League Youth Programs

The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset, along with LWV New York State, believes that a vital democracy requires educating, empowering, and engaging young people to maintain the democracy.  The State League and many local Leagues operate programs that provide students with the information, motivation, and skills to become informed voters and engaged citizens.

Our primary youth program is Students Inside Albany.

Email President@lwvofpwm.org for more information.

Students Inside Albany Conference (SIA)

This Conference is an intensive four-day training experience held in the spring and is designed to immerse students in the process by which public policy is proposed, enacted and changed in New York State — and to educate them as to how they can influence and affect this process. Albany insiders discuss the operations of New York State government including how policy is shaped and enacted. Students develop knowledge of the disparate forces that influence policy development. Additionally, students are afforded the opportunity to observe Assembly and Senate sessions and to shadow both their Assembly members and Senators.

The LWVNYS administers the SIA, drafts promotional materials, and pays the entire cost of the four-day program for one student from each League; local Leagues pay travel expenses to and from Albany. 

Whenever space becomes available, our local PWM League sends a 2nd student and absorbs the full cost for this student.  

This year’s conference runs May 17-20, 2026, in Albany.

Applications for SIA are due at the beginning of February (date is on the application forum, here).

What SIA alums say about this program

Video by SIA alum from PWM  2023

What one SIA wrote, 2023

What one SIA wrote, 2023

Video by SIA alum 2021

Video by SIA alum  2021