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 Issues Action Team. For more information, email Education Chair, Merrie Lynn Parker
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May 2026
Growing Together in North River Manatee County
You are invited to an exciting and groundbreaking virtual presentation regarding the area north of the Manatee River in Manatee County. Amber Lamerson, Director of Community Impact at the Bishop-Parker Foundation will be the featured speaker. North River Manatee County is one of Florida’s fastest-growing regions. Yet, rapid change is fueling local concerns. Today, North River […]
Communications Committee Meeting
You are invited to a LWVMC Communications Meeting Zoom meeting. If you are interested in communications and have skills that you would like to use to help our League, join us! This meeting will focus on what we do, what systems we use, and how we get our content. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jJ5GFBvwQU-cJH2qCtMMCg […]
Natural Resources Action Team Presentation: The Threat of Invasive Plants to Florida’s Ecosystem
Click Here to Register for this Natural Resources Action Team Meeting Program Invasive plants in Florida pose a massive threat to the state’s unique ecosystems by outcompeting native species, choking waterways, reducing biodiversity, increasing flood risks and costing billions annually to manage. Florida’s subtropical climate and status as a global trade hub position it as […]
June 2026
Membership / Events Committee Meeting
This membership / events committee meeting will be finding ways to recruit new members and retaining existing members and planning future events such as the Meet and Greet in March and the annual meeting. Join us! Click Here to reserve your spot in the Membership Committee Zoom meeting, For more information, contact Lyle Landon at […]
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 […]
Government Action Team Meeting
Welcome! Registration required for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting: Click here to register At this meeting we will be getting an update on local, state and national legislative issues, Ruth Harenchar on the legislative presentation to state representatives, Chey Heath about Unite & Rise, and the […]
LWVMC Board Meeting
Everyone is invited to attend. To join click here. For more information email info@lwvmanatee.org
Natural Resources Action Team Meeting
Click Here to Register for the Natural Resources Action Team Meeting.
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 […]
July 2026
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, […]
Membership / Events Committee Meeting
This membership / events committee meeting will be finding ways to recruit new members and retaining existing members and planning future events such as the Meet and Greet in March and the annual meeting. Join us! Click Here to reserve your spot in the Membership Committee Zoom meeting, For more information, contact Lyle Landon at […]
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