FNM in the News
New polls released Thursday by FNM in partnership with Project New America, report that over two-thirds of Florida voters support a system that provides citizenship for 11 million immigrants living in the US! Below links to the media coverage of the poll. Poll: Fla voters back pathway to citizenshipMarc Caputo, Miami…
On March 5, 2013, the first day of Florida's legislative session, Florida New Majority members in Miami, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville and Orlando rallied with citizens in 23 cities and towns throughout the state to fight for real election reform.
Despite all that went wrong in Florida during the 2012 elections, there were also moving displays of determination that inspired. Latino voters throughout the state made a historic showing at the polls. In response to the elimination of the last Sunday of early voting, African-American churches doubled down on their…
FNM Leaders on This Week In Jacksonville
Apr
01
2013
March 31 - Jacksonville Regional Coordinator Angie Nixon and FNM Jacksonville Fellow Devin Coleman talk with WJXT's Kent Justice on the weekly public affairs news show, This Week in Jacksonville, about the need to enshrine the fundamental right to vote into state law. The full version of the program is…
Activists and workers in 23 cities across Florida laced up their boots, grabbed their picket signs, and took to the streets on March 5 to protest the state’s now-infamous voter suppression laws. Read more
Election Overhaul Bill drives 'Awake the State' rallies Florida New Majority and others groups participating in Awake the State rallies made local Jacksonville news. See the full clip here: http://bit.ly/Y91c0x
The long lines of Nov. 6 showed the need for change... FNM's Executive Director, Gihan Perera and Advancement Project's Judith Browne Dianis were quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat arguing for voting as a fundamental right. Read the full story here: http://on.tdo.com/13UiaH8
Voting rights bill will honor Desiline Victor, 102-year-old Florida voter - MSNBC
Feb
26
2013
Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old Florida voter who stood in line for hours to cast her ballot, may see her determination memorialized in a voting-rights act with her name on it. The Advancement Project, along with civil rights organization Florida New Majority and Florida State Senator Oscar Braynon, have introduced a…
BY DESILINE VICTORAND GIHAN PERERA One of us came to this country from Haiti for a better life arriving at age 79 and toiling hard as a farmworker. The other arrived on these shores at age four from Sri Lanka. Both of us were weaned on an American…
Gihan appears on 99 JAMZ Sunday morning radio show Community Voices with Cheryl Mizell and talks about plans to address Florida voting issues, and the role FNM played in reaching Desiline Victor -- the 102 yr old who stood in line 3 hours to vote in N Miami -- as…
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