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Date: 2/29/2024
Subject: LWVOC Newsletter & Events
From: Lisa K Adkins


From Black History Month which ends today to Women's History Month which begins tomorrow, it's a good reminder that both are more than celebratory moments as they're recognitions of a more complete American history.  LWVOC's programs including the Hot Topics "Lift Every Voice" read RECAP here and the upcoming 5th Annual Women's History Breakfast register HERE are our commitments to learning (and re-learning) the overlooked contributions and heroes of the past and present.  *Be sure to scroll to the end of this newsletter to see two community events of interest, one about Black culture and the other about a revered woman of the judiciary.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAR 12 Showcase, 6:00PM
Spring Orientation
Welcome New Members
 
MAR 13 Book Club, 7PM
Racial Book Club, Zoom
"Call Us What We Carry"
MAR 13 Hot Topics, 11:00AM
Running in Place
Legislative Debrief 
 MAR 14 Breakfast, 8-10AM
5th Annual Women's History Event
Brkft & Program
From budget reductions to controversial social media restrictions for teens, will the legislature address enough of the serious issues confronting Floridians to make this a successful session?  With all eyes on the elections, it's unlikely the Legislature will make big waves like last year. And yet ... stay tuned and find out during the March Hot Topics legislative debrief with panelists Jason Garcia of the "Seeking Rents” newsletter and podcast and Skyler Swisher of the Orlando Sentinel.   Also joining us is political analyst and UCF professor Aubrey Jewitt.  Retired Chief Circuit Judge Fred Lauten will moderate.
SURVEY TIME: If you attended the FEB 14 Hot Topics or watched the Live Facebook feed or saw it on YouTube, we would appreciate your evaluation.Visit bit.ly/HTFeb14
You're Invited! 5th Annual Women’s History Breakfast at Orange County Regional History Center, Thursday, March 14, 8-10AM
Buy your ticket today for the 5th Annual Women’s History Month Breakfast: Daring Women of the Skies. Enjoy breakfast and good company while supporting the importance of telling women’s stories and the History Center’s HERstory: Women in History Internship program.
The National Women's History Month 2024 theme is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversion, and Inclusion."  Learn More HERE
GET OUT THE VOTE
Voter Services members L-R Nancy Nix, Saudi Ellis, Terry Osborne, and Gina Hall volunteered for the City of Orlando’s Fair Housing Fair at Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center. They welcomed table attendees with a game of Voter Connect4 to test their voting knowledge. Election 2024 events are in full effect!
For upcoming election information, visit Vote411.org or Voting in Orange County.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We have SO MANY volunteer opportunities available!  Members, be sure you're logged into the system and visit our site page for ALL the available openings including providing food for our Adopt-a-Precinct workers at the upcoming March primary!
 
It could be your NAME here!
 
Share this newsletter and invite your family and social circles to JOIN the League of Women Voters of Orange County!
 
The Macnab Fund of the Yampa Valley Community Foundation  gave a generous donation to the LWVOC Fund.
 
Visit our Donor page to see the many different ways you can support the League of Women Voters of Orange County.
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
March 1, 2024 | Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater | 8 p.m.
This is a FREE event. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis and is not guaranteed.
 
Premier spoken word poets from around the country gather together for a special night celebrating Black History Month.  This year’s program will feature nationally acclaimed poet from South Carolina, Dove Dupree who was 2023’s Blackberry Peach National Poetry Slam winner! And a new Black History Month production in poetry and song titled “Melodies of History” curated by Aretha Rodney!
LOCAL students will also be performing.
Hailed as “a dream come true” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), a “perfect…jewel” (Opera Today), and “the kind of opera that should be everywhere” (OperaWire), Scalia/Ginsburg is a one-act operatic comedy by composer-librettist Derrick Wang about the unlikely friendship between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia — and the pivotal moment that would change the Supreme Court for years to come.
Use code CFVAFAM to save 10% on tickets

WHAT

Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol present Scalia/Ginsburg

WHEN

Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 PM, and

Sunday, March 17 at 3:00 PM

WHERE

Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts Purchase tickets here.

Sponsors are vital to our work to empower voters by providing timely information for the benefit of non-partisan civic engagement in our community.

To further explore how becoming a Hot Topics Sponsor can align with your business goals, please contact LWVOC Vice President, Lee Rambeau Kemp HERE

A range of sponsorship levels are available.
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