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April 2024

51st Earth Day!

Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire. On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand […]
22 Apr
2:00 pm - 11:55 pm
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Cartoon caricature of the statue of liberty.

Voter Services Action Team Meeting

There is lots of excitement for the election ahead! We have Voter Registration, Voters Guides, Candidate Forums and Returning Citizens. Join us! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArde2srzwrHdCmsZ8zRzMBB5sVdK7kW0Vn You only need to register one time and that registration is good for all of 2024’s VS Meetings. For more information: email VS Chair Terri Kondos
24 Apr
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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LWVMC Annual Meeting and Luncheon – Healthy Manatee

We are very pleased to have as our guest speaker Dr Jennifer Bencie, County Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County. Manatee County provides an incredible variety of clinical services, is responsible for disease control and prevention and provides for a variety of community health programs. Hear the services and challenges […]
27 Apr
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Palm Aire Country Club
5601 Country Club Way, Sarasota, FL 34243
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May 2024

Natural Resources Action Committee Meeting

Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager is guest speaker at the Natural Resources action committee meeting.  Join via zoom, by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89811414695?pwd=MXczM3crVVJucUM3RStZRXUxWkJQZz09 Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager, will be our guest speaker at this month’s meeting.  Debra joined Manatee County in 2021 to further establish the Environmental Lands Program and implement […]
16 May
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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Cartoon caricature of the statue of liberty.

Voter Services Action Team Meeting

There is lots of excitement for the election ahead! We have Voter Registration, Voters Guides, Candidate Forums and Returning Citizens. Join us! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArde2srzwrHdCmsZ8zRzMBB5sVdK7kW0Vn You only need to register one time and that registration is good for all of 2024’s VS Meetings. For more information: email VS Chair Terri Kondos
22 May
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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June 2024

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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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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Natural Resources Action Committee Meeting

Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager is guest speaker at the Natural Resources action committee meeting.  Join via zoom, by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89811414695?pwd=MXczM3crVVJucUM3RStZRXUxWkJQZz09 Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager, will be our guest speaker at this month’s meeting.  Debra joined Manatee County in 2021 to further establish the Environmental Lands Program and implement […]
20 Jun
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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Second Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (often called the Dobbs Decision ), No. 19-1392, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court’s decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) […]
24 Jun
All Day
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Cartoon caricature of the statue of liberty.

Voter Services Action Team Meeting

There is lots of excitement for the election ahead! We have Voter Registration, Voters Guides, Candidate Forums and Returning Citizens. Join us! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArde2srzwrHdCmsZ8zRzMBB5sVdK7kW0Vn You only need to register one time and that registration is good for all of 2024’s VS Meetings. For more information: email VS Chair Terri Kondos
26 Jun
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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July 2024

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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Natural Resources Action Committee Meeting

Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager is guest speaker at the Natural Resources action committee meeting.  Join via zoom, by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89811414695?pwd=MXczM3crVVJucUM3RStZRXUxWkJQZz09 Debra Woithe, Manatee County’s Environmental Lands Manager, will be our guest speaker at this month’s meeting.  Debra joined Manatee County in 2021 to further establish the Environmental Lands Program and implement […]
18 Jul
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zoom Teleconference
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