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including Criminal Justice Symposium video/audio and audience questions to the panelists.

Thank you to all who made the LWVAL 2015 Convention in Auburn, AL, May 1-3, 2015, a success, especially to the LWVAL Board and LWV of East Alabama who made it all happen!

Thank you, also, to our special guests and panelists who came from far and wide to share their expertise and insight:

• Terry Dunn, former PSC Commissioner and recipient of the LWVAL 2015 Transparency in Government Award, and his family and staff
• Peggy Appler, LWVUS Board Member and Liaison to LWVAL
• Haley Richards, LWVUS Shur Fellow to all Alabama Leagues
• Alabama Department of Corrections (ADC) Commissioner Jefferson S. Dunn and
• ADC Deputy Commissioner Jefferey Williams,
• Assistant Executive Director of AL Board of Pardons and Paroles Darrell Morgan
• Managing Attorney Maria Morris of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s AL office
• Jefferson County Circuit Judge Teresa T. Pulliam
• Victims of Crime and Leniency (VOCAL) Founder Miriam Shehane and
• VOCAL Executive Director Janette Grantham
• Criminal defense attorney Joel Sogol,
• Executive Director Bennet Wright of the Alabama Sentencing Commission, and
• Retired Jefferson County District Judge O. L. "Pete" Johnson

LWVAL Convention 2015

LWVAL announces 2015 Transparency in Government Award, calls for nominations

Get a LWVAL Transparency in Government Award nominating form.
Link to this media advisory here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2015

CONTACT: Gina Finnegan
ginaofinnegan@gmail.com 251-656-0130

MEDIA ADVISORY – LWVAL Announces Transparency Award

Mobile – The League of Women Voters of Alabama announces its first ever transparency award, honoring political leaders who have championed open and inclusive government in Alabama.

"Like many states, Alabama has some work to do to truly let the sun shine on its workings," said LWVAL Co-president Leonette Slay. "But we also know that we have political leaders who have demonstrated remarkable integrity and courage in their push for open and honest government. We want to celebrate and recognize those individuals. It is so often thankless work."

Citizens and political organizations are encouraged to submit their nominations for the award. The state league leadership will consider all applications, which can include local and state political leaders, elected or appointed. LWVAL will also accept recommendations for citizens and members of nonprofit organizations who have championed transparency in government. The nomination form is available at the LWVAL website www.lwval.org. The deadline is March 21, 2015.

Honorees will be recognized at the Alabama league's biennial state convention on May 1-3, to be held in the Auburn/Opelika area this year.

"Transparency is just a core piece of who we are as a nonpartisan, political organization. We hope we can prompt more public officials to understand their role in serving the citizens of Alabama through open government by making this award part of the state's political scene. It
matters, and it makes a difference," said LWVAL Co-president Scarlett Gaddy.

Nominations should be mailed or e-mailed to: League of Women Voters Awards Committee, Post Office Box 40602, Mobile, Alabama 36640 or lslay@lwval.org.

The League of Women Voters, a national, nonpartisan, political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

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