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Date: 12/26/2024
Subject: LWVOC Newsletter & Events
From: Lisa K Adkins


Holiday celebrations are still in full swing but we're already thinking about upcoming LWVOC events in 2025!  Mark your new calendars now and join us in the new year.
 
Immigration: What is next for Central Florida?
The LWVOC will host its first 2025 Hot Topics on Jan. 8

Immigration advocates are concerned about what may happen after Jan. 20 since President-elect Donald Trump has vowed mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants. The Jan. 8 Hot Topics discussion will focus on how Central Florida and its residents may be affected by sweeping deportation orders.
Some questions to be discussed:
--What steps are immigrants in the community taking to prepare themselves and their families?
--How will farming, construction and domestic labor be affected? Will a labor shortage lead to higher prices?
--What can local communities do — if anything?

WESH 2 Anchor Nancy Alvarez, the child of Cuban immigrants, will moderate the discussion. The panel includes:

JANUARY 14, 6PM

Virtual-ZOOM New Member Welcome
 
Zoom in and learn all about your League of Women Voters of Orange County.
 
Start the new year with the information you need to become an informed and involved participant.
 
What is the PURPOSE of our annual planning meeting?
  -Setting priorities for grassroots involvement for the upcoming 2025-26 year
How do we IDENTIFY possible areas of advocacy?
  -We engage our members through roundtable discussion and reflection on the past year's
          accomplishments
When are those priorities DEFINED and what happens NEXT?
-Members are polled during the meeting and the results move on to the Board for final discussion and future presentation at our Annual Meeting
 
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Gun Violence Prevention committee members from Orange and Seminole Counties ended the year with a social gathering.  Their combined community efforts will literally save lives with gun lock giveaways and valuable information.  Contact Linda Coffin lcoffin@bellsouth.net if you're ready to become an advocate of SAFE CHOICES to help prevent gun violence in 2025!
Shown, members of the committees in celebration mode!
48th Annual MLK Parade Celebration
JAN 28th, 2PM
Ready to march in a parade?  Join fellow Leaguers as we join this historic parade marching in support for #Votes4All.   This year’s theme, “Illuminating Tomorrow Together,” celebrates unity, progress, and hope for the future.
 
Email Joan Erwin (subject line-MLK) if you're interested in joining this year's parade!
Don't delay!  Many of you are seeing your RENEWAL notices on the lwvoc.org site or in an email.  Please do so before DEC 31.
In 2025, joining or renewing with LWVOC will be transferring to our national site but, there's still time for you to take care of your membership locally.  Simply RENEW or if you've been putting it off, JOIN by visiting: MEMBERSHIP Here.
Check out our annual year-end video montage: LWVOC 2024  It's the longest one yet because 2024 was BUSY!  You'll see our Voter Services teams, the AAP-FOP volunteers, Leaguers participating in local events including parades, protests, and government meetings.

Elena Soltau – Ida B. Wells Member
 
Share this newsletter and invite your family and social circles to JOIN the League of Women Voters of Orange County!

Kitty M. Woodley, an LWVOC Giving Society member
 
Harold S. Rhodes, an LWVOC Giving Sociery member
 
Visit our Donor page to see the MANY different ways you can support the League of Women Voters of Orange County.

Sponsors are vital to our work to empower voters by providing timely information for the benefit of non-partisan civic engagement in our community.

To further explore how becoming a Hot Topics Sponsor can align with your business goals, please contact LWVOC Vice President, Lee Rambeau Kemp HERE

A range of sponsorship levels are available.

Statewide call to action: The League of Women Voters supports the Florida Right to Clean Water campaign, a citizens' initiative to amend the Florida Constitution with the right to clean and healthy waters. If our current laws were working, then we wouldn’t have manatees dying in record numbers, 80% of our 1000 springs impaired, and harmful blue-green algae and red tide in greater frequency and duration. A constitutional right takes precedence over legislation that permits pollution, restricts fertilizer bans, and allows radioactive materials to be used in our roads. Create a legacy for the future of our waters!

The Right to Clean Water! In support of establishing our basic right to clean and healthy water, LWVOC has committed to helping get this citizen initiative on the 2026 ballot. Please sign your own petition. Those who signed prior to 2024 will need to sign the new petition.

Learn how YOU can become an active volunteer here:  https://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org/resources
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