This is our annual election meeting. Nominees for officers are:
Stan Dillard, president
TBA, Vice President
Rochelle Quinn, Treasurer
Debbie Wellman, Secretary
Kate Kohout has been nominated to the board to replace the “retiring” Pat O’Beirne.
Nominations will be also accepted from the floor.
Should you like to be nominated for the board of directors contact any current board member for more information.
Our calendar of scheduled events for 2017 will be announced.
UPDATED information about the Women’s March on Washington.
1) The National Team had created a website at www.womensmarch.com and the formal mission statement for the march and lots of other information can be found there.
2) We will gather at the intersection of Independence Ave and Third St SW, near the US Capitol, at 10:00 AM on January 21st, 2017.
3) There have been lots of questions about solidarity marches in Florida. Our Florida Women’s March on Washington Team is not affiliated with organizing those marches but has provided a growing document with LINKS to SOLIDARITY MARCHES around the state for your perusal. For our formal STATEMENT on solidarity marches please follow THIS LINK. We hope that marchers with disabilities are given rightful and user friendly access to fully participate.
4) The Florida team has continued to work to streamline busing by organizing with Rally Bus. Here is the link to Rally Bus’s page for the march where you can purchase tickets for a bus departing near you.
5) The organization of the march has taken place completely at a grassroots level. Each state is organizing and within each state there are local districts. The Florida Facebook Event Page has information for all 17 districts of Florida. Contact information for the 17 team captains, including emails and names can be found HERE. Please watch the Facebook event for email streamlining across the state soon.
6) We are asking all those who can PLEASE DONATE to SUPPORT a MARCHER from FLORIDA. All funds raised by the Florida Team’s campaign are being used to sponsor individuals from Floida who would not otherwise be able to attend because of financial hardship. The link to donate can be found HERE. The average bus ticket is around 250 dollars.
7) We are currently collecting ENDORSEMENTS for the march. This is a list of endorsements the march has already. If you know of an organization that might be willing please contact me (Lakey Love – [email protected]) or our state leader Emma Collum ([email protected])
8) For information and guidelines on SIGNS at the march please READ this post.
9) We are just beginning to have the conversation on how to make the organizing of this march into a UNITED MOVEMENT in FLORIDA after January 22, 2017. If you are interesting in continuing the work we started here please watch for future email and FILL OUT THIS FORM!!!
For information and answers on the Florida specific Frequently Asked Questions sheet please follow this LINK. This FAQ sheet includes links to Closed Facebook Groups for each local area organizing in the state.
My number is 850-345-0018. Please call anytime. For any further questions you may also contact the Florida Chapter State Administrator. Her information is as follows:
Emma Collum, Esq.
Florida Chapter State Administrator for Women’s March on Washington
Phone: 850-430-0848
Email: [email protected]
Looking forward to working with you all and seeing you in Washington DC in January.
In solidarity,
Lakey Love
Tallahassee/Panhandle Team Captain
Women’s March on Washington 2017
850-345-0018
@mariposalake
Featured speaker in Solivita CDD Board Member Lita Epstein. Topic: Update on CDD purchase of Solivita amenities.
This event will prove to be one of the many highlights for us Polk County Democrats as we look ahead to the coming year of community involvement with a star-studded gala in Winter Haven on Saturday, February 11th.
The event will be again MC’d by Rainbow Ridge President Woody Wilbanks!
We will be honoring Polk County Democrats for their years of supporting Democrats and our causes. Invited guests include Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Congressman Darren Soto. Also included will be elected Polk County Democratic officials. Other prominent Democrats will be on hand to share their positions with you and to hear your thoughts.
ALSO FEATURING our wildly popular dessert auction!
Who: U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and guest speakers (more details to follow)
What: “HealthCare is a Human Right” ACA Town Hall in support of protecting the Affordable Care Act #FacesofObamacare.
Briefing: On Saturday, Sept. 18, Congressman Darren Soto will join other members of Congress in a National Day of Action to defend the Affordable Care Act. Here is what is at risk. Join us!
Celebrate Black History Month at Rep. Darren Soto’s Open House this Friday afternoon.
The future of our country and planet are at stake. Our job: Fight Back.
Donald Trump and his Republican friends thought it was going to be easy. They would get to Washington and ram through their agenda, taking health care away from 30 million Americans, privatizing Medicare, and defunding Planned Parenthood while giving huge tax cuts to their millionaire and billionaire friends.
Their plans have begun to unravel, but only because of the tremendous levels of grassroots actions we’ve witnessed — town halls overflowing with constituents, rallies across the country, and of course the unprecedented outpouring of activism during the Women’s March.
We cannot stop. On Saturday, February 25th, volunteer-led rallies will be held outside of elected representative offices across the U.S. It is up to YOU to ensure that your Representatives and Senators know the American people won’t sit idly by as Congress sells out working class America. We fully expect our elected officials to do their jobs and represent the needs of the people they were elected to serve, not just the billionaire class.
Please join me and thousands of Americans this Saturday to say “enough is enough” by attending a rally to defend healthcare as a right in your community.
Let’s show Solivita what “True Blue Spirit” looks like! Wear your Solivita Democratic Club shirt (or something else blue.) We’ll form up our entry at the Pro Shop at 5:15pm. If you are unable to join us in the parade, be sure to cheer us on from the sidelines!
We are holding a fundraiser in place of our March 8th Meeting. It will be a dance held in the Starlite Ballroom. Tickets are $10/pp and you bring a snack to share with the people at your table.
Please purchase your tickets at our next meeting on Wednesday, February 8th in the Ballroom. We hope to have the PayPal feature operational again soon. We have changed banks and there has been a delay in transferring to our new account.
Thank you in advance for being a member of the Solivita Democratic Club. We appreciate your support.
Bea Motley,
Membership Committee
Solivita Democratic Club
representative Soto will be the featured speaker at this Republican leaning luncheon. He appreciates all the democrats who come out to support hm.
Elected in 2016, Darren Soto represents Central Florida in Congress. The 9th District includes all of Osceola and parts of Orange and Polk Counties. Serving for a decade in the Florida Legislature, Darren is the first Floridian of Puerto Rican descent to serve in Congress. Soto graduated from Rutgers University and George Washington University School of Law. His hobbies include playing guitar, pastel painting, and kayaking. Initially joining his local Orlando Young Democrats club to make friends, he was soon encouraged to run for the Florida House. At the age of 29, he ran, won, and has brought a sense of humility to public service ever since.
