Equal Rights

Equal Rights

Support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and efforts to bring laws into compliance with the goals of the ERA. Support equal rights for all under state and federal law regardless of race, color gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Volunteer Opportunity: Tabling at Gainesville Pride Festival

Three women at LWV table with red table cloth

Submitted by Alachua County in September 2023.

Event Date: 
Oct 21 2023 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Event location: 

Bo Diddley Plaza

LWV of Alachua County is tabling at Gainesville's Pride Festival. Join us to assist attendees with voter registration (training required) and voter education. We will also be collecting petition signatures. 

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Volunteer Opportunity: Tabling at NAACP Health Fair

Three women at LWV table with red table cloth

Submitted by Alachua County in September 2023.

Event Date: 
Oct 14 2023 10:00 am to 01:30 pm
Event location: 

Mt Olive AME Church

LWV of Alachua County is tabling at the NAACP Health Fair to assist attendees with voter registration (training required) and voter education. We will also be collecting petition signatures. 

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Volunteer Opportunity: Tabling at Sweetwater Apartments

Three women at LWV table with red table cloth

Submitted by Alachua County in September 2023.

Event Date: 
Oct 07 2023 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Event location: 

Sweetwater Apartments

LWV of Alachua County is tabling at Sweetwater Apartments, a primarily student apartment complex. Join us to assist residents with registration (training required) and voter education. We will also be collecting petitions. 

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Volunteer Opportunity: National Voter Registration Day at SFC

Three women at LWV table with red table cloth

Submitted by Alachua County in August 2023.

Event Date: 
Sep 20 2023 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
Event location: 

Santa Fe College Northwest Campus

LWV of Alachua County is honoring National Voter Registration Day (September 19th) on September 20th with a table at the Santa Fe College Constitution Week Civics Fair.

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Volunteer Opportunity: National Voter Registration Day at the Library

Three women at LWV table with red table cloth

Submitted by Alachua County in August 2023.

Event Date: 
Sep 16 2023 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
Event location: 

Headquarters Library

LWV of Alachua County is honoring National Voter Registration Day (September 19th) on September 16th with a table at the Headquarters Library in Downtown Gainesville.

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Support Women's Equality Now

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in August 2023.

Action Alerts

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, women in the US continue to face inequities based on sex and gender. Despite the significant advances made in recent decades, there have also been enormous roadblocks to progress and devastating steps backward. Please add your name to this petition urging Congress to protect women’s rights to vote, ensure that the ERA is added to the Constitution, and restore reproductive freedom for all.

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Women's (In)Equality Day

Four women above the text "Women's Inequality Day: Tell Congress Your Women's Equality Wish List. #WID23."

Submitted by Alachua County in August 2023.

Event Date: 
Aug 26 2023 12:00 am to 11:45 pm

Every Aug 26, we celebrate the accomplishments women have made and commemorate the 19th Amendment. But this year, we cannot celebrate. Join us this August and demand that women not only be represented in our democracy but included as equals.

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President's Message, May 2023

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Submitted by Alachua County in May 2023.

Blog Post

Dear Members,
Our league is concluding our fiscal and administrative year this month with two asks of our members...

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LWV of Florida To Support Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion

LWVFL Logo and "Update" text on purple background on left. Group of protestors with purple overlay on right.

Submitted by Alachua County in May 2023.

News

A coalition entitled “Floridians Protecting Freedom” launched a citizen-led ballot initiative campaign to give women the right to seek abortions up to viability.

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Juneteenth Presentation: How Mis- and Dis-Information Targets People of Color

Juneteenth June 19

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in May 2023.

Event Date: 
Jun 19 2023 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Join the League of Women Voters for a Zoom discussion with distinguished speakers on how communities of color are targeted for mis- and dis-information – impacting voting, jobs, housing, health, and many other avenues of life.

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