Environmental Action

Education:

  • Continue to educate LWV Chicago members on why our changing Climate is a threat to Democracy through our Waste Not Want Not blog and Briefings

  • Continue to promote individual responsibility and provide motivation for success through our Tips & Tricks for Sustainable Living and Waste Not Want Not blog

  • Visit our webpage at: https://www.lwvchicago.org/environment

Policy:

Chicago

  • Continue to education on and advocate for:

    • Effective funding and enforcement authority for the Department of Environment

    • Clean indoor air quality standards with the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance (O2024-0007305)

    • Reduction of single-use plastics

    • A clean, safe, effective and sustainable public transportation system

State

Inter League Organizations (ILO’s)

  • Strengthen our relationship with the LWV Upper Mississippi River Region, Lake Michigan Region and Cook County to help protect our shared waterways and open lands

Ranked Choice Voting

The Ranked Choice Voting Committee will continue to lobby Chicago Alders to support RCV.

Voter Service

For the 2025-2026 LWV year the Voter Service Committee will:

  • Continue to register voters at New Citizens Swearing in Ceremonies

  • Continue to register voters at the City Colleges and other selected Chicago universities

  • Encourage and provide information so that members can register voters at events and locations   of their choice

  • Prepare information for distribution about the upcoming March 17, 2026 election

  • Provide information and encourage members to be election judges and election observers

  • Provide information and encourage voter pre-registration of 16-year olds

  • Attend and report on Chicago Board of Elections meetings

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