JANUARY LUNCHEON & GENERAL MEETING
11:30-1:30
Tiburon Golf Club
WORKFORCE HOUSING:
PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
presented by
Daniel Lavender
Chief Executive Officer
Moorings Park Institute Inc.
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Nick Casalanguida
Senior Vice President of Land Development
Barron Collier Companies
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| Registration and Payment Must Be Made Online
by January 5 @ 3:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you and your guests!
| Tiburon has done a lovely job of providing the setting, food and service, and technology support for our General Meetings. Consistent with what we see everywhere, they have had to increase the cost of our luncheon. As a result, the cost of LWVCC General Meetings for the remainder of this season is increasing by $4.00 per person. We will be evaluating options for next season’s General Meetings. Feel free to let the Membership Committee know your opinions or ideas at lwvccmembership@lwvcollier.org.
|  | SHARING THE LEAGUE'S WORK WITH WGCU
From left to right: Sue Savage, Pam James (WGCU), Diane Preston Moore, Pat Plummer, Susan Housel, Lynn Martin, Mike Braun (WGCU) |
On December 16, five League members met with WGCU, the local National Public Radio (NPR) station for Southwest Florida. As WGCU gave air and web site coverage to Vote411 and did a story on “Know Your County Government” earlier this year, it became apparent that developing a closer relationship could contribute to our Strategic Plan objectives for expanding awareness in the community for the League’s work beyond voter registration and building our credibility as a non-partisan organization. WGCU shares many of the League’s priority areas of interest, most notably the environment and providing unbiased information on political and social issues that impact our community. League members Diane Preston Moore, Pat Plummer, Susan Housel, Lynn Martin, and Sue Savage briefed WGCU Executive Producer, Pam James and Managing Editor Mike Braun on our major initiatives and our ongoing activities and encouraged them to contact us for input when covering stories on these issues. WGCU likewise encouraged us to contact them when we have stories that are newsworthy. If your committee is working on something that you think might be newsworthy for WGCU, please contact Stacy Vermylen. | LWVCC TO RECEIVE CIVIC AWARD!
January 25, 2023 @ 12:00
Vineyards Country Club
We are incredibly honored that the Greater Naples Chapter of Americans United has selected The League of Women Voters of Collier County to receive its annual Turner Civic Award, honoring the memory and civic commitment of Rita and Bernie Turner. According to AU's announcement letter, "Our board was most impressed by the diversity and extent of your commitments beyond the obvious voter services of empowering citizens to take an active role in free and fair elections and your informative voter projects. Your support of diversity, equity and inclusion in our society, the public school system, the local environment and myriad other issues is exemplary. We believe that LWVCC acts as a well-respected, major influencer in our area because of your thoughtful research and advocacy. Congratulations, but more importantly, THANK YOU."
The presentation of the Turner Civic Award will be held at a luncheon on January 25, 2023 at the Vineyards Country Club at noon. All LWVCC members, their families and friends are invited to attend. Registration for the awards luncheon information is available by clicking on the REGISTER button, below, or by printing and sending the form attached to AU's announcement letter. The cost of the lunch is $40. We would like to show AU our gratitude for choosing us for this honor with a good turnout of LWVCC members at the luncheon! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/au-honors-the-league-of-women-voters-of-collier-county-tickets-457343947057
| PUTTING THE LEAGUE'S WORK TO WORK
What if technology were able to predict the areas where storm surges and floods are likely to occur? How might that have affected the decisions made by local governments and residents in the days and hours leading up to Hurricane Ian? The League has been involved in educating the Collier County community about just such technology, the ACUNE Tool. Read the guest opinion by Judy Hushon, published on December 11 in the News-Press explaining how ACUNE can be used and how its predictions compare to the reality of the storm surge during and after Hurricane Ian. Thank you Judy Hushon and Lynn Martin for your work on this project.
|  NEW MEMBER COFFEE
January 13 @ 9:30-11:00
Join us for a New Member Coffee Friday, January 13, 9:30-110am If you are a new member- or have been a member of LWVCC for a while and just want to get reconnected- please join us at the home of Jan Eustis. Meet Board members, committee and team chairs, and other new members. This is a great opportunity to learn more about how you can become involved, and connect with fellow LWVCC members. Address will be forwarded to you when you RSVP
| HOT TOPIC
January 5 @ 7:00-8:00
Zoom
Human Rights, Mental Illness, and the Death Penalty
featuring
Maria DeLiberato
Executive Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
There are conflicting opinions regarding the use of the death penalty. Additional issues are raised when it involves a person with a serious mental illness. Should there be treatment or punishment? Are they more prone to false confessions? Was there criminal intent? Did they receive any treatment for their illness? Executing juveniles and individuals with intellectual disabilities has been viewed by the Supreme Court as cruel and unusual punishment. Should those with serious mental illness also be prevented from execution?
| WORKFORCE HOUSING FORUM
January 11 @ 3:00-6:00
Naples United Church of Christ
5200 Crayton Rd
Naples, FL 34103
Note Location Change!
Greater Naples Leadership initiated this important forum on affordable housing initiated by the Greater Naples Leadership. Other sponsors include NCH, the Collier Community Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce, and our own League. The event will be informational in nature without addressing political issues. There will be speakers who will share their knowledge of the many factors contributing to the lack of sufficient affordable housing. Employers and some of their employees will tell how this shortage has effected them. All organizations and individuals interested in affordable/workforce housing are welcome to attend. The issue of affordable housing has been a subject of interest for the Social Policy Committee and will receive more emphasis this year as the scarcity of affordable housing units has reached crisis level.
| Please carpool if possible and go early as parking may be a challenge. | SLIDE PRESENTATION IS NOW AVAILABLE
Normal is Overrated:
Kids Minds Matter and the Future for Mental Health Care in SWFL
presented at the December general meeting by
Dr. Paul Simeone, PhD
VP and Chief Medical Executive of Behavioral Health at Lee Health
Did you know that 50 percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14? Did you know the ratio of population to mental health providers in Florida is 750 to 1? Did you know that 70 percent of youth in the juvenile justice system have a mental health condition? If you are not surprised by these statistics, then you may already know there is a mental health epidemic in SWFL.
Dr. Simeone's has graciously made his slide deck available to us so that we can study his detailed information.
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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January 5 @ 7:00
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HOT TOPIC
Human Rights, Mental Illness, and the Death Penalty
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January 9 @ 11:45-1:30
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Luncheon & General Meeting
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January 11 @ 3:00-6:00
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Affordable Housing Forum
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January 13 @ 9:30-11:00
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New Member Coffee
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January 31 @ 5:30
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Celebrate the League—
Leading the Way in Uncharted Waters
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| UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Because LWVCC committee meetings are for members and their invited guests unless stated otherwise,
members should log in to the website to register
to get the Zoom links for committee meetings. | DEI Committee
December 27 @ 11:30-1:00 | Board Meeting
January 4 @ 9:30-12:00
ZOOM
| Environmental Affairs Committee
January 8 @ 9:30-12:00
Collier Community Foundation
| Education Committee
January 18 @ 12:00-1:30 | MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE VOTER?
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