This week Lead Organizer for South Florida, Olivia Nedd attended The 10th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit held in the City of Miami Beach. In January 2009, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties formalized their commitment to working together to address the unique climate issues of Southeast
PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release: October 21, 2018 Contact: Aliki Moncrief, Executive Director, aliki@fcvoters.org, 850-443-7609 Twitter: @fcvoters “What strikes me most about Andrew Gillum’s debate performance tonight is not just his command of the issues or genuine and relatable personal story, but his strong moral values that will guide his
It’s finally here. The early voting period for Florida’s 2018 General Election begins this week. By law, every county must open early voting sites by October 27, but some counties can choose to start as early as Monday, October 22. Now is the time to make your plan to vote.
This past week, Executive Director, Aliki Moncrief, and Lead Organizer for South Florida, Olivia Nedd, attended a round table discussion at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce on the issue of Red Tide in South Florida. The discussion, moderated by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla. 23rd Congressional District) and
Thank you to the over 1300 people who added their name to our letter asking Florida’s Congressional Delegation to oppose President Donald Trump’s plans to open our waters to offshore oil drilling. Protecting our coast is not a partisan political issue; it’s a Floridian issue. As an update, we wanted
Manatees have now been added to the list of dead wildlife washing up on Florida’s shores along with hundreds of sea turtles, untold numbers of fish, and even a whale shark. Why this is happening isn’t a mystery. Scientists have been warning us for years that water pollution and higher
Our executive director, Aliki Moncrief, wrote an op-ed that was featured in the Daytona Beach News Journal and the Gainesville Sun. Here’s a sneak preview: The shelves in Publix are stocked with water, batteries, canned goods, and flashlights — it can only mean one thing: another hurricane season in
It’s a common early morning sight across the United States: parents chatting with coffee mugs in hand as they wait patiently with their kids at the neighborhood bus stop. Sure enough, the bus rumbles around the corner and we help load our most precious cargo on board for a day
BIG NEWS. Today, the circuit court judge overseeing the Water and Land Conservation Amendment lawsuit sided with the people of Florida! The conservation community has been fighting since 2015 against the state legislature’s repeated misuse of the amendment funding, which was intended by voters to acquire and restore conservation lands.