March is Women’s History Month
Women's History Month, observed annually in March, is a dedicated period to honor, celebrate, and study the vital contributions of women to American history, culture, and society. The 2026 Women's History Month theme is "Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future". This theme recognizes women who are reimagining and rebuilding systems to ensure long-term environmental, economic, and social sustainability. What will you do to honor and celebrate the women in your life/community who have worked/or are working on solutions that encompass financial sustainability, community resilience, leadership succession, and intergenerational equity. Whether developing green technologies, advancing economic justice, strengthening education systems, or building civic power – women are designing blueprints for sustainable transformation. Let's remember to recognize them and uplift their work!
The LWVSKC is highlighting its civics work to encourage you to share out with your network of friends and business associates in order to elevate and grow civic learning. If you have connections at high schools, colleges/universities, boys and girls clubs, girl scout clubs, etc please reach out to Sarah Beth Miller, unitliaison@lwvskc.org or Barbara Tengtio, President@lwvskc.org, Co-Chairs of the LWVSKC’s Youth Committee so we can discuss opportunities for civic learning with your connection/community. And let’s pass it on — we all have civic knowledge to share!
Voting is habit forming and if young adults start voting early, they will most likely become lifelong voters. To support this, the LWVSKC has been working with future and new voters for several years to grow their civic engagement.
The LWVSKC:
- Hosts voter registration/outreach events at high schools, community colleges and universities;
- Provides free online civic education resources on voting and leadership
- Presents LWVSKC’s free online civic education resources;
- Supports practice voting;
- Engages high school students to organize and lead candidate and issue forums;
- Works with girl scout troops on their democracy badges;
- And most recently conducted a successful text banking pilot to encourage voter turnout among young adults.