Upcoming events
Lawton Chiles Gala
Individual Tickets will be $125 each and a buffet dinner will be served. Speakers will be confirmed soon. Please consider attending this great event
Quarterly Evening Meeting Registration closed at 5PM Wednesday, Sept. 18th.
We have an excellent speaker, Janet Coats, the Managing Director for the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, and a great chef for our September 26th evening meeting at B’nai Israel. Ms. Coats will be speaking on misinformation in media and technology and how to recognize it. The cost is $28 and must be paid in advance with no refunds available. We must cover our costs for this dinner and were unable to do so at the last evening event. Please contact Bonnie Baker at bbbaker@bellsouth.net if you are interested in attending. Guests are welcome.
DWC of North Alachua County
Keynote Speaker Meri Forte-Namuj
"Upward Movement" Presentation
Ballot Initiatives General Election Forum
Ballot Initiatives General Election Forum, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 630 NW 2nd Street, Gainesville, Fl. 32601
Monthly Meeting
Susan Bottcher and Wes Wheeler will be discussing the added Amendment to return GRU oversight to Alachua County.
General Election Candidate Forum
General Election Candidate Forum, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 630 NW 2nd Street, Gainesville, Fl. 32601
Postcard Writing Party at the Democratic Headquarters
These are postcards to be sent to rural Alachua County women who do not always vote. We will be urging them to vote on November 5th.
Candidates Rally
You can meet and talk to the various Democratic Candidates. There will be refreshments served.
DWC of North Alachua County (Copy)
Speaker:
Jelani Coleman, North Florida Coordinator for the Kamala Harris Presidential Campaign, will be our Guest Speaker and share the plans for the Presidential Campaign in our Region and how we can WIN.
Women's Equality Month Celebration
The Friends of Susan B. Anthony will be celebrating Women’s Equality Month with their Annual Luncheon and their awardee of the Susan B. Anthony Award will be given to our own DWCAC member, Linda Bassham, who has been very active in the NAACP, The Pride Center, the Alachua County Democratic Party and several other organizations. The keynote speaker will be our Gainesville City Manager, Cynthia Curry. So let’s plan to attend and support Women’s Equality Month and our members. At the Best Western Gateway Grand, 4200 NW 97th Blvd Gainesville, FL 32606
You can access the information by going to fosba.com.
Monthly Meeting
Pam Smith, who is deeply invested in women’s equality will be our speaker for Women’s Equality Month. We hope that you will plan to attend. If you want to purchase a kosher lunch for $10, please contact Marti McGuire at martimcguire@bellsouth.net. Many thanks to Marti McGuire for preparing salads and purchasing the additional items for our lunches, which she has done for 3 years now.
Primary Election Candidate Forum
Primary Election Candidate Forum, Alachua County Library District Headquarters
Annual Medicare Birthday Party
the Alachua County Labor Coalition will be hosting their Annual Medicare Birthday Party
Blue Door Cafe
It is always a good gathering of Democrats who want to discuss issues that are important to us. Bring a potluck dish to 901 NW 8th Avenue, Suite A-3 and join local Democrats’ conversation!
Monthly Meetings
Our July 15th meeting is going to be focused on hearing from our Democratic Candidates. Our hard-working 1st VP, Phyllis Erney, has been inviting all Democratic Candidates to our July meeting to answer questions and present their platform. I think it is important that we support these candidates and take time to listen to their ideas and goals.
Poor People's Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is calling on people of moral conscience to join us on June 29th in the nation’s capital to uplift and center the needs of the over 135 million poor and low-wage people and workers across the country.
The June 29th Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls will launch outreach to 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections and beyond.
800 people die each day from poverty and low wealth. This is an unacceptable and abolishable reality. Our votes are demands.
We demand that those running for office commit to enacting our 17-Point Agenda, which includes living wages, voting rights, and other essential policies that lift from the bottom.
WOMEN'S MARCH
On Monday, June 24th, the second anniversary of the demolishment of women’s health rights by the US Supreme Court, the Women’s March will be holding a rally at Gainesville City Hall. It will begin at 9 AM and end by 12 Noon. If you can stop by this event to support Women’s Rights, please do.
Out & Proud: Let’s Sashay to the Polls!
In honor of Pride Month, the BPI and the DNC LGBTQ+ Coalitions Team are so excited to announce Out & Proud: Let’s Sashay to the Polls! This event will be held virtually on Thursday, June 27 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT.
Regional Program DWCAC and the NFADWC
We have invited Jelani Coleman who is the North Florida District Director for the Biden Campaign to come discuss what approaches are going to be used to get Biden re-elected and to advise us as to how Democrats can help. Please put this event on your calendar and join us.
DWC of North Alachua County
We have invited Jelani Coleman who is the North Florida District Director for the Biden Campaign to come discuss what approaches are going to be used to get Biden re-elected and to advise us as to how Democrats can help. Please put this event on your calendar and join us.
Juneteenth Breakfast - Wednesday, June 19th, 7:30 AM
The Cotton Club and Cultural Museum is celebrating Juneteenth and Black Music Month with it’s annual Juneteenth Breakfast on Wednesday, June 19th at 7:30 AM at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, located at 837 SE 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased at Cotton Club Museum/Events. DWCAC is hoping that we can gather a table of supporters for this event, so please consider joining us.
On June 19th, we have a number of us who are attending the Juneteenth breakfast at the Cotton Club! We will have two tables set aside and I hope we fill them! This is sponsored by the NAACP and will include honoring Black Music, so the program should be entertaining. I hope that you will either go to the Cotton Club and Museum site or the City of Gainesville events to pay the $35 fee. George Foxx always fixes a great breakfast with no shortage of good eats!
Freedom Fest Voter Engagement
DWCAC Voter Engagement Committee will be tabling at the Freedom Fest at Bo Diddley Plaza. If you can come help, please consider doing so. If you just want to attend this Juneteenth Event, it should be quite a show, so plan to stop by and enjoy the food trucks, music, program and visit the various booths!
Alachua County Commission meeting
Susan Bottcher and Shayna Rich have strongly encouraged those who can to attend the Alachua County Commission meeting on June 11th at 5 PM to advocate for At-Large District Voting to be put back on the ballot this fall. The vote two years ago was to go to single member districts where only those in one district could vote for the commissioners. Single member districts will favor one party over another where some voters numbered higher numbers in a party. It is also much harder for the commissioners to get petitions signed as they must come only from within the district. Please consider attending this important meeting. Here is Susan’s message:
““This coming Tuesday, June 11th at 5 PM the BOCC will hold the final hearing on whether to put our ALD referendum on the ballot. This will be in the commission chambers, second floor of the county administration building. We need our supporters to be in the room and hope you can attend. The BOCC voted in favor of this last time (unanimously!) but we need to provide them the political cover by having more of our people there than the opposition. That’s right: we know Sen. Perry will be rallying his people to show up so we must outnumber them. You do not need to speak to the item if you don’t want to but it will be greatly appreciated if you do. Keep it simple: Please put this on the ballot so the voters can have a fair chance at hearing an honest debate from both sides…then LET THE VOTERS DECIDE.””