Dear DWCAC Friends:

Another awful week in Washington!  How embarrassing to hear the new Canadian Prime Minister announce that they can no longer consider the US an ally!  How disturbing to have Trump announce a possible third term, despite the US Constitution!  How disturbing to hear of Signalgate and hear there will be no repercussions!  And Hegseth is including his wife and brother in high security meetings!   It is heartbreaking to see and hear of the terrible treatment of visa holding immigrants by ICE and local law officers!  And now 10,000 federal health workers are being laid off, threatening our health and allowing dangerous misinformation about vaccines to be spread!   Resistance is no longer an option, it is required.  Call your representatives.  Attend the April 5th Protest on the corners of Main Street and Depot Avenue from 12 Noon to 2 PM and bring a sign!!!

Our next monthly meeting is the Monday right after Easter, April 21, at Congregation B’nai Israel, 3830 NW 16th Boulevard.  We will meet at 11:30 AM and if you would like a kosher meal, please let Marti McGuire know by email at martimcguire@bellsouth.net no later than 5 PM on Saturday, April 19th.  Our VP for programs, Phyllis Erney, has invited Danaya Wright, UF law professor, who will be speaking on threats to higher education. 

On April 24 at 5:30 PM, Please plan to attend our quarterly dinner meeting to be held at Congregation B’nai Israel’s Social Hall.  We have an interesting program planned with Dr. Steve Noll, a History Professor from the University of Florida, speaking about “DEMOCRACY IN FLORIDA: A WORK IN PROGRESS”.  Please join us by completing the attached Dinner Reservation Form and sending it along with your payment (payable to DWCAC) to Bonnie Baker at the address listed on the form.  

The Democratic Executive Committee will be hosting a town hall for Kat Cammack, who has been invited but is not expected to attend, on April 25th from 6-8 PM at Upper Room Ministries, located at 3575 NE 15th Street, Gainesville, 32609.  This is a large space and we hope to pack it with people who want many questions answered!  

The Democratic Women’s Club of Alachua County will be hosting US Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schulz and Professor Emeritus Jon Mills on Friday, May 2nd from 3-5 PM at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall downtown, 419 NE 1st Street.  We will be serving appetizers and drinks.  The cost will be $25 each.  We think this will be an important gathering to hear what Democrats in Congress are planning for resistance and how our constitutional crisis can be met by the courts.   If you are interested in attending this gathering, you can send a check for $25 to Democratic Women’s Club of Alachua County, PO Box 357579, Gainesville, Fl. 32635.   We hope that you will come and support this event.