Please join us for free screenings of Newtown at the Global Peace Film Festival on September 24 and 25, co-presented by ITVS. Filmed over the course of nearly three years, Newtown uses deeply personal, never-before-heard testimonies to tell the story of the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, the most schoolchildren shot to…
It’s offensive how much gun lobby fundraising has been going on in and around Central Florida in the short time since the Pulse nightclub shooting. For a recent example, the Friends of the NRA group held a fundraising banquet on the evening of Friday, September 9, 2016 in Clearwater, FL. The Florida Coalition to Prevent…
The Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence was founded by the League of Women Voters of Florida in response to the Pulse nightclub shooting. The group was up and running, with more than 60 partner organizations, within days of the tragedy. Only 8 days after the shooting, we were calling on Florida State leaders to…
The League of Women Voters of Florida founded the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence within days of the mass shooting that occurred at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016. Also, the young singer/songwriter and former The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie had been shot and killed only two days earlier at The Plaza…
Below is the story News 6 Orlando produced about the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and our letter to Governor Rick Scott, State Senate President Andy Gardiner, and State House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. A coalition of more than 100 organizations that called on state legislators to convene a special session by July 4th to…
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan political organization with chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Hong Kong. It was founded in 1920 to educate and advocate for citizens on issues of political, social, and economic importance. It fights for legislative changes that improve…
Some Recent Accomplishments of the League of Women Voters of Florida The League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVF) is a nonpartisan organization committed to informing the public about important policy issues and to advocacy that leads to beneficial legislative action. Below are just a few of the recent accomplishments spurred on by the 32…
