- 6/1- Voting Opens
- 6/17 - Voting Closes
- 6/26 - Winners are announced
Powering Democracy Awards
The Powering Democracy Awards will be presented at the 2022 Convention in recognition of Leagues for their work exemplary over the past biennium.
The awards theme was inspired by our Women Power Democracy campaign and ideal submissions will support our Women Power Democracy goals and/or the goals of the Campaign for Making Democracy Work and our Strategic Framework.
Submissions should reflect that we are an organization fully committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in principle and in practice.
The 2022 Awards will offer separate subcategories for state and local Leagues. All winners will receive a cash prize from LWVUS in recognition of their work. Finalists will be selected by LWVUS staff and winners will be selected by the public via polls.
Awards timeline:
VOTING IS NOW OPEN. Click on each sub category below to review the finalists and vote.
Powering Democracy Award
This category showcases how Leagues activated their grassroots network to empower voters and advocate change around key issues, such as protecting voting rights or increasing voter registration and turnout.
Increasing Power Through Partnerships Award
This category showcases the work Leagues did in partnership with others and how those partnerships empowered our League work and supported our communities. This can include work in which the League was a lead partner, supporting partner, worked with one partner, or worked in coalition with several partners.
Innovating Our Power Award
This category showcases the way Leagues have had to innovate their work over the past biennium. The catalyst for innovation could be anything from the pandemic to severe voter disenfranchisement to natural disaster or something else that required your League to come up with a new way of performing parts or all of your work.