League members from Clark and Seattle-King counties teamed with award-winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper in mid-August for two concerts, where the performer, most often-identified by her songs “Time After Time” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” continued her call for fundamental rights. 

With stops Aug. 17 at the Cascades Amphitheater in Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver, and Aug. 19 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Lauper spoke out in support of work by the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood and the League of Women Voters. 
 
The concerts were part of a 25-stop tour in North America this summer, the second leg of Lauper's “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour,” launched last summer. Although the tour has been identified as her final, Lauper has said she is not retiring and will be open to occasional performances. 

Clark League member Teresa Torres explained how the events came about: “We understand she wanted to partner with three groups that she felt very strongly about, and so she reached out to the national League to invite us to be on hand. Originally, Cyndi wanted us to promote voter registration. She feels very strongly about the SAVE Act, too, and so we talked about that.” 

A feminist, Lauper has been a longtime supporter of LGBTQ rights and is known for statements like “nobody is free until everybody’s free” and for calling for supporters to vote in every election.
 
League members dressed in purple t-shirts provided by LWVUS and distributed merchandise featuring the Vote 411 logo. 

“It was so positive,” Torres said. “People approached us and said ‘I know about the League. You are great.’” 

Torres said most people the Clark group encountered were registered, but a number needed to update their address.