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 | athena@flchain.org

Earned Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave -- Contact: Deborah Dion, SFVWF | dion.deborah@gmail.com

Pesticides in Farms -- Contact: Elvira Carvajal, FWAF | fwafhomestead@hotmail.com

Women and Trauma -- Contact: Renita Holmes, WAAIVE | holmes_builders@yahoo.com

FINANCIAL SECURITY 

Wage Theft -- Contact: Jeanette Smith, SFIWJ | jeanettemiami@gmail.com

Raising the Minimum Wage -- 1Miami | info@onemiaminow.org

Predatory Lending --  Contact: Karen Landry, War on Poverty/RAISE FL | klandry@waronpoverty.org

Fight for 15 --  Contact: Ericka Ward, Fight for 15/SEIU | ericka.ward@seiufl.org

HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION 

Housing discrimination --  Contact: LaTonda James, NHSSF | LatondaJ@nhssf.org

Resident displacement and housing --  Contact: Adrian Madriz, MWC | adrian@theworkerscenter.org

Public transportation --  Contact: Marta Viciedo, Urban Impact Lab | marta.viciedo@gmail.com

Unaccompanied minors and homelessness --  Contact: Jorge de la Paz, MCH | jorge@miamihomeless.org

EDUCATION AND CRIMINALIZATION 

Driver's License Campaign --  Contact: Francesca Menes, FLIC | francesca@floridaimmigrant.org

Voting rights --  Contact: Jacob Coker-Dukowitz, FNM | jacob@flnewmajority.org

State violence and School to Prison Pipeline --  Contact: Phillip Agnew, Dream Defenders | phillip@dreamdefenders.org

Friends of Broward Detainees --  Contact: Christine Ho, Friends of Broward Detainees | christine.gt.ho@gmail.com

Rights Restoration --  Contact: Kevin Spring, Spring4ward | kevin@spring4ward.org

Connecting returning citizens to employers --  Contact: Mariamee Rodriguez | marrodriguez@jud11.flcourts.org