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Dear Members and Friends:
As we celebrate the end of another year and look forward to the challenges of 2022, I want to pause and recognize our Club's accomplishments. Navigating COVID-19 presented many challenges. We held meetings via ZOOM and attended virtual Conventions; several members attended the DWCF Gala in front of computers dressed in fancy tops and enjoying our favorite drink! We celebrated being together in August on Alvin Peters and Cecile Scoon Law Offices lawn, and thanks to Gulf Coast Assault Program, we had our first indoor meeting in October.
Below is a list of highlights from this year:
This year we provided legislative updates and held a training class to teach members how to use the DWCF spreadsheet and other website materials.
We participated in: National Federation of Democratic Women virtual convention, Gay the Hathway/Social Justice Walk, Juneteenth Festival, and Lynn Haven's July 4 Event. In March and June, we scheduled Business Meetings.
November, we launched our Grassroots Campaign – texting over 8100 DEMS to message about Vote by Mail. We recently started our second texting project with the DEC. We also stuffed and mailed five hundred letters to newly registered DEMs to encourage registering for Vote by Mail.
We are just getting started! In January, we have over 1,000 letters to mail. Working with the Young Dems, we have doors we must knock. The week of February 14, Region 1 will go to Tallahassee for our Tally Days event; we will meet with our legislators, attend legislative sessions, and participate in other activities.
The 2022 MLK Event is Monday, January 17, in Lynn Haven at Sheffield Park, 10 AM – 4 PM. We will need volunteers to help setup, close and oversee the booth.
Our monthly meetings are on the third Thursday of the month. We are kicking January off with an in-person business meeting on January 20, 2021. Watch your email for more details.
We look forward to partnering with the DEC, The Young DEMS, Veterans Caucus, and the Democratic Black Caucus to execute Democratic initiatives in 2022.
I hope you will join our Club and take this journey with us to fight for democracy, to be the right in a world full of contradictions because we will need your energy and your fight in 2022 to put Democrats in offices in
the state of Florida.
Beverly Wall
President DWCBC
As we celebrate the end of another year and look forward to the challenges of 2022, I want to pause and recognize our Club's accomplishments. Navigating COVID-19 presented many challenges. We held meetings via ZOOM and attended virtual Conventions; several members attended the DWCF Gala in front of computers dressed in fancy tops and enjoying our favorite drink! We celebrated being together in August on Alvin Peters and Cecile Scoon Law Offices lawn, and thanks to Gulf Coast Assault Program, we had our first indoor meeting in October.
Below is a list of highlights from this year:
- January – DWCBC kicked the year off with a regional meeting, guest speaker, Rebekah Jones, former Data Manager for the Florida Health Department.
- February – Janice Lucas, Executive Director, Lead Coalition, presented updated information on COVID-19, and stats for Bay County and Florida State.
- March – Deborah Baker-Rian, Regional 1 Chair, and Samantha Hope Herring, a representative for the DNC, were our guest speakers.
- April – Cecile Scoon, local civil rights attorney, spoke to us about the status of the Returning Citizens project.
- May – Sonya Lowe, Program Coordinator for Gulf Coast Sexual Assault Program (GCSAP), was our guest speaker, and we launched our fundraiser to support GCSAP. Our final total - $2500 – cash and in-kind (over 75% in cash).
- August – Mark Anderson, Supervisor of Elections, guest speaker, gave us an overview of the voter registration changes. Keith Hardy, FDP Regional Field Director, talked about Relational Voter Registration, and Craig Smith, Co-chair of the FDP Campaign Committee, gave us an update on Constitutional Amendments.
- September – Grassroots Campaign: Turning Florida Blue – guest speakers Marie Gaines and Mary Lou Woods talked about the new campaign and provided crucial information on Bay County. Sixteen members attended the virtual DWCF Convention as delegates.
- October –Meeting at the Gulf Coast Sexual Assault Program facility – we raised $200 for the program.
This year we provided legislative updates and held a training class to teach members how to use the DWCF spreadsheet and other website materials.
We participated in: National Federation of Democratic Women virtual convention, Gay the Hathway/Social Justice Walk, Juneteenth Festival, and Lynn Haven's July 4 Event. In March and June, we scheduled Business Meetings.
November, we launched our Grassroots Campaign – texting over 8100 DEMS to message about Vote by Mail. We recently started our second texting project with the DEC. We also stuffed and mailed five hundred letters to newly registered DEMs to encourage registering for Vote by Mail.
We are just getting started! In January, we have over 1,000 letters to mail. Working with the Young Dems, we have doors we must knock. The week of February 14, Region 1 will go to Tallahassee for our Tally Days event; we will meet with our legislators, attend legislative sessions, and participate in other activities.
The 2022 MLK Event is Monday, January 17, in Lynn Haven at Sheffield Park, 10 AM – 4 PM. We will need volunteers to help setup, close and oversee the booth.
Our monthly meetings are on the third Thursday of the month. We are kicking January off with an in-person business meeting on January 20, 2021. Watch your email for more details.
We look forward to partnering with the DEC, The Young DEMS, Veterans Caucus, and the Democratic Black Caucus to execute Democratic initiatives in 2022.
I hope you will join our Club and take this journey with us to fight for democracy, to be the right in a world full of contradictions because we will need your energy and your fight in 2022 to put Democrats in offices in
the state of Florida.
Beverly Wall
President DWCBC