Miami County residents formed a coalition with nearly 1,400 Facebook members, attended lengthy public meetings, displayed signs, publicized a recording of commissioners discussing data centers, and continued monitoring local government's decisions on data centers.
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
Residents demonstrated outside a construction site where seven mature live oaks are slated for removal. They asked the developer to redesign the project and drew attention to the continuing loss of Tampa’s tree canopy.
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
A coalition of environmental, farm and social advocacy groups demonstrated outside the state capitol building calling on the governor to issue a multi-year moratorium on new data center development in the state.
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
A coalition of local organizations launched a petition and organized a rally calling on the county to remove the license-plate reading cameras that the sheriff's office had installed. The coalition accused the sheriff’s office of a lack of transparency in installing the cameras and warned about the potential for misuse and widespread surveillance.
Police & Criminal Justice
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
High-school students and young adults attended board meetings, organized with peers, canvassed neighborhoods and contacted voters. Some participated even though they were too young to vote themselves.
Education
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
A local busload of "mothers and others" joined a rally of about 300 near a rural ICE detention facility to support the non-criminal immigrants detained there; participants traveled by bus from other parts of the state, while advocates pursued legal action and detainee-support efforts.
Civil Liberties & Human Dignity
Peaceful Protest/Demonstration
The 100 Black Women of Greater Gainesville, a local chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, is co-hosting an "Empowerment Sunday Get Out the Vote Early Voting" event before Florida's primary election. The event will feature free food, family entertainment, and appearances by political candidates.
Democracy & Elections/Voting
Nonpartisan Voter Education/Engagement/Support
The county planning commission voted in favor of a data center moratorium that would bar development until regulations are in place to govern potential projects. The recommendation followed public testimony by a local coalition of county residents, farmers, and advocates (Cass County Data Center Watch) that called for the moratorium. The commission approved recommending the moratorium to the Board of Commissioners, which will have the final say over whether to approve one.
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
A broad range of interfaith leaders across 8 states are using places of worship as "democracy hubs" to gather signatures for letters urging public officials to pledge to protect fair voter access. They also plan to provide non-partisan voter education and registration assistance, and voting support.
Democracy & Elections/Voting
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
A grassroots coalition advocating for the return of ferry service between two cities announced that it was pursuing the creation of a pilot ferry service that it expects to generate data demonstrating the need for restoring permanent ferry service.
Labor & Economic Action
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
After a recommendation and sustained advocacy by a community Task Force of African American leaders and advocates, the public school district added African American U.S. History as an option for meeting district's high school graduation requirement for U.S. history and social science.
Education
Public Task Force
A grassroots coalition of New Mexico residents called Friends of Sunspot are pushing to save the nearly 80-year-old Sunspot Solar Observatory after the National Science Foundation announced its plans to demolish the site due to environmental safety reasons. The coalition wants to pause demolition until area stakeholders can agree on an alternative plan.
Animals, Natural Resources & Environment
Coalition Building/Community Organizing
