League of Women Voters PBC to Host Informative Hot Topic Luncheons in Lake Worth, Sept 25 & Oct 22

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Aug. 27, 2025 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – August 25, 2025) The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County (LWVPBC) is inviting interested members and supporters to two upcoming information-packed Hot Topic Luncheons that will be held at Fountains Country Cub in Lake Worth.

Thursday, September 25 / 11 am to 1 pm

Backslide / Backlash: Where Do We Go from Here?

With Community Engagement Consultant Barbara Cheives

In this new political atmosphere when affirmative outreach is controversial and DEI sensitivities are suspect, what comes next? As President & CEO of Converge & Associates Consulting, the community engagement clients of Barbara Cheives include the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County (she recently joined their Board) and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, , where she offers training and consulting in workplace communication and race relations, and guides the theatre's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Barbara's consulting expertise includes law enforcement and public safety, not-for-profit organizations, media, education, and corporations. She served as the first Executive Director of Toward a More Perfect Union in Palm Beach County, a non-profit initiative addressing the critical impact of race and ethnicity in a diverse community, is Past President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and is the new chair of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary's Medical Center.

+ Deadline to register is September 18, 2025, at www.lwvpbc.org.

+ $40 for LWVPBC members; $45 for nonmembers

Attached Images:

1.          Barbara Cheives

2.          State Senator Lori Berman

3.          State Representative Anne Gerwig

Available for Interview:

Amy Kemp, LWVPBC President

amyk.lwvpbc@gmail.com

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart, PR-BS

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net