You can share your skills and talents with the League of Women Voters of Galveston in multiple ways. We are constantly adding new Committees, so we will add and refine them to this page as we grow.
You can share your skills and talents with the League of Women Voters of Galveston in multiple ways. We are constantly adding new Committees, so we will add and refine them to this page as we grow.
This Committee collects candidate information, prepares questions, and inputs the data into Vote411.org, so our community has nonpartisan information on Local Races. Individuals must be organized and very computer literate. The Voter Services and Education Chair oversees and leads this Committee. Contact Kay Lowell for more information.
This Committee commits to attending their Local Government and School Board Meetings, whether in person or online, and keeps the League informed. The President or Vice President oversees and leads this Committee. Please reach out to Corlie Jackson for more information.
This Committee is new. LWV Galveston applied for and received a grant to work with high school, college, and technical school students, preparing them to vote for the first time.
This committee schedules and gives presentations to local High Schools about voting, why we vote, and why their vote matters. The Voter Services and Education Chair leads this Committee. Please reach out to Vesta Joan Burns for more information.
This Committee is new. LWV Galveston applied for and received a grant for working with currently and formally incarcerated eligible individuals, helping them register to vote and get access to the polls. Please contact the President, Corlie Jackson, for more information.
This Committee strategizes best practices for soliciting funds, sends fundraising emails/letters, helps plan events, recruits new members, and plans and executes New Member Onboarding. The Vice President leads the Committee. Please reach out to Kay Lowell for more information.
The event committee helps plan and staff LWV of Galveston signature events and coordinates with the Membership/Fundraising Committee. They also help plan and organize Membership Drives and Fundraisers.
In the future, this Committee will have its own chair, but for now, please contact Kay Lowell for more information. The chair will serve on the Fundraising/Membership Committee.
The Voter Registration Committee plans and executes most community Voter Registration and Education Events. This Committee is led by the Voter Services and Education Chair.
Our catchment is split into geographical areas, and Volunteer Event Leads are responsible for setting up, taking down, ensuring there are enough volunteers to cover the event, taking pictures, documenting required data, and submitting it to the Voter Services and Education Chair.
Volunteers registering voters MUST be currently deputized in Galveston County to participate. Committee members may also serve on specialized Voter Outreach committees, like First Vote Initiative and Jail-Based Voting.
The Communications Chair oversees this committee. Currently, the President and the Vice President co-lead these activities.
This committee posts and updates all Social Media Platforms with LWV of Galveston content, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, and League in Action. Members create graphics and other Digital Media for consumption. In addition, committee members help produce a monthly newsletter, The Voter, to keep members and the community updated. You also coordinate with the state and national League of Women Voters for Social Media posting schedules.