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Cocktails, Conversations and Civics: Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Power As we enter this election year, join the League and Extraordinary Charities on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 5:30 p.m. for an opportunity to make your voice heard on issues that matter to you. This event will take place at the Extraordinary Charities Nonprofit Center, 2635 Old Okeechobee Road, West Palm Beach. The speaker will be Patrick Franklin, CEO of the Urban League of Palm Beach County. Deadline to RSVP was Jan. 10.

By Pam Maldonado On a very warm October 29th afternoon, hundreds of Palm Beach County Muslims attended the annual picnic of the Muslim Alliance in John Prince Park. With lots of little ones in tow, entire families came to enjoy an afternoon of food and fellowship, games and prizes. It was a beautiful event, with women in brightly colored saris. No neutral colors here! There might have been concerns, given the state of affairs in the Middle East, but for the afternoon, at least, families seemed absolutely focused on having a wonderful time. Harriet Diamond and Pam Maldonado provided voter education about updating Vote by Mail applications and signatures.

Thanksgiving Greetings from the LWV’s Community Coalition for Voter Education and Registration!  We’re pleased to announce the League is collaborating with Extraordinary Charities (EC) for ongoing “Community Conversations” on civic education topics. Our January program will celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy of civic engagement. Keynote speaker, Patrick Franklin, President & CEO of Urban League Palm Beach County, will talk about the importance of MLK’s work for civil rights, including the right to vote. We also look forward to working with Extraordinary Charities during Thanksgiving Week when they prepare and distribute 200 family-style meals for needy families. You are invited to join the LWV and EC for this meaningful work. Families are welcome to serve together, as are high school students who need community service hours. Let’s wear our LWV shirts! If you can volunteer, please complete this form and indicate your availability. https://forms.gle/g25vW6deYvjeckHp9 For additional information about volunteering, please contact

The League of Women Voters of Florida has been a leader in the goal of helping Returning Citizens to have their Right to vote restored. Most recently LWVFL has received a grant from the Legal Defense Fund to continue to contact returning citizens. This has allowed the League to print postcards that inform returning citizens that the LWVFL has trained bro bono attorneys who can help them determine their outstanding fees and fines if any, and/or other impediments to voting. LWVFL has also obtained the mailing address for several hundred thousand returning citizens. Several League chapters have been organizing events where League members gather to write postcards to the returning citizens. The grant covers the postage for cards written by League members. On Saturday, October 21, 20 League members and friends gathered to write postcards at the Greenacre library. This group wrote 350 postcards that were then mailed. The Palm

The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County will be at the sites below. We will be registering new voters, updating voter information, and re-signing up anyone who votes by mail since all people who vote by mail in Florida have had their applications expire at the end of 2022. We will also be getting petitions signed that would put abortion on the ballot–now important since Florida has recently passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws.  If you need to register to vote, have your voter information updated, or just need voter information, please stop by. Don’t forget to sign the petition! UPCOMING VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS: DATE VENUE 11/4, 10:30-2:30 PBC Acreage Branch Library, Loxahatchee 11/4, 9-2 Lagoonfest, 315 Flagler Drive, WPB 11/8, 10:30 -1 First Generation Event, Lynn University, 3601 N.Military Trl, Boca Raton 11/18, 6:30 – 9 AM Food Distribution: University Prep, 2101 N. Australian Avenue,

PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE HELPS SOE REGISTER 633 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS More than 450 League chapters, including Palm Beach County, signed on as partners for National Voter Registration Day during the third week of September, hosting both in-person and virtual voter registration events across the country. Volunteers from the Palm Beach County League, along with our local Supervisor of Elections Office staff, assisted with voter registration at 26 high schools. During that week, 633 students registered or pre-registered to vote. Since the inception of National Voter Registration Day in 2012, the League has been the largest on-the-ground partner, and this year, LWV reached more than 100,000 new voters. We thank you for your dedication to empowering voters and defending democracy all year round.

Don’t miss these Voter Services events! Need more information? Contact Phyllis Applebaum, Chair- LWVPBC Voter Services voterservices@lwvpbc.org   DATE VENUE Tues., Oct. 3, 9:30  – 11:30 AM  Edgewater Boca Point, 23315 Blue Water Circle, Boca Raton 33433 Tues., Oct. 10, 10 – 1 PM Heritage of Delray, 5859 Heritage Park Way, Delray Beach, 33484 Wed., Oct 11, 10 – 2 PM Volunteer Fair @ Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, 33431 Mon, Oct 16th, 1-4 PM Sinai Residences – Independent Living, 21036 95th Ave. S, Boca Raton 33428 Mon, Oct 23, 9-12 PM Everglades Preparatory Academy, 360 E. Main Street A, Bldg C, Pahokee, 33476 Tues, Oct 24, 2 -5 PM Elison Independent Living, 3927 Hadjes Dr., Lake Worth, 33467 Tues, Oct 24, 2-3:30 Harbor Chase ALF, 8785 Lake Worth Rd, Wellington, 33467 Sat, Nov 4, 10-4 PM Palm Beach County Acreage Branch Library, 15801 Orange Blvd, Loxahatchee, 33470