With Unity Comes Change
Dear Members and Advocates, If you checked your mailbox this week, you should have received a correspondence from FAC with our annual letter and donation request. Each year, we send written correspondence to all our members containing an update on the state of our organization and we include a pre-addressed envelope for the return of a membership donation. Asking for
Read moreAt the Florida Action Committee, we know the issues we address are controversial, emotional, and often misunderstood. Lately, we’ve seen an increase in comments from online vigilantes, trolls, and critics who oppose our work. So let us be clear: we welcome you! This is your forum too – so long as you follow our Code of Conduct. This isn’t just
Read moreJust posted on X, a forthcoming study shows the disproportionately high percentage of state’s homeless are on the sex offenders registry. Wouldn’t it make sense to get rid of the registry (which has zero impact on the rates of sexual offending) in order to significantly cut our nation’s homeless issue? The link to the post follows: https://x.com/institutecicero/status/1912316345263267966?s=46
Read moreWe did not have any bills directly targeting us in any significant way. SB1654 only codified what most sheriff’s offices are already doing in terms of employment information, and the bill actually helped more than it hurt. We now see that when it comes to so-called “public safety” and FDLE’s concerns about practical management of the registry, they choose the
Read moreEvery time an email on a particular topic is sent to a state legislator, a ping is recorded on the subject matter. We want to have many pings recorded. We need approximately 50-plus people to send a short email to all 160 Florida legislators through the 2026 legislative session. Each person would be given a specific week to send out
Read moreTwo American persons forced to register as sex offenders, one for an offense that took place more than two decades ago and one for an offense that took place 36 years ago, were denied entry into the Philippines earlier this month. It’s an unfortunate reminder of how persons forced to register continue to deal with lifelong consequences from decades-old convictions
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