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Date: 9/1/2022
Subject: LWVOC Newsletter & Events
From: Lisa K Adkins



It may seem like the time to "take a break" from the recent election busyness (yes, that's a word.)  But experience tells us that now is the time to continue educating and organizing ourselves.  Things you can do as a concerned citizen:

  • Attend SEPT 14 Hot Topics to learn about the proposed Transportation Tax

  • Collect/recycle campaign signs at collection sites by Sept 6

  • Visit Vote411.org to check your voter status

  • Encourage others to register to vote; cutoff is OCT 11

Upcoming Events

AUG 25-Sept 6

Clean Up Campaign Signs

Joining with Orange County and the cities of Orlando and Winter Park, we're helping to keep campaign signs out of the landfill.

Members Only

SEPT 14

Hot Topics: Transportation Tax-Will a Penny Here Help to Get You There?

11:30 AM  Luncheon/Program
Location:  Winter Park Events Center 
Hear from county leaders/experts
Members $30   Non-Member $35

SEPT 15

LWVOC Co-President Chat

6:30 PM  Enjoy an after-dinner chat with our Co-Presidents Barbara Lanning/Nicolette Springer to get caught up on LWVOC news.

Members Only

SEPT 20

Grassroots University Webinar

6:30 PM  Join us to learn how LWVOC will take voter outreach to the next level though media training.
Members Only

We have a VIP line-up for this event.  Visit our Hot Topics page to learn more.
Our League has long believed that a dedicated funding source is needed to get us to work and leisure activities and to bring Central Florida’s transit system to a place where we can thrive and compete for corporate headquarters and better paying jobs.
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What’s Happening?

Orange County News

 "Partisans using new state election law to inspect mail-in votes" Read more HERE and if you're interested in joining a non-partisan group hoping to play a role in the process of curing ballots, email our Co-Presidents lwvocpresident@lwvoc.org

 
LWVOC News
Listen to our Co-Presidents from their recent guest appearance on G's Power Hour Podcast discussing the League, voting information and local government.  Podcast Link HERE
 
LWV of Florida News 
SEPT 12, President Cecile Scoon will take part in an important discussion "Voter Suppression: A Cancer in our Body Politic" with Michael Waldman, President of the Brennen Center, moderated by E.J. Dionne.  RSVP Here/More Info
  

Committee Updates 

 
National Popular Vote Committee

New Poll Shows 63% Support for National Popular Vote -- Up from 55% Last Year

Around six-in-ten U.S. adults (63%) say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency, while 35% favor keeping the current Electoral College system, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 27-July 4, 2022

 
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility Committee  is pleased to partner with League member, Rachel Allen and the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College to offer in person Diversity training on two Saturdays in October. Please Save the Dates for Conversations in Inclusiveness  on OCT 8 and Oct 15 from 930a-12p. Join us for good conversation, self reflection and community building as we cast a vision for a diverse, inclusive, equitable and fully accessible League. Location and registration information will follow shortly.
 
Event Recaps
 
The 2022 campaign sign collection campaign is off the a great start! With enhanced involvement of Orange County and the cities of Orlando & Winter Park, we have collected almost as many signs during the period of the midterm primary as we did in presidential election of 2020! Take a bow, Central Florida! Now, if we could get all politicians to responsibly collect & recycle their signs, that would really be something, wouldn’t it? ~Kay Hudson, Natural Resources Chair
 
Shown below L-R: Kim Buchheit, Joan Erwin, Kay Hudson

Welcome to the League

A hearty welcome to our newest members:

Marcie Simmons
Christine Green
Renee Mack
Thomas Thomas
Daniel Elliott
Sethy Grandin
Christy Wilson Delk – Ida B. Wells Member
Joe North – Ida B. Wells Member
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Thank You, Donors!

We appreciate your generosity.
 
Janet Hommel
 
Linda Chastain  "In honor of Nicolette Springer on her birthday; thank you for your leadership."
 
Attention:
Mark your calendar for the next new member Orientation.
Remember to log into your League profile and then register here6:00 pm FALL LEAGUE SHOWCASE and New Member Orientation - 10/6/2022