Florida Action Committee Honors Jeanne Baker with Humanitarian Award
This past Friday night, the Florida Action Committee honored attorney and activist, Jeanne Baker, with what will become the first of our annual humanitarian awards. The award will be named in her honor.
Jeanne has practiced in the area of civil liberties litigation and criminal defense for more than four decades. Throughout that time she has been an active participant in the ACLU, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the ACLU Florida.
She helped us present the problems sex offender residency restrictions created in Miami-Dade to the ACLU, who agreed to represent the homeless registrants in a challenge to the county ordinance. When we were short funds for our Internet Identifier challenge, she pitched our lawsuit to the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, who donated the funds to bridge the gap and enable our case to move forward. Neither would have moved forward without her intervention.
Jeanne has put her personal and professional reputation behind what we all recognize is an unpopular cause. She is the first one to champion our issues in front of the media, politicians and others in the community. She epitomizes “humanitarian” and we are forever grateful to her.
Each year, FAC will recognize one individual whose contributions to FAC and to the protection of human rights has been exemplary, with the “Jeanne Baker Humanitarian Award”.
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Thank you so much, Hope you never stop doing what you do.
Thank You Jeanne !
Just wanted to add a thank you to Jeanne. It’s very humbling that women like you would help in a cause that is mostly male in nature.
We could not do this without help from people like you.
We need more people like her to help us. Thank you so much!
Jeanne Baker, congratulations!
Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication!
Kay T of Sosen
I am thankful for Jeanne Baker, FAC and NARSOL. Without such people and organizations the government would get away with ‘murder’.