Felicia Wong to Speak on Income Inequality at the LWVS Luncheon May 6

The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale Annual Membership Meeting at the Scarsdale Golf Club on Friday May 6, 2016 at 11:45 am, featuring Felicia Wong, President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, who will speak about The Impact of Economic Inequality in the 2016 Election and Society.

Before joining the Roosevelt Foundation, Ms. Wong worked at the Democracy Alliance, where she led the development and assessment of the organization's strategic investment portfolio. Previously, Ms. Wong ran operations and product development at a venture-funded education services company. Her public service includes a White House Fellowship in the Office of the Attorney General and a political appointment in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Ms. Wong holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral dissertation on the role of race and framing in K-12 public education politics received the 2000 American Political Science Association award in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

Tickets are $ 40 if paid in advance and available online at lwvs.org, or by check payable to the League of Women Voters of Scarsdale in the amount of $40, mailed to Anne Lyons, 82 Greenacres Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $45.

In other news from the League:

On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Village Hall 3rd Floor Meeting Room, The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale will hold its annual membership information session concerning the Village Budget. All LWVS members and the public are invited to learn more about the 2016-2017 Village budget with members of the Village Board and Administration. League members are invited to stay for the consensus meeting immediately following the general membership meeting. For more information contact Janice Starr at [email protected].

Two Scarsdale Students Chosen to Attend Students Inside Albany Conference

Zoe Ewing and Chloe Suzman, both juniors at Scarsdale High School, have been selected by the Scarsdale League of Women Voters to participate in the annual Students Inside Albany conference this coming May.

Students Inside Albany is an intensive four-day conference run by the New York State League of Women Voters Education Foundation. The program is designed to immerse students in the process by which public policy is proposed, enacted and changed in New York State and educate them as to how they can influence and affect this process. The conference will take place this year May 22-25, and will bring approximately 60 students from across the State to Albany to get a first-hand education about their state government. The highlight for most students is the opportunity to shadow their state representatives for an afternoon, with many students getting the opportunity to attend a session on the Chamber floor.

Ewing and Suzman were selected from among a pool of outstanding applicants in a competitive process open to students attending Scarsdale High School or residing in Scarsdale. All expenses of the students to attend the conference will be paid by the State League Education Foundation and the Scarsdale League of Women Voters.

For more information on state and local League youth programs, see www.lwvs.org/youth.html.