Committee on Membership
2023-06-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-24 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Contact chair, Amy Weintraub, for more teleconference link or for more info.

Taking it to the Streets: How to Combat Structural Racism in St. Petersburg
2023-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Center for Health Equity, 2333 34th St S, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33711, United States
The League of Women Voters of the St. Petersburg Area’s Social Justice Team is partnering with Miss Gwen Reese on a project called Taking It To the Streets.

This project is funded by the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg to educate residents and community groups about the Structural Racism study that the City funded and conducted. This is also a way to get folks to advocate for the recommendations from the study.

Miss Gwen will provide an overview of the study, and then there will be a community discussion on the experiences with structural racism.

This meeting is open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

We hope to see you there!

All-Member General Meeting
2023-06-27 17:00 - 17:45 UTC | The Center for Health Equity, 2333 34th St S, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33711, United States
This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Leaguers and have two-way communication with League and Action Group leaders.

Author Sarah-Jane Vatelot will speak about her book, Where Have all the Mangos Gone?

Sarah Jane Vatelot is an architect and author of “Where Have All the Mangoes Gone”. Sarah is a Tampa Bay 2021 40 Under 40 honoree. She explains the direct link between the redlining maps, which identified as ‘hazardous’ the three historically African-American neighborhoods of Peppertown, the Gas Plant, and Methodist Town, and the 1935 effort to relocate all of the city’s black residents to areas away from the tourist-oriented downtown. Later, in the 1970s and 1980s, federal dollars provided means by which the city could once again flex its muscle. Officially sanctioned segregation was out, but similar efforts cloaked as “urban renewal” were in. In 1978 City Council passed a resolution that the Gas Plant district was to be declared a “redevelopment area.” It was envisioned to support an industrial park and residential development. Jobs and homes. That is what the city said would come with redevelopment. In her book Sarah-Jane notes that Gas Plant residents were promised, “in writing, that the neighborhood would be rebuilt with ‘new affordable housing and a modern-day industrial park.” The plan also promised, in writing, 600 new jobs, with combined salaries of $5.6 million, by the end of the 1980s. “While there is little evidence that, in the 1980s, the deliberate intent was to conclude the efforts begun in the 1930s, the goal was fulfilled.” Sarah Jane will share this fascinating St. Petersburg history.

After the General Meeting Ms. Gwendolyn Reese, Co-Principal Investigator of the Structural Racism study will speak about combating structural racism. Register separately for that here: https://bit.ly/TTTSLWVSPA

We hope to see you there!

Voter Services Committee
2023-06-21 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | National Council of Negro Women SPMS Council House, 1835 9th Ave S, St. Petersburg
Join with the Voter Services Leadership Team to hear about our Voter Guide, Candidate Forums, Voter Registration, & Election and Voter Protection.

This meeting will be held in-person

Board Meeting
2023-06-19 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-04-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-03-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-02-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-01-10 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-12-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-11-08 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Join by phone ‪(US) +1 470-241-4871‬ PIN: ‪120 641 866‬#

Sustainability Committee Meeting
2023-06-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-05-24 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
We will meet at the LWVSPA Office

2335 22nd Ave S, Suite 5

St. Petersburg, FL 33712

Orientation for New & Prospective League Members
2023-06-07 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Get Plugged Into the League’s Work! As one of the most active advocacy and policy education groups in Pinellas County, the League’s current issues include voter engagement, environmental sustainability, gun safety, campaign finance reform, and reproductive rights. Come learn about the League’s strategies to influence change and how you can join in!

Our New Member Orientation is designed to orient folks who are curious about the League, as well as those who’ve been members for less than a year. Our hope is that everyone will find what interests them and get involved as expediently as possible.

Register in advance for this meeting:

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Reproductive Rights Action Team in-person meeting
2023-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
The newly (re)formed LWVSPA Reproductive Rights Action Team, led by Sarah Terry and Amy Weintraub, will meet on Tuesday, May 23 at 6pm at the Unitarian Universalist’s classroom building downtown.

Our urgent priority is to join with partners across the state in getting a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot guaranteeing abortion rights. To get on the ballot, more than 900,000 petition forms will need to be completed by Florida voters. LWVSPA is now a “Hub” collection and distribution point in Pinellas County for these petitions; our team’s ground game will be to get all the Florida Voters we meet to complete the petitions. Join us!

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Please sign up below to be added to the Repro Action Team email group and get all the details:

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Voter Services Committee
2023-05-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-04-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-03-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-02-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-01-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-12-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-19 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Join with the Voter Services Leadership Team to hear about our Voter Guide, Candidate Forums, Voter Registration, & Election and Voter Protection.

Join Via Zoom

Annual Meeting
2023-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | St. Pete Beach Community Center, 7701 Boca Ciega Dr., St. Pete Beach, Florida, 33706, United States
Once a year our St. Pete League membership gathers to vote on bylaws changes, budget, new board members, and most importantly, which issues we’ll champion in the year ahead. We need your vote and input.

Our Luncheon will feature a buffet, plus awards and recognitions. Additionally, we are celebrating the work and voice of our keynote speaker, LWV Florida president and civil rights attorney, Cecile Scoon, in her role as leader of our activities at the state level, including our collective fight for fair districts. Won’t you join us?

Earth Day in the Sanderlin Garden
2023-04-22 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
Celebrate with us! It’s the 50th Earth Day, and the 1st anniversary of our garden at the Sanderlin Center. Spruce up the garden – bring tools, water & have lunch with us.

We will meet at the LWVSPA Office

2335 22nd Ave S, Suite 5

St. Petersburg, FL 33712

All-Member Program Planning Meeting
2023-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Boyd Hill Nature Center, 1101 COUNTRY CLUB WAY S., St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
Every year, we solicit advocacy and educational issues from our members to set our “Program”, or priorities, for the next League year (May – April). This process happens during Program Planning, where teams present their issue, its importance, and their plan. Members vote on programs to be presented at our Annual Meeting. Light refreshments served.

Please review this Program Planning Workbook 2023-24 prior to our meeting Saturday February 11th at the Boyd Hill Nature Center. You will be able to talk to team leads directly in our science type of fair and hear presentations. You can let your voice be heard by voting on which programs you would like to move forward with.

South Pasadena City Commissioner Candidate Forum
2023-02-02 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | South Pasadena City Hall, 7047 Sunset Dr S, South Pasadena, Florida, 33707, United States

Social Justice Committee
2023-01-12 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Tonight’s meeting has be CANCELED.
