Title: Conversations Along the Canal: Celebrating Voting! From the League of Women Voters National:Democracy works best when we show up together! On August 8, join us for Unite & Rise for Voting Rights, a nationwide day of action honoring the anniversary of the VRA. Find an event near you: https://www.mobilize.us/lwv/map/Across New York State, chapters the League of Women Voters’ Unite and Rise celebrations are partnering with local activist groups to host “Conversations Along the Canal: Celebrating Voting” along New York State’s waterways, to commemorate the historical civil rights Voting Rights Act, and to call us to renewed action. Historically, the Erie Canal shaped America and served as a conduit of ideas – the “Information Highway” of its day.