The League of Women Voters of Miami Dade County

Registration

Local Voices:
Conversations on Civil Liberties and Secure Communities

A Community Forum for all of South Florida

Saturday, June 18, 2005, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2^nd Ave., Building 3, 2^nd floor, Room 3209
(Between NE 4^th and NE 5^th Streets, ½ block from Biscayne Blvd. and Bayside)
Miami, FL 33132

Voice your opinions on civil liberties and national security! Let the nation and Congress know what South Floridians think about these issues!

Community Forum Overview

9:30 a.m. Registration and coffee

10:00 a.m. Introductory remarks and small group discussion on how these issues affect our local communities

12:30 p.m. Lunch – available free of charge with pre-registration by June 11!

1:00 p.m. Panel of speakers, including Marleine Bastien, Executive Director, Haitian Women of Miami; Keith Perniciaro, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Special Agent in Charge, Miami; Howard Simon, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida; and MORE!

2:00 p.m. Small group discussion on promoting security and liberty at the community level

3:00 p.m. Concluding plenary and individual questionnaire

* The Local Voices discussion guide will be available in English, Spanish, and Creole. Small group discussions for Spanish and Creole speakers will be available.

For information and to register (you may register online below), call 305.666.0186 or e-mail localvoicesmiami@yahoo.com. In order to get an accurate picture of community views, participants are asked to arrive on time and stay for the entire event.

This event is free of charge, but registration is requested by June 11, 2005. Lunch will be served at no cost for those who pre-register.

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League of Women Voters® of Miami-Dade County, Attn: Courtenay Strickland; 5783 SW Bird Road, #146, Miami, FL 33155, FAX: 305.255.8106

You may also register by calling 305.666.0186 or by e-mailing localvoicesmiami@yahoo.com.
This forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County, the Miami-Dade County Community Relations Board, and the Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade Women’s Advocacy Project as part of a nationwide effort by the LWV to gather information from a cross-section of America. The Local Voices project is made possible with the support of the LWV Education Fund.