Florida Action Committee (FAC)

We live in a world where it’s become commonplace to lob labels like “pedo” and “groomer” at people with whom we disagree. As someone who has researched child sexual abuse for more than 30 years, I’m pleased that science is moving away from using stigmatizing labels and toward person-first language to communicate more clearly and respectfully. It’s my hope that

In a scathing opinion, a federal judge held the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in civil contempt and levied sanctions against the agency last week for allowing an incarcerated man to waste away from untreated cancer, as well as for willfully ignoring and misleading the court. U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton for the Middle District of Florida wrote that the BOP should

A teacher who has worked in schools in Miami-Dade and Broward and who received a presidential award is facing charges in Broward County Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy who went on to write a college entry essay about it in school, police said. XXXXXXXXXXX, who was born in Texas but lives in Fort Lauderdale, is accused of

The Broward County Reentry Coalition will be hosting an Education & Employment Resource Expo tomorrow, Wednesday October 12, 2022, at 11:30 AM. The event is open to ALL (including those who are required to register) and will take place at the Day Reporting and Reentry Division, 2926 North State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes, Fl 33313. Meet with potential employers, get

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma surrounding mental health. Mental health is something many of us are struggling with. Whether it’s the issues that got you into trouble in the first place, whether it’s the trouble you got into that created the trauma in your life, or