The Breakfast Club is honored to have as our guest this week Senator Gwen Margolis, President of the Florida State Senate and candidate for Miami-Dade County’s newly created office of elected Property Tax Appraiser.

Wednesday May 28, 2008- 11:30 a.m.

Downtown Bay Forum: Legislative Report: What Was Accomplished??

Speakers:

Rep. Anitere Flores, Chair, K-12 Education Committee
Rep. Dan Gelber, House Minority Leader
Evelyn Greer, Member, Miami-Dade County School Board
Daniella Levine, Executive Director, Human Services Coalition
Rep. Juan Carlos Zapata, Chair, Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation

New!! Hot Topic Pre-program Discussion: Should Florida's State Capital Be Moved??

Speaker - Seth Gordon

Moderator: Helen Ferre- Channel 2 Talk Show Host

The Urban Environment League presents:

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Reception 6:00 pm – Dinner 6:45 pm

Program 7:30 pm

Miami River Inn – 118 SW South River Drive

A Conversation with Miami Herald Editors
Anders Gyllenhaal, Senior Vice President / Executive Editor
Manny Garcia, Assistant Managing Editor, Metro

Moderator: Dr. Gregory Bush, UEL Program Vice President

Director, Institute for Public History, University of Miami

Those wishing to join us for the Community Dinner must call for reservations. Cost is $20.00.

1. The film

In the early morning hours of February 20th, 2003, armed FBI agents stormed a private apartment in Tampa, Florida. Family members stunned by fear watched the father, Sami Al-Arian - a university professor and civil rights activist, being handcuffed and taken away. A dozen FBI agents searched the family’s apartment for 12 hours. Boxes of private papers, diaries, letters, books, photo albums, CD’s and VHS cassettes were confiscated.

The Human Services Coalition (HSC) First Friday in June will feature an expanded program to address how immigrants are taking action in their community. The program - 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. - begins with a lunch panel and features an extended discussion about how to successfully engage immigrants.

Friday, June 6, 2008 at the Peace Education Foundation Building, 1900 Biscayne Blvd., 2nd Floor, Miami, FL.

Lunch will be served. Lunch/Lecture fee: $5 (members) and $10 (non-members). No shows will be charged. RSVP to: Patricia Maldonado, (305) 576-5001 x16. Email:

patriciam@hscdade.org

“Building the Productive, Efficient, and Equitable Municipality: New Challenges – New Opportunities”, the Fourteenth Inter-American Conference of Mayors and Local Authorities.

When: June 16 - 19, 2008 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel Miami, FL. (Opening Reception - evening of June 16, 2008).

Children's Healthcare in Florida is Sick
The Cure: Improve Florida KidCare and SCHIP

presented by

Project YAY

9-10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 19
Peace Education Bldg, 1900 Biscayne Blvd.,
2nd Floor Conference Room
(Parking lots available on Northeast 19th Street)
Light breakfast will be provided
Please RSVP. Contact Meg Buckley Savane at megb@hscdade.org

The Downtown Bay Forum Invites You to Our Luncheon Meeting on Wednesday June 25, 2008 –11:30 Am

Where’s the Real Estate Roller Coaster Going Next?
South Florida’s Top Real Estate Editors and Reporters Share Their Views

Speakers:

Matt Haggman – Miami Herald
Oscar Musibay – South Florida Business Journal
Paola Iuspa-Abbott- Miami Daily Business Review
Seth Semilof – Haute Living Magazine

Moderator: Helen Ferre- Channel 2 Talk Show Host

Marriott Hotel–1633 N. Bayshore Dr., Miami

$5.00 Valet Parking Available at Marriott Hotel

The League of Women Voters cordially invites you to its Annual Meeting and Installation to be held on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008.

Reception: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Coral Reef Yacht Club, 2484 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove

Keynote Speaker:

Hon. Carlos Alvarez, Mayor, Miami-Dade County: “Are We Election Ready?”

$35 per Person. Reservations Required. RSVP by Wednesday, June 18 to Annie Betancourt,
LWV President at (305) 446-0880.