Weekly Updates

Weekly Update 2017-03-28 Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States entered an interesting order. Instead of ruling on whether to consider the case of Does v. Snyder (the Michigan case that ruled the registry punitive) they asked the Solicitor General of the United States to chime in. Their order literally invited the Solicitor General to

Weekly Update 2017-03-21 Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s message is about stopping the dehumanization of registrants and we need to all get on board with an action plan to address it. This morning, as I scanned the headlines to see if there was any relevant news to post to our site, I came across the story of a body

Weekly Update 2017-03-14 Dear Members and Advocates, If you are in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe or Palm Beach Counties, we encourage you to come out to the special screening of the film, “Untouchable” that will be taking place tonight, at 7:30PM, at the corner of Northwest 71st Street and 36th Court, in Miami. The event will be important for a number

Weekly Update 2017-03-07 Dear Members and Advocates, Today, March 7, 2017 marks the beginning of the legislative session in Tallahassee. The session is a 60-day period where the Florida Senate and the House of Representatives, our elected representatives in government, hear, consider and vote on Bills that were introduced. As we expected, Lauren Book (the daughter of Lobbyist, Ron Book),

Weekly Update 2017-02-28 Dear Members and Advocates, This morning I woke up feeling hopeful. It was the first time in a long time that I felt the courts are beginning to look at reason, consider the studies and have the political will to do the right thing. As NPR News called it, yesterday was “sex day” at the US Supreme

Weekly Update 2017-02-21 Dear Members and Advocates, Things are happening in Tallahassee. It’s that time of year, where bills are introduced, they are kicked around in legislative committees and we need to be contacting our senators and representatives letting them know how we feel about them. There are some bills that are good and some that are bad. Here’s our