NOVEMBER LUNCHEON & GENERAL MEETING
November 6 @ 11:30-1:30
Tiburon Golf Club
Plastics 101
presented by
Loralee LeBoeuf & Charlotte Nycklemoe
Why we should “Pass on Plastics” The Plastics Task Force presents an in-depth look at the plastics pollution problem facing Collier County, the U.S. and the world.
MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
Registration and payment must be made online
by NOVEMBER 2 @ 3:00 PM
Late registration/walk in price will be strictly enforced
Help build our League and educate the general public! Our most effective method of membership recruitment is the General Meeting! Invite a guest to our next General Meeting and support LWVCC!
| LWVCC AND GNL NEED YOUR INPUT!
The LWVCC is partnering with Greater Naples Leadership to host Reduce The Rancor: A Community Forum on Civil Discourse on February 7th. To help us understand the issue of incivility right here in Collier County, LWVCC is assisting GNL by distributing a short survey. Your responses will help shape the forum in February. Please take just a few minutes to respond to the survey to give us your perspective. Your responses will remain anonymous unless you choose to identify yourself. In the survey, when asked for your group affiliation, please identify LWVCC as Group 3. This will provide information on how LWVCC responses compare to the average responses of all survey participants. If you are affiliated with other groups in Collier County and receive invitations to participate in the survey from multiple sources, please share your views on only one survey. It is your choice as to which survey invitation to accept.
Thank you for your participation!
| CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH WITH
THE LWVCC DEI & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEES
& BRIDGES DIAGLOGUE
at the American Indigenous Arts Celebration
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Big Cypress Indian Reservation
Friday, November 3 @ 10:00
Meet at the campfire in front of the museum at 10 a.m. Bring a friend, join us for lunch at the museum and a tour, and take in a few of the performances. Learn about the culture and living history of the indigenous people of SWFL.
Meet former representative of the Seminole tribe/and forester, now on the Tribal Court of Justice, Joe Frank and Rhonda Roff, an environmental chemist/activist with Sierra Club. Together they will lead a conversation about water quality concerns tied to climate change and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) in Big Cypress.
Join us for lunch under the chickee. There will be many food trucks. You may prefer to bring your own lunch or snack in case the food trucks run out (as happened last year)!
Tickets are $10 dollars (general adult admissions) and include the
museum and festival, or $7.50 for seniors (55+). Useful tip:
Most vendors accept cash only! Care for the planet by carpooling. Let us know by email if you need a
ride, or if you can drive others and we will be happy to help!
| PASS ON PLASTICS COMMUNITY PRESENTATION
November 5 @ 11:30-12:30
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
6340 Napa Woods Way, Naples
A pre-peat of the the Plastics 101 presentation will conducted by the LWVCC Plastics Task Force. Members who are unable to attend the November 6 General Meeting are encouraged to attend.
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NOVEMBER 2023 BOOK CLUB
November 9 @ 4:00
The Fall 2023 LWVCC Book Club Meeting will be held on Thursday November 9 @ 4pm. The location will be the lovely Park Shore Tower Clubhouse. (Parking details to follow.)
We will be discussing The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, which was a National Book Award finalist for Nonfiction in 2020.
Book Club Leader Patricia Rodilosso will circulate discussion questions to registrants in advance.
| TIME IS RUNNING OUT
The 15 week abortion ban is having serious consequences for the lives of women with pregnancy complications (fetal abnormalities are often not detected until 18-20 weeks). The states with more restrictive reproductive rights are having a higher maternal mortality rate. A woman’s risk of death from pregnancy is much higher in our country than other developed nations. Women in Florida are not always able to obtain the medical health care that they need with the current restriction on abortion. Doctors need to consult with attorneys before providing care to a patient. The League supports access to affordable, quality health care, including birth control and the privacy to make their own reproductive health choices
- Please ask everyone in your household to sign the petition with an amendment to limit government interference with abortion. Getting one million petitions signed will allow the amendment to be placed on the ballot
- Reach out to five friends asking them to sign the petition
- Volunteer to collect petitions at public events and/or public locations. Someone from the new Reproductive Health Subcommittee may be able to join you.
Our Social Policy Committee still has many petitions left to sign with December 31, 2023 as our deadline. Over 400,000 petitions have been vetted with a total of over 700,000 signed. We still need at least 300,000 more petitions signed. Contact Janet Hoffman for questions, petitions, and/or help in getting petitions signed. |
 LEAGUE TAKES POSITION ON CONSERVATION COLLIER MONEY GRAB
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners voted to amend the ordinance governing Conservation Collier to allow the program's segregated funds to be used to cover a budget shortfall. LWVCC President Diane Preston Moore urged the Commissioners not to approve the amendment. While the League did not prevail and the Commissioners voted 4-1 to amend the ordinance, the League's remarks were quoted in several articles, including a story that ran on WGCU FM and was posted on WGCU's website.
READ DIANE'S TESTIMONY
READ THE ARTICLE
| HOW WE ARE VIEWED
Maintaining the League’s role as both a nonpartisan and a political organization can be a challenge. We are nonpartisan in that we do not support or oppose any political party or candidate. We show our nonpartisanship by avoiding discussion of political parties or candidates at League meetings, including committee meetings (except for Voter Service meetings when planning for a candidate forum). We do not allow partisanship to be discernible when we are representing the League publicly, whether we are presenting a program or tabling. The League does believe that it is our responsibility as a citizen to participate in the activities of a political party. All members, with limits on board directors and officers, are urged to be politically active. This activity is kept separate from our League meetings. Our nonpartisanship as an organization is what brings more strength to our positions on issues and promotes our voice. We are political in that we take a position on selected government issues after extensive member study and agreement. Our positions come from the result of our study and are not influenced by the positions of political parties. Our credibility as an effective nonpartisan political organization in the community is crucial.
|   It is not too late to sign the petitions!
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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November 3 @ 10:00
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American Indigenous Arts Celebration
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November 5 @ 11:30-12:30
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Plastics 101
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November 6 @ 11:45-1:30
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November Luncheon & General Meeting
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November 9 @ 4:00-5:30
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Book Club
The Undocumented Americans
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November 15 @ 3:00-5:00
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Welcome Back Meet & Greet
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December 6 @ 5:00-6:00
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Deciphering the National Popular Vote
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February 22, 2024
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Celebrate the League
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| ONLINE REIMBURSEMENT FORM IS NOW AVAILABLE
Board members, committee chairs, and others who need to submit reimbursement requests can now do so via our Submit Online Forms page. | 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 and other events. |
Juvenile Justice Committee Meeting
October 27 @ 10:00-12:00
Finemark Bank
Guest Speaker: Caren Langevin, Youth Resources Center Supervisor for the CCSO, will talk about "Positive CCSO Youth Programs,Equal Positive Outcomes," the Collier County Sheriff’s Office programs to 1) prevent juvenile delinquency and 2) give kids a second chance after they have committed a misdemeanor.
| Board Meeting
November 1 @ 9:30-12:00
Moorings Park Conference Room
| Education Committee Meeting
November 8 @ 12:00-1:30
North Naples Government Center Meeting Room | Environmental Affairs Committee Meeting
November 9 @ 10:00-12:00
Collier Community Foundation
Guest Speaker: Monica McKenzie from the Rookery Bay Rising Tide Explorers program will talk about Rookery Bay’s programs and her ornithology experiences, including banding songbirds, monitoring shorebird nesting and research | MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE VOTER?
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| Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in Government. We influence public policy through education and advocacy. Our goal is to empower citizens to take an active role in shaping better communities worldwide. The League of Women Voters of Collier County does not support or endorse any candidate or political party.
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