League of Women Voters of Kent County

PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

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Your interest, involvement, and your participation in the affairs of your community make a difference in the well-being of your community and your county.There are many things that you can do to help point the direction on issues and concerns facing your community. WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Join your community associations, attend your community meetings. Even better be willing to accept a leadership role on the board of your community association.

Keep abreast of problems and issues facing your community or your county. If you have serious concerns about whether and how these problems are being resolved, make your views and concerns and possible solutions to those individuals or groups who are working on the problems. Write letters to the editors of local newspapers, talk with your friends and neighbors to learn more about the issue and perhaps generate their interest as well. Even better, attend meetings of the organizations or groups working on the issue and again, be willing to serve.

If you are seemingly alone in your concern, try to search out individuals, groups, or businesses who would seem to be appropriate partners in escalating the issue to the public. You may find helpmates in unexpected places.

And remember the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. Call either the your Kent County League office at 410-810-1883 or the State League to find out whether they have a position on the issue, or whether they might consider facilitating a community meeting on the topic.

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