Please join the League of Women Voters of New Jersey as we gather to celebrate over 100 years of empowering voters and defending democracy.
We will present our prestigious Making Democracy Work Award to individuals and organizations who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to improving our democracy.
Honorees
Lieutenant Governor Tahesha L. Way, Esq. New Jersey Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State
CJ Griffin, Esq. Director of the Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center
New Jersey Monitor Independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news site that strives to be a watchdog for all residents of the Garden State
Florence Peshine Eagleton Sponsors Ingrid W. Reed in honor of Nancy Hedinger, former president of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Sponsors Hedinger & Lawless, L.L.C Glorianne and Anthony Robbi Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz Susan S. Lederman in honor of Nancy Hedinger
Adelina Otero-Warren Sponsors Willard Alonzo Stanback PC Cape & Capital Real Estate LLC Lafayette West LLC
State House Sponsors
Senator Vin Gopal Senator Gordon Johnson Senator Declan O'Scanlon Senator Nellie Pou Senator Teresa Ruiz Senator Troy Singleton Senator Joseph F. Vitale Senator Andrew Zwicker
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin Assemblywoman Shama Haider Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez Assemblywoman Ellen Park
Jessica Backofen Rite Barone Ellen Kemp Sandra and John Matsen Anne Poole SobelCo
Local League Sponsors League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area League of Women Voters of the Morristown Area League of Women Voters of Southern Monmouth League of Women Voters of Bergen County League of Women Voters of Monroe Township League of Women Voters of Mountain Lakes League of Women Voters of Lawrence Township