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The League of Women Voters isn't just an organization, it's a movement and a community. 

We’re hosting our annual League 101 Meet and Greet on Sunday, July 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the West Regional Library, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, FL 33324.
 
You can meet the committee chairs, enjoy a bite to eat, and share your thoughts about the direction of our League. The event is completely free—so bring your friends along!

For food planning purposes, please REGISTER  your attendance via this link:

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Wednesday, July 9, 7 p.m.
 
Florida's Education Budget: Who Wins? Who Loses?
 
Join our guest speaker from Families for Strong Public Schools  https://strongflschools.com/) for an open conversation about how Florida’s education budget decisions are impacting students, schools, and communities.

Whether you're a parent, educator, student, or concerned community member, 
your voice matters.

We'll talk about:

What’s being cut - and who’s affected.
How funding shifts are reshaping public education.
What you can do to speak up for students!
 
Join us for this Zoom meeting Register Now

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Members: Join our social media and fundraising teams

 
We are pleased to announce the formation of two grass roots initiatives to launch our 2025-26 fiscal year, that have evolved recently during a Margaret McGrath League Leadership brainstorming session. These initiatives aim to strengthen our field presence and create opportunities for us to best educate and advocate for democracy in our communities.

Social Media Content Creation Team: This team, led by board member Denise McFall, will help support our educational, advocacy, and content efforts, across various digital platforms, as well as serve as an additional mechanism to help boost our reach and membership.

In this role Denise will recruit and oversee two to four skilled volunteers. The team will collaborate with the committee chairs to develop content.



Fundraising Committee: This team will focus on generating revenue to support our initiatives, particularly in social media outreach.  We will prioritize grant writing, led by Patty Bartels, who is a highly successful, professional grant writer. We will also increase our efforts in the donations area. 

 

Our recent 2024-25 election marketing experiment has revealed that investing in advertising leads to significant growth in key performance metrics. Of course, we need the financial resources to support our efforts to empower young ethnic minority voters through education and nonpartisan advocacy, as every vote counts. These are ground-breaking initiatives for our Broward County League that require resources, and we welcome volunteers interested in contributing a couple of hours monthly. 

 

One final note, we are pleased to announce the League of Women Voters of Broward County was honored during the LWVFL Convention with an award for our work in the category of Educating the Public for our social media marketing 2024 election campaign.  As you know, social media is a necessary resource, and it must be funded.  We are grateful for your ongoing support of league initiatives, equipping voters with the tools, knowledge and confidence to participate fully in our democracy.

 

Donations, in lieu of support, are always welcome and greatly appreciated. Feel free to reach out to the following for more information:

With gratitude,

Ally and Suzette


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Help plan an important workshop on affordable housing and homelessness

The Affordable Housing Committee has been hard at work organizing “Crisis: Homelessness and the Lack of Affordable Housing in South Florida.” This is a PUBLIC workshop scheduled for Saturday, September 6 from 12–3 PM at the West Regional Library.

 

This event is being co-hosted with our partners at the Coalition to End Homelessness, and will include a panel, breakout sessions, and opportunities for civic engagement. EVERYONE is welcome to attend and provide input.

 

We are currently seeking volunteers to support this event through flyer distribution, outreach to elected officials and potential sponsors, and social media promotion. Anyone interested can contact Agustina Sklar at agustina.sklar@gmail.com for more information.



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The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisangrassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacyeducation, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.

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Broward League recognized for 2024 social media campaign


The Broward League won statewide honors  for middle sized Leagues for "Educating the Public" through its 2024 social media advertising campaign. The award was announced at the Florida League's 40th biennial state convention in Orlando June 8.

Monica Elliott, voter services chair for the Broward League, accepted the award from state co-presidents Cecile Scoon and Debbie Chandler. 

In the award application, our League wrote: "Two things we know about people under 45 are: 1) they use social media, and 2) voter turnout is lower than for older adults. Our League used this knowledge for a social media campaign, using ads our League bought to reach a targeted audience rather than posts on our social media accounts. We wanted to be proactive (bring ads to the audience) rather than passive (wait for the audience to come to us). Our goals were to promote Vote411.org and increase voter turnout in predominantly Black and Hispanic county commission districts."

"We feel that the money spent on this project was well worth it," we wrote. 

While the Broward League had never spent substantial money in its educational effort, League President Ally Meyers advocated for investing in the campaign, including hiring an ad agency to place the ads to reach the desired demographic. 

2025 LWV award

Florida LWV Co-President Cecile Scoon, Broward LWV Voter Services Chair Monica Elliott and Florida LWV Co-President Debbie Chandler.


LWV award certificate

We have a trash crisis
After months of work, the Master Plan for the Broward County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) is finally here. Public outreach meetings regarding the plan were held on June 16 and 17. 
 
Sunrise Mayor Mike Ryan, Co-chair of the SWA Executive Committee, gave an excellent presentation which explained how Broward County got into such a trash crisis compared to Palm Beach County. You can view his speech on YouTube. It all comes down to decisions made by elected officials, some as long as 50 years ago. While hindsight is always 20/20, it demonstrates that we must learn from the past so we can build a better future in Broward County.
 
Reduction of plastics is a top priority for our League. If your organization or homeowners association would like to hear more about the impact of plastic on our lives and environment, contact Stephanie Pearson, chair of our Environmental Issues Committee. We have a very informative presentation to share!

Upcoming Events
UPCOMING EVENTS

Proposed Medicare cuts before Congress now


Nothing could impact the state’s most vulnerable population more than the proposed cuts to Medicaid.

Consider: In Florida, Medicaid pays for 58% of nursing home stays and 42% of births. Nearly 52% of Florida children living in small towns and rural areas are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). (Source: The Florida Phoenix)

Apart from the costly human toll, Florida will take a huge financial hit if the bill is passed as proposed. The data shows the cutbacks could ultimately leave a $3 billion hole in Florida’s gross domestic product.
 
Proposals that could impact Medicaid include:
• Establishing work requirements for “able-bodied adults without dependents” for Medicaid.
• Reinstating limits on state-directed payments in Medicaid.
• Repeal “minimum staffing” rules for long-term care facilities for Medicaid payments.
• Preventing states from levying health care provider taxes to put toward state share of Medicaid spending.
• Rescinding the 5% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage incentive for states with expanded Medicaid programs (Florida is not one of them).


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