Legislative Action Opportunities
Interested in engaging with a local campaign? There's a lot happening in our community, and they need your help. Find what you are passionate about and get involved.
Hoping to tell your story, attend trainings, or advocate for local and state anti-poverty legislation? Fill out this form to get connected. Direct link: http://bit.ly/takeactionMIA
HEALTH
Closing the Coverage Gap -- Contact: Athena Ford, FL CHAIN | [email protected]
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Earned Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave -- Contact: Deborah Dion, SFVWF | [email protected]
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Pesticides in Farms -- Contact: Elvira Carvajal, FWAF | [email protected]
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Women and Trauma -- Contact: Renita Holmes, WAAIVE | [email protected]
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FINANCIAL SECURITY
Wage Theft -- Contact: Jeanette Smith, SFIWJ | [email protected]
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Raising the Minimum Wage -- 1Miami | [email protected]
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Predatory Lending -- Contact: Karen Landry, War on Poverty/RAISE FL | [email protected]
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Fight for 15 -- Contact: Ericka Ward, Fight for 15/SEIU | [email protected]
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HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION
Housing discrimination -- Contact: LaTonda James, NHSSF | [email protected]
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Resident displacement and housing -- Contact: Adrian Madriz, MWC | [email protected]
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Public transportation -- Contact: Marta Viciedo, Urban Impact Lab | [email protected]
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Unaccompanied minors and homelessness -- Contact: Jorge de la Paz, MCH | [email protected]
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EDUCATION AND CRIMINALIZATION
Driver's License Campaign -- Contact: Francesca Menes, FLIC | [email protected]
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Voting rights -- Contact: Jacob Coker-Dukowitz, FNM | [email protected]
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State violence and School to Prison Pipeline -- Contact: Phillip Agnew, Dream Defenders | [email protected]
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Friends of Broward Detainees -- Contact: Christine Ho, Friends of Broward Detainees | [email protected]
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Rights Restoration -- Contact: Kevin Spring, Spring4ward | [email protected]
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Connecting returning citizens to employers -- Contact: Mariamee Rodriguez | marrodriguez@jud11.
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