Work in the commission has been “eye-opening,” she says. With his support, Cavender volunteered to join the Haverford Human Relations Commission and now serves at the commission’s vice-chair. In 2016, she reached out to Andy Lewis – a Republican undergoing his own political evolution – for advice on community service. Since moving to Haverford Township in 2014, Cavender has been an active member of the Democrats’ Ward 5 Committee, working alongside others in the Precinct 3 to convince the Delco Board of Elections that the voters in her precinct should not have to trek to the Precinct 4 to vote (an old Republican trick to suppress Haverford College votes). She is running now, in the Special Election to fill the seat left by Andy Lewis’s death in April, because “when I look at everything happening, I know that if community leaders encourage neighbor-to-neighbor connection and make government more accessible we can build trust in each other and our government.” Laura Cavender is running for Ward 5 commissioner because she grew up in a family of community volunteers and wants to carry on that legacy by giving back to Haverford some share of what the township has given to her and her family.
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