NAPLES PRIDEFEST
Saturday, June 8 @ 11:00-5:00
Cambier Park
Please join our LWVCC members at the Naples PrideFest on June 8th! We will share membership information and educational flyers supporting voting, conservation, elections and diversity!
We are looking for volunteers to work a shift! Shifts are from set up at 10 – 11:30 AM; 11:30 AM – 1 PM; 1 – 3 PM; and to take down from 3 – 5 PM. All League volunteers will receive a free ticket from LWVCC to attend the event! We will share materials to support membership and voter services efforts as well as flyers from our education committee. Please help our work in the community! Sign up here.
| NAACP’s JUNETEENTH 2024 CELEBRATION
Saturday June 15 @ 10:00-4:00
River Park Community Center
LWVCC will join the NAACP’s Juneteenth Celebration at River Park Community Center from 10 AM to 4 PM. We will be sharing information on League priority issues. For more information contact Cynthia Cave. |  | 
June 5 @ 5:00-6:00
ZOOM
No one wants the candidate who loses the popular vote to become President of the United States, which is entirely possible with the current statewide “winner take all” system. In 2006, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact was introduced. It’s an elegant solution to ensure that the candidate with the most votes in all 50 states wins the presidency. Learn how this works without a constitutional amendment. The LWVFL is offering the opportunity for Floridians for the National Popular vote to do several presentations during the next year, sponsored and promoted by the LWVFL, to “spread the word” and educate League members and other Floridians about NPV.
Join us June 5 from 5:00 -6:00 p.m. (ET). The League is welcoming anyone interested to attend, so invite your friends and colleagues to sign themselves up too!
REGISTER for NPV ZOOM
| UNDERSTANDING OUR FLORIDA GOVERNMENT
Understanding Our Florida Government is a series by League ambassador Sandy Parker that will appear in the LWVCC Update in the coming months. Sandy is the founder and publisher of Sparker's Soapbox, whose mission is to encourage and facilitate informed voting in Collier County. Learn more at sparkers-soapbox.com.
Informed voters know the basics of their state and local governments, and Sparker's Soapbox Primers are a great way to get up-to-speed quickly. In this Primer, you’ll learn about the plural executive structure of the Florida executive branch, which reflects a reconstruction-era concern about a single person having too much power.
| RETURNING CITIZENS POSTCARD PARTIES
May 23, 30 & June 6 @ 1:00-300
The League of Women Voters of Florida is committed to helping Returning Citizens regain the right to vote after completing their sentence. The State League is a founding partner in getting Amendment 4 on the ballot in 2018, which overwhelmingly passed with more than 64% of the Florida Electorate, and the League helped reduce the fees and administrative costs that returning citizens were required to pay. Cecile Scoon, LWVFL Co-President, established a state program to identify and educate returning citizens of their rights and developed training for attorneys to work pro bono for those in need.
Our League is assisting LWVFL in mailing postcards to returning citizens with the information they need to be eligible to vote. This year we have completed 1500 card mainly through our postcard writing parties, a big Thank You to all who participated!
We are now prepared write and mail many more postcards and again need your help. We’ve scheduled more postcard writing parties on Thursdays, please see our Event Calendar to register. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tina Palmese.
For those of us that have been part of this, it is truly a rewarding experience!
| CIVIL CITATION CONVERSATION ON
WGCU RADIO GULF COAST LIFE
In early May, LWVCC Juvenile Justice Chair Libbie Bramson and Caren Langevin, Juvenile Resource Center Supervisor, Collier County Sheriff’s Office spoke about Civil Citation with Mike Kiniry, host of WGCU’s Gulf Coast Life.
Civil Citation is an alternative to arrest for common youth misbehaviors (misdemeanors). It is an opportunity for kids up to 18 years to avoid formal arrest and a criminal record that can have negative consequences for the rest of their life. The Citation typically involves apologizing to the victim, performing community service for a specific number of weeks, and attending counseling. Collier County is one of the State leaders in implementing this program. The completion rate in Colllier County has consistently been 90 to 95%, and the recidivism rate between 4 to 5%.
For more information and the broadcast recording go to Gulf Coast Life. | MISSED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE FORUMS?
An article describing the May 8 candidate forums for County Commission Districts 3 and 5 has been posted to our website with links to the forum recordings.
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LWVCC GIFT MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift? Look no further. This year, give the gift of knowledge, and help build a stronger democracy. Give the Gift of Empowerment, Give an LWVCC gift membership.
A gift membership to the LWVCC is perfect for:
- Friends and family who value their right to vote.
- Young adults who are just starting their voting journey.
- Anyone who wants to stay informed about local and national issues.
By supporting the LWVCC, you are not just giving a gift, you are investing in a stronger democracy. Your contribution helps the LWVCC continue their vital work of educating voters and defending democracy.
BUY A GIFT MEMBERSHIP (LOGIN REQUIRED)
At any time you can go to the LWVCC website Member Resources menu to locate gift memberships.
Please contact the Membership Team for any questions about our gift memberships.
(All gift memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable. Gift memberships not activated by December 31, 2024, will be considered a donation to the LWVCC.) |  PLASTICS POINTERS
Plastics Pointers is taking the summer off and will resume in the fall. In the meantime, you can find lots of ideas at Plastics Free July, an international movement with over 100 million participants to reduce your use of plastic during the month of July. Their website is loaded with information and their frequent Instagram posts are inspirational. You can sign up online to take the challenge and be counted in their statistics on the impact of the challenge. Or you can just go to “Resources” then “Assets” to download an Action Picker to keep track of some strategies. Happy summer, and don’t forget to keep thinking of creative ways to reduce your use of plastics! |
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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June 1 @ 9:00-5:00
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LWVFL Council
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June 8 @ 11:-5:00
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Naples PrideFest
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June 15 @ 11:00
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Juneteenth Celebration
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Visit the LWVCC Calendar for event details
| 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. | Plastics Task Force Meeting
May 23 @ 10:00-12:30
1590 Galleon Drive, Naples NOTE NEW LOCATION
| Board Meeting
June 5 @ 9:30-12:00
Zoom | Education Committee Meeting
June 5 @ 2:00-:3:30 NOTE UNUSUAL TIME
Zoom
Jill Lewis-Spector, who serves as the co-chair of the LWVFL Education Action Team and also as LWVFL first vice-president and chair of the Sarasota LWV education committee, will speak with us on how a coalition of community groups supporting public education united to work together in Sarasota. This meeting will be another in our series exploring how we might join with others in Collier County to promote Education as a Public Good. | Gun Violence Prevention Subcommittee Meeting
June 18 @ 4:00-5:00
Zoom | DEI Committee Meeting
June 19 @ 3:00-4:00
Zoom | Reproductive Health Subcommittee Meeting
June 20 @ 4:00-5:00
Zoom | MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE VOTER?
NEED TO CATCH UP ON THE NEWS?
Check out our updated News & Newsletters page, which has all our latest news and links to current and back issues of The Voter and The LWVCC Update.
| 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.
| League of Women Voters of Collier County
P.O. Box 9883Naples, FL 34101
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