We hope you will take a look around; contact us if you have questions, or for more information!
Democratic Women’s Club of PBC
There are 4 organizations in Palm Beach County that offer services to immigrants and non immigrants alike. All need our financial contributions and volunteer energy. You can also help by hiring day workers through El Sol:
Jupiter:
EL SOL NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER
(Day Laborer hiring hall)
561-745-9860 friendsofelsol.org
West Palm Beach:
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY CENTER
561-560-3558 esperanzacommunitycenter.org
Lake Worth Beach:
THE GUATEMALAN MAYA CENTER
561-547-0085 guatemalanmaya.org
Boynton Beach:
CARIDAD CENTER
(Medical, Dental & Mental Health for uninsured people under 200% of poverty)
561-737-6336 caridad.org
FIGHT THE LIES: We can be a resource to counteract lies about immigrants. The truth is, they work hard; they have strong family values; they are less likely to commit crime than US citizens; they pay the same taxes as gig workers. They generate wealth. Some sectors of FL’s economy would be lost without them.
DARE to REACH OUT: We can reach out to any immigrants we know, to offer “Know Your Rights” information they can share.
Do not assume your immigrant friends/ employees are unauthorized, but they may know people who are. Here’s a page in English and Spanish with information in graphic form: https://conocetusderechos.org/eng/ or https://conocetusderechos.org/
If you employ immigrants in your home or business, you have the right not to open the door to ICE unless they have a warrant signed by a judge! Ask them to pass the warrant under the door.
Here’s the link to printable “Know Your Rights” wallet cards in many languages: https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
How to Stay Un-Pregnant
…if you have a uterus, have sex (intercourse,) and don’t have a gynecologist yet.
(Find a gyn doctor at plannedparenthood.org)
1. Unexpected or unprotected sex, including rape?
Morning After Pills (Emergency Contraception, EC) work if you take them right away.
[Hospitals must give EC as part of emergency care for someone who’s been raped.)
· Plan B or Julie(Levonorgestrel 1.5 mg) works up to 3 days after sex, for people weighing up to 165 lb.
It does not need a prescription. You can get it at a pharmacy or pre order it online.
· ella (Ulipristal 30 mg ) works up to 5 days after sex, for people weighing over 165 lb.
At any weight, it is more effective than Plan B or Julie.
ella requires a prescription. You can get a prescription from your family doctor in advance!
2. Having sex more regularly? There’s NON PRESCRIPTION birth control.
§ Condoms help prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV/ AIDS.
For better birth control, use them together with VCF, Vaginal Contraceptive Film, available at pharmacies and big box stores.
§ You can start Opill, the non prescription birth control pill, on any day of your cycle.
It starts working 3 days after you start it.
You MUST take Opill at the exact same time every day.
If you miss, re-start it and use condoms and VCF for 3 days.
Opill is safe regardless of your health history (unless you have cancer of the breast or liver.)
In pharmacies it costs $20 for 60 days.
Opill is more effective than condoms and VCF but can be used together.
3. Watch your Cycle.
Keep a record of the day your period starts, on paper or on the Euki app which can’t be hacked.
Florida has a 6 week abortion ban. This means someone must get abortion care before their period is 2 weeks late!
A pregnancy test, available in pharmacies, can turn positive 3 to 4 weeks after the last period’s start date.
If you think you are at risk, test at 3 weeks and again at 4 weeks, that is before you are late.
For Abortion information
You can find abortion care in Florida, or anywhere in the US, at
chatwithcharley.org or x.com/ChatWithCharley.
This includes referrals for in-state and out-of-state care, and financial help.
Election information
(There are no municipal elections this year in Boca, Delray Beach or West Palm Beach. Riviera Beach and Lake Park candidates will be invited as part of our February program.)
Join or renew your membership for 2025 at dwcpbc.org/membership