CANTON – The Unitarian Universalist Church will recognize the important contributions of Kathleen Stein with the presentation of the annual Rachel Somers Grant Social Action award on Sunday, June 19, at 10:30 a.m. The public is warmly invited to join the UU congregation in celebrating.

Ms. Stein serves as President of the St. Lawrence County Unit of the League of Women Voters (LWV). The League does not support or oppose candidates or parties. Rather, it encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Ms. Stein was instrumental in reviving the local unit of LWV in 2009 and has continued to provide energetic leadership at local, state and national levels. She serves on the LWV NYS State Board as a Director at Large with a Rural Affairs brief since June of 2021, helping to ensure that rural Leagues have a voice at the state level. Currently she is helping to organize a national Rural Affairs Caucus. She also serves on the LWV state Agriculture, Energy and the Environment Committee, which successfully proposed that LWV NYS adopt a Climate Crisis Resolution in 2021.

The Rachel Somers Grant Social Action Award, created in 1990, is presented annually to someone who volunteers in grassroots efforts to make ours a more humane and just community.

The Unitarian Universalist Church, creating a welcoming, compassionate faith community, committed to social justice and open to wonder, is located at 3½ East Main Street, across from the park in Canton. Sunday service and religious education classes begin at 10:30 a.m. For directions and to learn more visit www.uucantonny.org .