September Lunch with Slade O'Brien had a Focus on Activism

Today’s RCPB Luncheon was focused on activism. After the Invocation and Pledge led by Sid Lanier, Club President Melissa Nash welcomed Honoraries – Gary Nikolits, PBC Property Appraiser and Bill Diamond, Palm Beach City Council. Melissa then had several club members briefly comment on their experiences at Presidency 5 and CPAC-FL in Orlando the prior week.

Melissa then introduced Slade O’Brien, Florida State Director of Americans for Prosperity. While Slade covers all of Florida, he lives in Palm Beach County. He has been leading several seminars on activism and GOTV in the area and folks should take advantage of the next ones when available. For more information on AFP Florida go here..

Slade also mentioned a few other organizations: True the Vote was one of them. Also he suggested joining Liberty Linked as an activist website that enables one to connect with fellow conservatives. He talked about the importance of social media in the upcoming election cycle, and touched on Anita MonCrief and her whisteblower role in the Acorn scandals.

Melissa also pointed out that future REC meetings will be held at the Vista Center and that October’s RCPB meeting will be a Special evening meeting with a panel discussin Illegal Immigration in Florida.

Pictures by Delia

: Marilyn Phillips

: Dorothy Harper, Sue Varey, Clair Jones

: Anne Rawlings, Bill Diamond

: Bette Anne Starkey, Kimberly Murley

: Bette Anne Starkey, Melissa Nash, Mercedes Garcia

: Fred Scheibl

: Selena Smith

: Virginia and John Brooks

: Barry Carson, Trudy Ruddy