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FLORIDIANS TAKE ACTION TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS! (7/23/2003)

Workshops will be occurring on July 26, 2003 in the following locations:

Brevard County
Richard H. Leonard Christian Treatment Center
1050 West King St.
Cocoa, Florida  32922
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., with volunteer training 11:00 a.m. to noon

Broward County
Mizell Cultural Center
1409 Sistrunk Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33311
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with volunteer training at 9:00 a.m.
Hosts:
Broward NAACP Branch, Florida Rep. Christopher Smith, and others in conjunction with FRRC

Lee County
Dr. Carrie Robinson Center
2990 Edison Ave. (next to the STARS Complex)
Fort Myers, Florida
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with volunteer training at 3:00 p.m.
Hosts:
Lee Co. Working Group of the FRRC

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade College North Campus -
Library, 2nd Floor, Room 2101
11380 NW 27th Ave., Miami, FL  33167
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with volunteer training at 9:00 a.m.
With donuts for all!
Hosts:
Florida Senator Frederica Wilson, Florida Representative Yolly Roberson, Miami-Dade College North Campus, Miami-Dade NAACP, the Haitian-American Political Society of South Florida, ACLU of Florida, League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County, and others in conjunction with the FRRC

Orange County
Hal Marston Center
3933 W.D. Judge Blvd. (formerly Country Club Dr.)
Orlando, Florida
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Volunteer training will be on the same morning as the workshop.  People interested in volunteering should contact David, below.

Panhandle
Center for Social Justice*
1603 North Davis Hwy. (corner of Monroe and Davis)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with volunteer training at 9:00 a.m.
Hosts:
Men With Vision, ACLU, and others in conjunction with FRRC

Pinellas County
Enoch Davis Center
1111 - 18th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, Florida
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Volunteer training at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 21.  People interested in volunteering should contact Larry, below.
With 35 pounds of chili!
Hosts:
Pinellas Co. Working Group of the FRRC

Tampa
Jackson Heights NFL Youth Center
3310 East Lake Ave.
Tampa, FL  33610
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Two sessions, 9:00 and 11:00)
Follow-up next week at NAACP office on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hosts:  
NAACP Political Action Committee, Hillsborough County Branch

For more information, contact:
Courtenay Strickland
Voting Rights Project Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
4500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 340
Miami, FL  33137-3227
(305) 576-2337 ext. 18
(305) 576-1106 fax



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