FLVCS Meeting Notice
When: Monday Oct. 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Where: Unity Church of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota, FL and also via zoom.
To attend via Zoom you must register in advance for this webinar:
Zoom Registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Topic: Towards a Transformational Farm Bill
Speaker: Betty Ahrens, Union of Concerned Scientists
For too long, our food and farm system has exploited marginalized peoples and our natural environment in the name of profit. Increasingly, industrial agriculture corporations dominate the system, leading to less healthy food, ecosystems, and communities, putting family farms out of business in the process. But we can do something to change that, to stop these harmful practices and return the power to farmers and their communities. The Union of Concerned Scientists are working in coalition with dozens of other organizations across the country to Transform this system through the food and farm bill.
Veterans Day Events
Mark your calendar for Veterans Day November 11, 2023, which will be a special day for FLVCS.
In the morning, we will walk in the Sarasota Veterans Day Parade. Immediately after the parade, we will have our traditional FLVCS picnic at Bayfront Park in Sarasota.
In the afternoon, FLVCS is co-sponsoring a Veterans Day non-profit EXPO at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Fruitville Rd, Sarasota starting at 4:00 PM. Our co-sponsors are Floridians for Democracy, and Choose Democracy Now.
If you belong to a non-profit, please have your group participate to show the community the good work done by your group. You can obtain an application by email to CONTACT@FLVCS.US
At 7:00 PM, plan to attend the talk by Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat also at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Sarasota, co-sponsored by FLVCS along with Floridians for Democracy and Choose Democracy Now. Professor Ben-Ghiat will speak about preserving democracy from the threat of fascism.
Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University and author of Strongmen: Mussolini to Present. She writes for CNN, The Economist, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Atlantic.
FLVCS DUES
Pay your FLVCS ANNUAL DUES now. Dues are only $45 for veteran members and $35 for non-veteran supporters. You can pay them using PayPal on the FLVCS website, (scroll down on the right)
Also, you can pay by check payable to FLVCS. Mail to PO BOX 2311, Sarasota, FL 34230
Your dues payment confirms your support for FLVCS and it is very appreciated. We can not do all that we do without your support.
A Note about MAGA Nihilism
As we all observed this past week, MAGA nihilists in the House of Representatives have thrown our government into chaos by forcing out the Speaker. Their goal is to bring on more chaos so our democratic government will fail. When it fails, they hope their ‘strongman’ can step-in to save America from the very failure they engineered.
To advance the MAGA goal, unpatriotic representatives, such as Greg Steube (FL-17), are pushing for the MAGA leader to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, the position third in line to the presidency.
Of course, the MAGA leader initiated the January 6 coup attempt, compromised classified information including America’s nuclear capabilities, and a court has ruled that his business is a corrupt and fraudulent enterprise.
Sadly this MAGA effort confirms that the Republican Party has lost its bearings and is under the thrall of unpatriotic, nihilistic politicians.
Let’s encourage our patriotic Republican friends to get their party back on track as a legitimate political party committed to American democracy and values.
Sign up now for Dr. Ben-Ghiat’s talk to learn about the threat from fascism in America. Seating is limited
