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Becoming Civically Engaged

February 17, 2020

By Topacio Marrero

Anyone can become civically engaged. It starts with a desire to contribute to your community.

There’s Too Much On the Line to Skip This Election

October 12, 2018

By Elizabeth Fernandez

With so much at stake in this election, in Florida and across the nation, voting this November is critical. That’s why former First Lady Michelle Obama visited the University of…

Young voters in Florida state why they are voting this November

August 8, 2018

By Elizabeth Fernandez

I’m speaking to voters at a candidate forum for young voters in Miami on why the November 2018 elections matter to them. Check them out. Be inspired. Let’s unite the…

After Trump’s fake deadline on Dreamers passes, immigrant youth still in limbo

March 16, 2018

By Thomas Kennedy

In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, the focus of lawmakers has largely shifted from finding a solution for the thousands of Dreamers who have been left under threat of…

We are killing our children and militarizing their schools won’t make them safe

February 27, 2018

By Thomas Kennedy

It is easy to pick on craven politicians who evade questions, speak in platitudes, and offer no actual policy commitments. Yet our society needs to deeply reflect on whether the answer to these mass shootings is really the further militarization of our society.

Florida gets a second chance to make amends for its racist past

February 14, 2018

By Thomas Kennedy

Back in late 2016, a grassroots coalition of volunteers accomplished a remarkable feat. More than 68,314 petition signatures were collected in Florida, triggering a Supreme Court review on a ballot…

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