League of Women Voters
PHOTO PROVIDED BY TUCKER STEVENSON
The League of Women Voters has its own youth movement going, with the recruitment of students at recent marches.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY TUCKER STEVENSON
Charlotte County League of Women Voters Recording Secretary Julie Stewart
SUN FILE PHOTO
SUN FILE PHOTO
.
SUN PHOTO BY LAUREN COFFEY
Sarasota County March for Our Lives attendants hold hands while singing "We are the World" during a rally last month. This movement, dominated by students, has helped fuel new growth for the League of Women Voters.
SUN PHOTO BY LAUREN COFFEY
Thousands of people line Bayfront Drive during the Sarasota March for Our Lives recently. The event was held in response to the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Women Making History
This is not your grandmother’s League of Women Voters.
With a new generation’s sudden interest in politics in the aftermath of the Parkland High School massacre, the organization is getting younger.