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Published On 3/20/2024
Conservation Collier is an important County program meant to preserve and protect local lands in an ever changing landscape of development. The League has supported the program and worked with Collier citizens to help pass it in 2002 and again in 2020.
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Published On 2/28/2024
Collier County leaders are sticking with having single-district elections for commissioners as opposed to potentially switching to countywide elections.
The Collier County Commission on Tuesday turned down a request from Commissioner Burt Saunders to have the county’s productivity committee examine the pros and cons of switching to countywide elections. Click on the title to read more.
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Published On 2/27/2024
Rev. Dr. Sharon Harris-Ewing responds to the question asked at the Greater Naples Leadership Reduce the Rancor: A Free Community Forum on Civility: “What do you think are the necessary conditions for civility to be possible?”
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Published On 2/16/2024
To commemorate Black History Month, LWVCC sponsored an author talk and an extensive exhibit based on Raymond Arsenault’s new book, John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community.
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Published On 2/15/2024
The League is "Making A Difference", and columnist Joe Landon has said as much in his most recent story about the LWVCC and our important work. Read more by clicking on the news title.
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Published On 2/4/2024
The Sunday, February 4 issue of the Naples Daily News has columns and a letter from League members
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Published On 1/18/2024
Naples City Council non-partisan Candidate Forum set for Feb 1
Florida Weekly
January 18, 2024
The League of Women Voters of Collier County, in partnership with the Collier County Coalition, will host a non-partisan candidate forum for those running for the Naples City Council on Thursday, Feb. 1, starting at 5 p.m. The Forum is to be held at City Hall Chambers at Naples City Hall, 735 8th St. S. John Davis of WGCU and Wendy Fullerton Powell, executive editor of the Naples Daily News, will serve as co-moderators.
Candidates for the position of Mayor will be speaking at the first hour and 15 minutes, and candidates for the (Click on title for more.)
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Published On 11/27/2023
“To be an activist is to speak. To be an advocate is to listen. Society cannot move forward without both.” Eva Lewis

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Published On 8/16/2023
The Collier Community Foundation announced that the LWVCC has been granted a $2500 Capacity Building grant as part of a project to better understand how to effectively motivate voters 18-35 years old.
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Published On 8/8/2023
Collier League has been working for several years to stop sprawl and inappropriate development in parts of Eastern Collier County, including filing an amicus curiae brief in the lawsuit filed by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. At last, some good news has come from discussions held by the Conservancy with the developer.
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LWVCC's Know Your County Government program highlighted in the Florida Weekly
April 27, 2023
BY INGRID ECHEMENDIA AND SUE SAVAGE
Special to Florida Weekly
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Published On 4/30/2023
LWVCC President Diane Preston Moore paid tribute to Jennifer Edwards at the April 28, 2023 ,celebration for the retiring Supervisor of Elections.
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Published On 4/11/2023
Annual meeting honors Cynthia Cromwell, former Voter Services Chair, Kamela Patton. retired Superintendent of Collier County Public Schools, and Eric Strachan, editor of Florida Weekly. LWVCC members, elected new board members, approved the 2023-24 budget, and adopted bylaw revisions
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Published On 2/9/2023
On February 5, 80 people came with curiosity and engagement to learn about the wealth gap within our society at an event sponsored by the local chapter of the NAACP, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples, and the League of Women Voters of Collier County
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Published On 2/8/2023
Nearly 160 members, spouses, and guests gathered at Celebrate the League event on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the Naples Sailing and Yacht Club. The keynote speaker was Amy Bennett Williams, a noted writer, author, and environmental enthusiast, whose presentation was entitled “Environmental Uncharted Waters.”
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Published On 2/1/2023
On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, twenty Leaguers attended a luncheon hosted by the Greater Naples Chapter of Americans United for Church and State (AU), during which AU presented the LWVCC with the Turner Civic Award
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Voter Services

Published On 9/21/2022
LWVCC celebrated National Voter Registration Day with an information and registration event at the Goodlette Arms Apartments
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Education

Published On 12/10/2023
Like many in our community, the League of Women Voters of Collier County is opposed to the widespread censorship of books in public schools. We believe that the free flow of information and critical analysis of texts are the hallmark of educational inquiry. Students, guided by their parents and teachers, should be exposed to new experiences and viewpoints — these are the stimulus to learning.
The League of Women Voters believes that an educated (Click on title to read more)
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Environmental Affairs

Published On 2/1/2024
Kevin Godsea speaks about conservation and refuge areas.
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Published On 12/29/2023
Marisa Carrozzo, Senior Coastal & Wildlife Program Manager with the National Parks Conservation Association’s Sun Coast Region speaks about the NPCA and the Everglades Coalition annual Conference.
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Juvenile Justice

Published On 12/27/2023
In early December, 2023, the Juvenile Justice Committee visited Pace Center for Girls Collier at Immokalee to learn about helping at-risk girls overcome their histories of trauma and achieve their vision of success.
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