TRAINING & ADVOCACY
Florida PAC uses a "train the trainer" process to assist organizations with developing a team of leaders comfortable with assisting and guiding their own members through the legislative process and throughout the year while developing relationships with policy makers at all levels.
We offer training sessions throughout the year in Tallahassee and around the state
How the legislative process works
How to advocate on behalf of your community
How to redirect the conversation to achieve the goals of your community
We help community members connect the dots
Between local, state, and federal issues
Between substantive policy issues and the budget
Between our tax structure, the budget, and policy issues
We assist with navigating the Legislative Session
The nuances of individual legislators
Power dynamics
Individual pieces of legislation and how/where to influence them
How to navigate the functional details of the Florida Legislature
Stay informed:
Follow the Florida Legislature and bills of interest
(Click images for links to the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives)
OUR ISSUES
Florida PAC trains advocates on poverty, fairness, and equality: social and economic justice.
Healthcare
Medicaid & Children's Health
Quality, affordable coverage
Care for all people
Immigration & Refugees
Welcoming all people to our state and working to ensure their rights regardless of immigration status
Immigration & Refugees (Cont.)
Comprehensive immigration reform
Human & civil rights
Farmworker issues
Living wages & safe working conditions
Affordable housing & quality public education
Programs designed to lift people out of poverty
Modernizing our outdated tax system to ensure that the third largest state in the nation (Florida) has an adequate and fair tax structure that supports the programs and services needed for a strong and fair economy for all Floridians
Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Ensuring that all people are treated with dignity and fairness
Community issues related to the aforementioned
AND MANY MORE ISSUES