League of Women Voters to Celebrate Sunshine Week

From the League of Women Voters: The LWV joins news media, students, libraries, government officials and non-government organizations to celebrate "SUNSHINE WEEK" from March 16-23, 2008. This year the honorary chairs will be Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post, Tom Brokaw, NBC News, and Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour.

SUNSHINE WEEK is a national initiative that calls attention to the fact that we as citizens have the right to know what our government is doing and we should have access to information that had been previously unavailable. In other words, we want the access that President Lyndon B. Johnson intended when he signed the "Freedom of Information Act"  (FOIA) in 1966.

COME CELEBRATE SUNSHINE WEEK BY ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY THE LEAGUE ...

Thursday, March 13, 2008, 11:45 AM. Speaker: Steven Robert Allen, Executive Director, Common Cause Albuquerque Airport Hotel (fomerly the Wyndham). Reservations required for this Luncheon; $16.00.   

Speaker: Daniel Ivey-Soto, Former State Bureau of Elections Director

• Monday, March 17, 2008, 1:30 PM, Albuquerque Midtown Unit, Manzano del Sol, Hobby Room  5201 Roma N.E.
• Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 6:00 PM,  Albuquerque Evening Unit, Cherry Hills Library, Community Room, 6901 Barstow N.E.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008  11:30 AM, Sandoval County Unit. Speaker: Attorney General Gary King Joe's Pasta House, 3201 Southern Blvd, Rio Rancho, Luncheon  20.00. Reservations Required,  Seating is limited, deadline for reservations, 3/14. Contact: Lisa Franzen  (505) 867-0112  or  geolisafranzen@aol.com

For more information about the League of Women Voters visit the website at www.lwvabc.org  For more information about the "SUNSHINE WEEK EVENTS" telephone the League Office (505) 884-8441, M-F in the AM.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartian political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.