“From Organizing Protest to Developing Policy”
Year: 2020
Organization to Hold Trump and Congress Accountable for Black Americans Who Died From COVID-19
Florida A&M University (FAMU) will extend rules to allow most personnel to continue working remotely through at least June 15, as the University continues social distancing guidelines and finalizes operational plans for the fall semester.
Coronavirus Report: June 1, 2020
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As the entire world continues to feel the impacts of COVID-19, my office and I are hard at work to put Floridians first, including the needs of workers, families, and small businesses. This week, our nation passed the somber milestone of 100,000 lives lost to COVID-19. While so many communities have been devastated, vulnerable communities and those with existing racial health inequities continue to be hit the hardest.
While the most of the country protests the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, protesters in Tallahassee were fueled by its own police killings. Three deadly police shootings since March 20 were at the center of a large protest in Tallahassee on Saturday. Coupled with that fact that they occurred under the watch of new police chief Lawrence Revell, who was installed in December, protest leaders formed the march to express concerns over what they began to see as a pattern.
Many people have been upset at these instances, and riots and protests have started. Brenda Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Trayvon Martin were just a few people who were unarmed Blacks and were shot and killed by the other people.