Climate Change and Sea Level Rise:
the Future Has Arrived


Join the LWVBC and Women's March for a discussion of Sea Level Rise and its effect on South Florida.







Attend League Leadership Conference in Orlando on Oct. 20-21

The Florida League has booked great speakers and planned useful training to help League members prepare for the challenges coming in  2018.   
Agenda and details of program.

The  deadline to get the best room rates is Oct. 6 and early-bird registration pricing ends Oct. 13. The conference is being held at the Sheraton Orlando North Hotel, 600 North Lake Destiny Road, Maitland, FL, 32751.

If you plan to attend, please email Co-President Bonnie Gross, [email protected], who will connect you with other Broward members planning to attend. We need Broward to be represented!















REGISTER    NOW    BEFORE THE  EARLY BIRD PRICE  GOES UP!

Early Bird Price:  $149  Until October 13
Late Registration Price:  $169  Until October 20



Petition Drive: Full Speed Ahead
Join Our League in Second Chance Petition Collections and Voter Registration Events

Choose a time and place when you can reach out to potential voters.  

Contact Katy Syed  to find out how you can help:  [email protected]. 914-918-9944.




There's still time to comment on Florida Constitution


UPDATE:  The deadline for submitting suggestions to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission has been extended until Oct. 6, 2017. 

If you have a comment or a suggestion for an issue that needs to be addressed by the FLCRC, or a request to not change something that is currently in the Constitution, go to  http://www.flcrc.gov/  and follow the links.  

You do have to sign in or open an account, but the process is simple.
-- Carol Smith

Reproductive Rights Legislation News

US: The constant and chronic assault on women's Reproductive Rights continues.  The US House plans to vote next week on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks. Call or write your representative to oppose this legislation.
 
Florida: Senator Gary Farmer plans to introduce the Family Planning and Reproductive Rights Act in the next Florida legislative session. 
 
Let the Florida Constitution Revision Commission know that any amendment which threatens to weaken the right to privacy could also weaken a woman's right to choose. Write or call the CRC to demand that they preserve our rights to privacy and protect reproductive rights.  Post your comments on the CRC page, urging commission not to hurt Florida women. 

Consider contacting each Commission member by letter, phone or email:  https://www.flcrc.gov/  
 



Welcome New Members!

The League of Women Voters Broward County  welcomes three new members.  Encourage your friends and family to join us in our important work in Making Democracy Work!
 
Eva Hayward, 
Pembroke Pines

Laura Leavy
Coral Springs

Geraldine Silverman
Coconut Creek

Here's how to join the League using online registration.

Join us at our October board meeting 

There's no better way to become involved in the League than to attend our monthly board meetings.

We missed September because of the hurricane, and so we'll be catching up on the work of all our action teams at the next meeting.

Come listen and participate!

9:30 a.m Saturday, Oct. 21
5101 NW 21st Avenue, Suite 450 (around back facing the lake) 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

Questions? Contact Co-President Bonnie Gross, [email protected].