Vote Your Voice Florida: Student organization trains tomorrow’s leaders
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - Advertising Today
... prison and can exercise their voting rights. Florida Rising Together – Grant Amount: $750,000 Florida Rising Together ’s statewide, year- ...

Florida Appeals Court Upholds Disenfranchising Black Voters in North Florida, a Victory for DeSantis
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - FlaglerLive
League of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together, and individual voters who brought the lawsuit. Ten ...

Monique Worrell's suspension draws a legal challenge
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)
Law Center case, filed on behalf of two voters and the group Florida Rising Together, contends the suspension violated due-process and First ...

BYRD v. BLACK VOTERS MATTER CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE, INC.
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - Leagle
... , INC., LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND, INC., FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER, PASTOR REGINALD GUNDY, SYLVIA YOUNG, PHYLLIS WILEY, ...

Lawsuit filed against Gov. DeSantis over suspension of former State Attorney Monique Worrell
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - WFTV-TV
... suit on behalf of two Orlando residents who voted for Worrell in 2020. Florida Rising Together, a group whose mission is to increase voter ...

Appeals court strikes down lower court's decision, says redistricting map is constitutional
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Spectrum Bay News 9
... the latest map. Plaintiffs in the case include Black Voters Matter, Florida Rising and the League of Women Voters, among others. Attorney ...

Poverty law center sues DeSantis to reinstate deposed Orange County state attorney
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Orlando Sentinel
... lawsuit, which lists as plaintiffs two voters and the political organization Florida Rising, mirror those made by Worrell in her case before ...

SPLC sues DeSantis over suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - The Capitolist
... , filed on behalf of Florida voters and the grassroots organization Florida Rising, seeks Worrell’s reinstatement. Governor DeSantis cited “ ...

Caicedo, et al. v. DeSantis
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - Today in Parenting
The suit, filed on behalf of voters who elected Worrell and Florida Rising, a grassroots democracy-building organization, seeks Worrell’s ...

Abortion-rights advocates narrow focus of petition drive for FL constitutional amendment
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - Florida Phoenix
... supporters include the ACLU of Florida, Planned Parenthood, and Florida Rising. Advocates have seen success in winning abortion rights at ...

Voting rights groups in the US aren’t just focused on Trump
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - News Net Daily
... will once again suffer greatly.” Andrea Mercado, executive director of Florida Rising, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that leads ...

Homebuyers Are Leaving Austin: 3 Cities They’re Moving To Instead
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - Nasdaq
... 10 Most Overpriced Housing Markets in the US — 5 Are in Florida Rising Home Prices Austin’s housing prices are quickly becoming expensive, ...

Biden losing support among younger voters as Americans disapprove of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - MSNBC
... lost support among voters 18-34. Moné Holder, Senior Director of Advocacy & Programs for Florida Rising and Victor Shi, Strategy Director ...

Is Joe Biden Losing Young Voters With His Israel Defense?
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - DNYUZ
Oct. 7 terrorist attack sparked the war in Gaza. Moné Holder, a senior director at Florida Rising, a voting rights and organizing nonprofit ...

Affordable housing planned for former lumber company site in St. Pete
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 - Spectrum Bay News 9
... fighting against that,” said Robin Lockett, regional director for Florida Rising. The Fairfield Avenue project will include 53 units for ...

With Republican presidential debate in Miami, Democrats counter-program to court voters
Thu, 09 Nov 2023 - Killeen Daily Herald
... they need from us,” she said. On Wednesday afternoon, Florida Rising, a nonprofit focused on organizing in marginalized communities, hosted ...

After abortion rights win at Ohio ballot box, fight could move to Florida next year
Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - WPLG-TV Local 10
... with Florida Protecting Freedom and Senior Director of Advocacy and Programs at Florida Rising. “We will be putting decisions back in the ...

Florida utility regulators to discuss FPL rate justification
Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - WUWF-FM
... utilities in the state. A coalition of organizations including Florida Rising, Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, and the ...

Dems introduce law that would prohibit use of federal funds for maintaining police in schools
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - The Iowa Standard
... , Inc, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, Florida Rising, Freedom, Inc., Georgia Coalition for Equity in Education, ...

Judges complicate North Florida Black District case
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - The Miami Times
... of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together and individual voters – that the new districts illegally ...

Redistricting plaintiffs face skeptical court
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - The Capitolist
... groups, such as the League of Women Voters of Florida and Florida Rising Together, and other plaintiffs contend that the overhaul of North ...

Florida Democratic Party Head Says State Will Be Competitive in 2024
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - The Messenger
... the system” and cost him support. But Andrea Mercado, the executive director of New Florida Majority, argued that while she is cautiously ...

Floridians are suffering from rising insurance costs. Why don’t our politicians help us?
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 - LatestFinance.News
But no action was taken. More: Why are insurance premiums in Florida rising faster than anywhere else in the country? Florida’s auto ...

Opinion | Letters: School library age-appropriate | Burns will help housing | Let common sense guide vote
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - Orlando Sentinel
Development’s at 0.2%. The difference is abysmal. Florida Rising knows firsthand the plight of Black and brown communities trying to get an ...

White Rose Books and More Grand Opening
Wed, 01 Nov 2023 - lifestyle.maverick1023
Germany bearing the same name. With book bans in the state of Florida rising at an unprecedented rate, we are honored to be borrowing this ...