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MEET THE CANDIDATES
June 11 @ 4:30-7:00
Naples Conference Center
1455 Pine Ridge Road
The Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA), in association with the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR), announces “Politics in the Park,” Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 4:30p.m. to 7:00p.m. at NABOR’s Naples Conference Center, at 1455 Pine Ridge Rd. The event is free and open to the public (local and state); no advance registration is required. Attendees will have opportunities to meet and greet local candidates currently running for state representative seats, commissioner seats, school board seats and fire district seats. After meeting and discussing issues with the candidates, a straw vote will be held from 4:30p.m. to 6:30p.m. with results available that night.
“We encourage all Collier County residents to come out, make their voices heard and stay updated on political issues,” said CBIA Executive Officer Amelia Vasquez. “Straw votes reflect popular opinion and are extremely valuable to candidates. Voters can assist candidates strategize the rest of their campaigns and focus on the issues most important to voters.”
For more information, contact CBIA at (239) 436-6100 or email nancy@cbia.net.
| JUNE 19TH ELECTION FORUM
SPONSORED BY THE COLLIER COUNTY FORUM COALITION
June 19 @ 5:00-8:00
1455 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, 34109
NABOR (Naples Area Board of Realtors) and NBG (Naples Better Government) are set to host a multi-faceted Forum on June 19th. The Forum will feature candidates for three upcoming elections, with a separate session to be conducted successively for each of the following elections:
- The School Board
- Supervisor of Elections
- Property Appraiser
The Forum will be moderated by award-winning NBC-2 Chief Political Correspondent Dave Elias. It will begin promptly at 5 pm at the Naples Conference Center on the NABOR campus, 1455 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, 34109. Look for additional information on the candidates who will present, as it becomes available.
Contact: Patricia Aiken-O'Neill, Forum Coordinator, Voter Services Committee, for more information.
| 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. | UNDERSTANDING OUR FLORIDA GOVERNMENT
Understanding Our Florida Government is a series by League ambassador Sandy Parker. 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 get you up to speed quickly. In this primer, you’ll learn about Florida's bicameral legislature, its terms of office, term limits, and elections, as well as the history of Republican control.
| RETURNING CITIZENS POSTCARD PARTIES
June 6, 13 & 20 @ 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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2024-2025 LWVCC HANDBOOK & BYLAWS AVAILABLE
Log in to the LWVCC website. Select Member Resources/Document Quick Links. Select the document from the list of LWVCC Documents. |  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 8 @ 11:-5:00
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Naples PrideFest
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June 11 @ 4:30-7:00
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Politics in the Park
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June 15 @ 11:00
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Juneteenth Celebration
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June 19 @ 5:00-8:00
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Candidate Forum
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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. | Community Outreach Team Meeting
June 10 @ 4:00-5:00
Zoom | 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 | Board Meeting
August 7 @ 9:30-12:00
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.
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