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Visual History of 
​Past Events

September 2022 
​Meet & Greet with LWVFL President, Cecile Scoon

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​In September LWVTRI invited local organizations, with whom we share a common purpose, to an event where we could learn about each other's efforts to empower voters.  Florida's LWV President, Cecile Scoon, was our guest speaker.  Leaders from the following organizations attended
  • ​AAUW (American Association of University Women)
  • All about the Ballot
  • Changing Hearts
  • NAACP Tri-City
  • Pathways to Racial Healing
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2022 Standing on Their Shoulders:

LWVTRI was one of a diverse group of organizations from The Villages and neighboring communities that called ourselves the Sisters of Suffrage (SOS.)​  We collaborated to celebrate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment and educate others about the contributions of American women.  

The celebration was originally planned for 2020, but we were in the middle of a pandemic that year (and the next)  just like the Suffragists were as they fought for the vote.  We finally had our celebration on International Women's Day on March 8, 2022.
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League members Bernadette Aley, Barbara Fieldman, Dee Melvin and Jeannie Hamilton proudly carried our banner. That's our Suffragent, Phil Grayber, in the background.
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Jeannie Hamilton and Mary Kay Rosinski have logged a lot of hours lately staffing our League table at events.
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Mary Schulz, Rosella Valentine, and Beth Hicks were active members of SOS. Beth was co-chair of this event.
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The Village Chicks, Cassandra Barrett and Rhonda House, posed with Debra Wanza Dabney, of Delta Sigma Theta, before the program began.
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Catina Stephens from Southern Christian Leadership Foundation performed "Stand Up" with a talented member from a Marion County High School dance team.
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We didn't need Aretha when we had the vocal talent of Tanya Wilder asking for a little Respect.
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Our thanks to Jill Moss Greenburg, Chair of the event, and the visionary who drew together the Sisters of Suffrage.
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Many participants not only wore Suffragist attire, but carried signs detailing the work yet to be done.
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Dorothy Dobbs, from the AAUW, was Program Chair, She welcomed the large crowd to Sumter Landing.
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The march begins.
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The end of a fabulous tribute to the women who paved the way, the women still fighting for equality today, and the young women and girls who are our hope for the future.

2022 Uprooting Prejudice: Conversations for Change

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Checking in
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Ann Patton shared lessons for overcoming hate.
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Stephen Poyner, Education Curator of the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, explains the conversational approach successfully used by Daryl Davis, speaker and activist.
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Numbers were handed out so audience members engaged in the Open Mic segment of the program
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Audience members visited the display tables of groups with a diversity, equity and inclusion vision before and after the program. This display was from the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Central Florida.
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Moderator, Lou Sasmor, introduced Ann Patton, award winning journalist and author of UNMASKED: The Rise and Fall of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan
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The large audience gave up their Saturday afternoon to learn ways they could make a difference.
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Stephen guided the audience through an exercise in engaging in mindful conversations.
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LWVTRI's Co-President, Gail Formanack, gave the closing remarks.

2021 EqualiTea

PictureKatina Stephens - Regional Director of Southern Christian Leadership Foundation

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Screening of a segment of PBS's The American Experience: The Vote
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