The League of Women Voters Orange County, Florida, one of the nation’s largest League chapters with some 700 members, selected a new slate of officers and directors at its annual meeting April 13, 2024. Officers include: Co-Presidents Kathy Schmitz, newly elected (shown right below), and Tiffany Hughes, continuing (shown left); Lee Rambeau Kemp, 1st Vice President; Anna Alvarez Boyd, 2nd Vice President; Karen Willis, Treasurer; and Tamra Boone, Secretary. Read more about Saturday's meeting HERE and view Carol Wonsavage's photo album HERE . Watch our Memory slideshow from the last year HERE on YouTube. | Board in attendance: Front row L-R: 1st VP Lee Rambeau Kemp, Co-Presidents Kathy Schmitz & Tiffany Hughes, Treasurer Karen Willis, Secretary Tamra BooneSecond row L-R: Nominating Co-chair Sandi Vidal, Directors Jean Yglesias, Kathy Sheerin, Nominating Co-chair Kay Hudson, Marilyn Baldwin, Gina HallBack row: Pat Grierson, Cassandra Hall, Jane Hursh, Lauren Zelek
| Where you at the #YesOn4 Rally after our Annual Meeting? Shown above L-R: Laurie Wack, Sue Foreman, Susan Windmiller; LWVFL Co-President Debbie Chandler, LWVFL 2nd VP Barbara Lanning (and our former Co-President!), volunteer
Orlando Super Saturday is 4/20 @10 AM: April 20 is the very first statewide day of action for #YesOn4. LWVOC will be hosting in person teach-ins so local partners and supporters get an opportunity to learn how to effectively talk to FL voters about amendment 4, abortion and self training. The Orlando event will be held near UCF. Event Info HERE Help us invite folks--SHARE this newsletter. The partner toolkit: Click HERE | | | YOU CAN HELP! Members, be sure you're logged into the system and visit our site page for ALL the available openings.
| | LWVOC Committees are helping to celebrate Earth Month 2024 in the community! Volunteers shown left at the Valencia Winter Park Earth Day event L-R: Jean Yglesias, volunteer, Jillian Bello
Check out the volunteer opportunities above, opportunities where YOU can encourage citizens to VOTE and become more politically aware of the government's influence on the health of our earth. Learn more about these committees:
| | | APR 20, Super Saturday, 10-5PM
In-person teach-ins for local community members on how to support #YesOn4
APR 25, Politics on Tap, 5-6PM
What’s the Climate?
Democracy Project-Rollins College
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APR 26, Storytelling #2, 12-2PM
Zoom follow-up workshop
MAY 8, Hot Topics
Sell-out risk HIGH!
| | | If you missed last week's Hot Topics "The Unshine State," VIEW the April Hot Topics video on YouTube HERE
| | It's one of the HOTTEST topics in the country and we expect next month's Hot Topics to be a SELL-OUT! Get registered EARLY. More details coming soon about panelists and program. Members, sign into the system to assure your discount.
LWVOC President Tiffany Hughes will moderate. Panelists include Amy Weintraub, reproductive rights program director at Progress Florida; Dr. Kathryn Berryman, an Orlando ob-gyn who specializes in high-risk pregnancies; Taylor Aguilera, the statewide organizing director for Floridians Protecting Freedom, the coalition behind the amendment; Kait Thomson, senior director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, and Guerdy Remy, a nurse who has a personal abortion story.
|  | | Our own Lee Rambeau Kemp, First VP of LWVOC will be speaking Saturday, APR 20 at the above noted locations. This event is to inform our community about voting information, resources, and changes as we approach the next two Elections of our 2024 Voting cycle. Also, if you have not toured the Wells Built Museum, it will be an excellent opportunity! Invite your friends. See you there! |  | | Monique Worrell
Leisa Duncan
Fraser Howe – Ida B. Wells Member
Vinetta Jackson
Elan Jackson
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Our Visionary Sponsors, Phil and Jennifer Anderson
shown with Co-President Tiffany Hughes after being recognized at our recent Annual Meeting. | | | Sponsors are vital to our work to empower voters by providing timely information for the benefit of non-partisan civic engagement in our community.
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