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John,
New Florida Majority wishes you and your family the best of health during these troubling times. We all know someone who has already been severely affected by the crisis.
As the worst of COVID-19 is yet to come, we’re working with our grassroots partners, pressing local and state governments to adopt policies and take measures to protect marginalized communities and individuals who take the brunt of the impact.
Together, with our partners, we’ve already won significant statewide and local policies , building off our Hurricane disaster experience, including:
*
winning
a
moratorium
on
evictions
in
the
state
for
the
next
45
days
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getting
sick
leave
for
Publix
workers
who
contracted
COVID-19
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*
ensuring
that
school
lunch
programs
will
continue
feeding
our
children
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*
securing
commitments
to
release
arrestees
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New Florida Majority is moving on several fronts to fight for the community, provide solidarity, and swiftly shift our work to help both staff and community stay connected, resourced, housed, and protected.
In the last three weeks, we have launched our COVID-19 emergency operations advancing our campaigns in advocacy, civic education and coalition building.
ADVOCACY
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*
We
circulated
a
demand
letter
that
over
100
organizations
have
signed
onto
in
which
we
advocate
for
a
moratorium
on
evictions
and
ICE
activity,
increased
access
to
COVID-19
testing,
Vote
By
Mail
expansion
and
other
necessities.
*
We
also
leapt
into
action
to
prevent
our
communities’
ability
to
vote
in
the
March
17
FL
primary
from
being
compromised
by
virus
containment
measures
by
joining
a
lawsuit
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with
local
and
national
partners
Dream
Defenders,
Organize
Florida,
Advancement
Project
National
Office,
Demos,
and
LatinoJustice
PRLDEF
to
demand
extended
Vote
By
Mail
measures.
EDUCATION
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Our
Climate
Justice
Program
Manager,
Joanne
Perodin,
a
public-health
expert,
launched
an
amazing
resource
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that
has
been
live
for
twelve
days
and
has
over
10,000
views
providing
community
information
including
testing
sites,
food
distribution
sites,
and
stores
with
senior-only
hours.
*
We
pivoted
our
field
canvass
into
expanding
our
phone
and
texting
programs,
and
called
over
13,000
voters
and
texted
220,000
voters
to
remind
them
to
vote
in
the
Florida
Presidential
Preference
Primary
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
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*
We’re
building
coalition
infrastructure
that
will
allow
us
to
enact
change
on
a
wide
scale
to
prevent
corporate
bail
outs,
expand
unemployment
benefits
and
stand
up
for
workers.
Florida
has
lowest
unemployment
payments
in
the
nation
(only
$275
a
week
befor
taxes!)
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We
launched
a
website,
FloridaCoronaAction.org
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to
continually
provide
resources,
assistance
and
information
to
Floridians
amid
the
pandemic.
In
addition
to
providing
resources
including
information
on
drive-thru
testing,
food
distribution
sites
and
senior-hour
only
stores,
we
demand
government
action
and
call
on
Governor
Ron
DeSantis
to
protect
frontline
workers,
expand
unemployment
benefits
immediately
and
provide
free
COVID-19
testing
for
all
and
protect
frontline
workers.
We hope you stay safe. During this time if you are able to donate and support the ongoing work of New Florida Majority we appreciate it. [[link removed]] We will continue fighting for and protecting our communities.
We are The New Florida Majority.
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L’union fait la force. There is strength in unity. La union hace la fuerza.
Let us progress together.
In power,
Andrea Mercado
Executive Director
New Florida Majority
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