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May 2025

2025 Florida Legislative Session Recap

Dr. Monica Elliott, LWVFL Voter Services Chair and Dr. Jill Lewis-Spector, LWVFL Education Issues Action Team Chair have graciously agreed to do a 2025 Florida Legislative Session Recap on Thursday, May 22 at 5-6PM. As the 2025 Florida Legislative Session draws to a close on May 2, now later, significant decisions made in Tallahassee will shape […]
22 May
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Coffee and Conversation West

It’s Memorial Day! Hopefully even those who work can make it! The coffee is casual. We learn more about each other. We could be discussing politics, arts, travel, and any number of other topics. As well as enjoying the company of our League’s bright, interesting, and engaged members, we also provide a few hand-outs and discuss what’s going on […]
26 May
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Panera Manatee
6351 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton
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Education Issues Action Team Meeting

Click Here to Join the Education Issues Action Team meeting.   The League of Women Voters of Manatee County’s Education Action Team is researching how much money the Manatee School District has received in Federal Funds and what it has been used for.  This will be the basis to track potential changes in Federal funding, […]
27 May
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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June 2025

Social Issues Committee Meeting

To join the social issues action team meeting, go to zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81064153159?pwd=mTY0zjUkNmcFt42Te1VzBlkfqv0uNB.1 For more information contact Nina Tortelli at nwoldT3@aol.com or Tina Juillerat at tina.juillerat@gmail.com
03 Jun
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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National Gun Violence Awareness Day

On January 29, 2013, a week after she had taken part in Barack Obama’s second inaugural parade, Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15. In response to this tragedy, her friends wore orange and encouraged others to also do so, in an effort to raise awareness about gun violence […]
04 Jun
All Day
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Education Issues Action Team Meeting

Click Here to Join the Education Issues Action Team meeting.   The League of Women Voters of Manatee County’s Education Action Team is researching how much money the Manatee School District has received in Federal Funds and what it has been used for.  This will be the basis to track potential changes in Federal funding, […]
17 Jun
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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Juneteenth

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a […]
19 Jun
All Day
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Voter Services Action Team Meeting

Our core mission is to protect the rights of voters, ensure free and fair elections, and educate citizens about voting and elections. What we do may be the most important work of the League. The team educates and advocates.  We have 4 specialty areas: Voter Registration (includes tabling with education materials), Voters Guides, Candidate Forums […]
25 Jun
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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July 2025

Social Issues Committee Meeting

To join the social issues action team meeting, go to zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81064153159?pwd=mTY0zjUkNmcFt42Te1VzBlkfqv0uNB.1 For more information contact Nina Tortelli at nwoldT3@aol.com or Tina Juillerat at tina.juillerat@gmail.com
01 Jul
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

July 2, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color of one’s skin, religion, sex, or national origin. Provisions of the Civil Rights Act prohibit unequal application of the law and discrimination on the basis of sex and race in schools, employment, […]
02 - 03 Jul
All Day
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Education Issues Action Team Meeting

Click Here to Join the Education Issues Action Team meeting.   The League of Women Voters of Manatee County’s Education Action Team is researching how much money the Manatee School District has received in Federal Funds and what it has been used for.  This will be the basis to track potential changes in Federal funding, […]
15 Jul
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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Voter Services Action Team Meeting

Our core mission is to protect the rights of voters, ensure free and fair elections, and educate citizens about voting and elections. What we do may be the most important work of the League. The team educates and advocates.  We have 4 specialty areas: Voter Registration (includes tabling with education materials), Voters Guides, Candidate Forums […]
23 Jul
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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