Mission
To engage our communities by registering new voters and providing educational opportunities regarding governance, decision-making, and public policy.
Vision
We envision a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate.
LWV of Detroit will act to inspire good government and transparency so that government is responsive to the needs of its people. We will do this by providing candidate forums, policy studies, and tools to encourage an informed citizenry to participate actively in the political process.
Values
These values serve as our belief in the power of the people to create a more perfect democracy, and such adheres to our specific core values:
- Grassroots initiatives and consensus-building are the strengths of our organization
- Our organization models the principles of good governance
- Consider well before taking action and prepare well before beginning to act
- Citizenship requires knowledge as well as the ability and will to act
- The responsibility of good government rests on the shoulders of its citizens
- The rights of citizens at home and abroad are interdependent
Non-Partisan
We do not endorse candidates or political parties. Instead, we strive to better inform members of our community at the ballot box. We encourage active participation in local, state, and national politics.
We are a non-profit, nonpartisan political organization comprising men and women from Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park
For more information on our political nonpartisan activity policy, read League CEO Virigina Kase Solomón’s blog, Remaining Nonpartisan in Hyper-partisan Times.