Women and children across the world are most affected by the results of global climate change, said League of Women Voters president Mary Wilson in a lecture today at the Clinton School.
That’s why the league has made climate its No. 1 issue in 2010, the 90th anniversary of its efforts to impact government through public policy and citizen education, Wilson said
Wilson encouraged those in attendance to educate themselves about cap-and-trade legislation in Congress, as well as new policy responses being discussed on Capitol Hill.
The league has a strong history of studying environmental policy and approaching reform in a nonpartisan manner, Wilson said.
“Our goal is to educate citizens so that they break down fact from fiction,” she said.
Wilson is the 17th president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded in 1920, the same year women were granted the right to vote in America.
Wilson was introduced by Clinton School student Erin O’Leary (’11).
Video of Wilson’s lecture will be posted soon at www.clintonschoolspeakers.com.