'Transformation: Are You Ready to Move the League Forward?'

Here's a Powerpoint presentation (March 5, 2024) on the work the US League has done in the last few years on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

The purpose of th PowerPoint presentation is:

• Provide a brief review of LWV DEI history

• Discuss the rationale and process for changing the policy.

• Share the updated 2024 DEI policy.

Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)

2025 DEI Policy Statement – LWV Broward County
The League of Women Voters of Broward County is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion — in both principle and practice. These values are central to our current and future success in engaging individuals, households, communities, and policymakers to create a more perfect democracy — one in which everyone feels a true sense of belonging.

Action Committee Co-Chairs: Ana Segura and M. Theolene Johnson

In alignment with the official position of the League of Women Voters of the United States adopted January 21, 2024:

Discrimination or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated within the League — including, but not limited to, bias based on race, socioeconomic status, age, ability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, or marital status. The League is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging for all people. We value the richness of our communities and our members. The collective sum of our individual differences and life experiences strengthens our culture. The League’s vision is a democracy in which every person has the right, knowledge, and confidence to participate. To make this vision a reality, diversity, equity, and inclusion are not optional — they are essential.

League adopts DEI strategy

The League Board of Directors discussed efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the Sept. 23, 2023 meeting of the board of directors. Here are notes of that discussion.

The DEI Co-Chairs, Susan Spragg and Jocelyn Carter-Miller, led a discussion on the path forward for the DEI Task Force, advocacy and initiatives that may best serve LWVBC, its members and the Broward Community.

What this committee is working on

The DEI Committee provides and sponsors educational events providing awareness, interaction and action on social justice issues. It collaborates with other organizations and League committees, works to expand the League’s presence in minority and underrepresented communities for voter education and engagement, and seeks to increase membership diversity.

Committee Activities may include:

Writing letters/emails to corporations and organizations who have already determined that there is value in Diversitty Inclusion and Belonging to encourage them to remain steadfast as a role model for others.
Writing letters to elected officials to educate them that diversity, inclusion and belonging makes usstronger and to encourage them to value DEI policies and activities.
Holding joint meetings with other LWVBC committees to collaborate on issues to address inequities affecting people of color and marginalized communities

Goals for the DEI Committee

Develop a membership in LWVBC that reflects the diverse community we serve. Engage and invite members of diverse communities – make them feel welcome, comfortable, advancing their issues.
Form a consortium with other community organizations and groups to educate, inform, register to vote and GOTV in communities and address relevant topics.
Apply DEI lens to all League materials, activities and outreach. Have DEI volunteers support League committees and action groups in applying DEI lens.
To develop a campaign against the attacks on DEI by identifying favorable DEI resources and use them to educate the community on the value of DEI policies and activities as these are part and parcel of providing an “equal opportunity” to all people under the “Equal Protection” Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
To develop a campaign against the attacks on DEI by identifying favorable DEI resources and use them to educate the community on the value of DEI policies and activities as these are part and parcel of providing an “equal opportunity” to all people under the “Equal Protection” Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
To partner with indigenous, native, Black, and all people of color to advocate at every level of government that all people deserve the equal protection of the laws in order to move towards a nation “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
To collaborate and partner with organizations to educate the community on the value of DEI activities to preserve a culture of diversity, inclusion andbelonging for all people.
To encourage corporations, community organizations, school districts, colleges and universities to continue to promote and engage in DEI activities.
To collaborate with other LWVBC committees, such LGBTQIA+, Women’s Rights, Environmental Justice, Criminal Justice, Health Care and others on issues which adversely impact people of color, the underrepresented and marginalized communities.

"Don't Say" Education panel discussion from Christ Church on Vimeo.

Don't Say Education

Hear an informative, thought-provoking panel discussion on what recent legislation will mean to the teaching of civics and history in Florida.

Affirming Diversity / local history workshop from Christ Church on Vimeo.

Affirming Diversity

This presentation to the Anti-Racism Task Force of Christ Church and the League of Women Voters of Broward offers an opportunity to learn more about Broward County and national history as it relates to race and diversity. This workshop is led by the Children's Services Council of Broward County.

Learn More

If you would like to learn more about the African American history, please go to League of Women Voters of Broward County YouTube channel and watch the videos:
Dr. Paul Ortiz: Ocoee [Florida] Massacre of 1920 (recorded 8/11/2021)

Preserving Black history Culture (recorded 2/21/2024)

11 Asian American History Moments to Know for AAPI Month | TIME

2025 DEI Recommended Reading List

You may also want to read books about the struggles the Black communities have lived through in America (personal violent attacks, loss of life, loss of personal property, loss of real property, driven out of their homes under threat of violence). A partial list includes:

Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality, by Deborah N. Archer (2025)
Emancipation Betrayed, by Dr. Paul Ortiz
Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy, by David Zucchino (2020)
Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida, by Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs (2015)
Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson (2014)
Landmarks and Legacies: A Guide to Tallahassee’s African American Heritage, 1865 - 1968, by William Guzman and Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs (2000)
Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America by Dalton Conley (1999)