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New law brings managed care to people with intellectual disabilities

Jun 10, 2025 | 8:06 pm ET By Christine Sexton Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed into law priority legislation for House Speaker Daniel Perez that addresses how people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) receive health care. There were fears in the IDD advocacy community that DeSantis was going to veto the bill but he…
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Florida Removes 1.3m People From Health Care Plan

Published Feb 09, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST By Hugh Cameron To watch video report, Click Here. Over one million Floridians have had their health insurance revoked as a result of a nationwide disenrollment from coverage that was previously safeguarded as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrolment in Florida has fallen from…
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Miami-Dade organizations team up to expand services for abuse victims

WLRN Public Media | By Verónica Zaragovia Published November 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM EST Two Miami-Dade organizations are teaming up to expand services for women, children and families affected by violence and abuse. The groups have dubbed the $5 million facility The Healing Sanctuary a one-stop shop for resources like therapy and social services.  Susan Rubio-Riverra is the founder and executive director…
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Miami Beach pledges millions to the county for homeless funding. Will it be enough?

Aaron Leibowitz, Douglas Hanks November 15, 2024 Miami Beach officials agreed Thursday to direct $10 million to Miami-Dade County for homeless services and provide additional funding in future years, a response to county commissioners’ demands after the city pulled a question about implementing a tax to fund those services from the Nov. 5 ballot. City officials expressed frustration…
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Hope amid heartbreak for Amendment 4

Majority vote for reproductive rights signals bipartisan support Amelia Orjuela Da Silva Nov 12, 2024 On election night, as the results of Florida’s Amendment 4 poured in, Natasha Sutherland was surrounded by a mix of hope and heartbreak. The overwhelming support for the amendment, which sought to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, was…
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New high-rises and vanishing roots in West Grove

By Amelia Orjuela Da Silva Published November 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM EST Growing up in West Coconut Grove, lifelong residents Paula and Paulette Culmer shared a childhood steeped in the warmth of a tight-knit community, rich with Caribbean culture and the legacy of their Bahamian immigrant family.  “We didn’t have electricity until we were about eight,”…
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‘A true lifeline’: Community radio helps Florida immigrant workers prepare for Milton

Syra Ortiz Blanes Tue, October 8, 2024 at 4:41 PM CDT Amid a steady stream of rancheras and marimbas, Radio Conciencia is broadcasting messages about storm preparation and available shelters across Immokalee ahead of the arrival of ferocious Hurricane Milton to the Florida peninsula. “We must not let our guard down, we must continue making…
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Florida Dems cry foul as Donald Trump threatens to revoke TPS for Haitians

Jacob Ogles, Florida Politics Oct 8, 2024  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trumpsaid he will revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians if he wins in November. That’s a move that could affect tens of thousands of Haitians living legally in Florida. Trump made his comments to NewsNation at a Texas fundraiser while discussing a high concentration of…
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Local Organizations

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Community Justice Project - We are community lawyers. In our legal work we collaborate closely with community organizers and grassroots groups in low-income communities of color because we believe that a more democratic, more just and more equal society can only truly come about through grassroots organizing and social movement. We are a part of that social movement in South Florida and strive to support organizing through our varied and often innovative legal work.

Dream Defenders - The Dream Defenders is a Florida-based nonprofit social-justice group that advocates for equality for people of color, an end to police militarization, an end to gender discrimination, and widespread nonviolence and peace at home and abroad. The group organizes protest marches, art events, and alternative history lessons, among many other happenings.

Florida Immigrant Coalition - A statewide confederation of 65 groups, the Immigrant Coalition is one of the the state's largest Latin American immigrant-advocacy organizations. The group advocates for not only immigration-law reform but also rights for undocumented workers, farmworkers, and immigrant students.

Power U Center for Social Change - Miami's PowerU seeks to develop "the leadership of black and brown youth and black women in South Florida" to end systemic oppression and racism.

The Miami-Dade Women's Fund - The Women's Fund, one of the largest women's rights organizations in Miami, advocates for economic security and health care for women. The group also awards grants to smaller groups that help underserved women across the Miami-Dade.

Miami Bridge - The organization is Miami-Dade's only 24-hour shelter for abandoned or abused kids ages 10 to 17. The shelter provides for more than 500 children and teens each year.

Engage Miami - Founded by a group of young local laywers, Engage Miami aims to get more young people involved in politics — especially the local kind that actually affects most people day-to-day. They're trying to convince Millennials that they should care about things like zoning board hearings and lobbyist transparency.

Urban Paradise Guild - What the South Florida Wildlands Association does for the Glades, the Guild does for the City of Miami. The UPG and its members are dedicated to bringing back a sense of "natural habitat" to Miami.

Food Not Bombs - The mission of Food Not Bombs is to recover and share free vegan or vegetarian food with the public without restriction to protest war, poverty, and the destruction of the environment.

Miami Homes for All - We believe that everyone in Miami deserves to lead a dignified, healthy, and vibrant life. That includes everyone from those struggling to make ends meet to those experiencing homelessness.

Upcoming Events

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Veterans Healing Farm: 3rd Annual Veterans Resource Fair

501c3 nonprofit founded in 2013 to enhance the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of our nation’s veterans and their families. For more information, please contact the VHF at 828-595-6111 or via email at [email protected]

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Soldiers’ Angels Dallas Military & Veteran Food Distribution

Soldiers’ Angels provides an easy, no-cost way for Dallas Service Members and Veterans in need to receive food assistance. Volunteers pack bags of groceries and load them into cars, pushcarts, or backpacks of registered Service Members and Veterans.

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VIRTUAL DEMENTIA FRIEND EDUCATION SESSION

Join us the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a VIRTUAL Dementia Friend Information Session; 12 noon-1:00 pm. Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of…

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NAMIWalks North Texas

Our walk has no set distance, because it’s not the amount of steps we walk, but the importance of each step we take toward Mental Health for All!

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Barbie®: A Cultural Icon Exhibition

Created by Illusion Projects and Mattel, Inc., Barbie®: A Cultural Icon Exhibition examines the Barbie brand’s 60+ year history and the doll’s global impact on pop culture. Across six distinct sections, visitors experience more than 250 vintage dolls—including the original Barbie—from the collections of private collector David Porcello and Mattel, life-size fashion designs, exclusive interviews,…

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Race to Cure Sarcoma Chicago 5K

The Race to Cure Sarcoma (RTCS) is the premier run/walk series in the United States, focused on raising awareness, providing education, and research funds for sarcoma. Each year, the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) hosts more than (20) RTCS events across the country. We provide a unique space in the sarcoma community where patients, survivors, their friends,…

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For Oak Cliff Food Distribution (indoors)

Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.

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Virtual Dementia Friend Education Session

Join us the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a VIRTUAL Dementia Friend Information Session; 12 noon-1:00 pm. Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of…

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Virtual Dementia Friend Education Session

Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of Dementia Friendly Dallas and sponsored by Juliette Fowler Communities. To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-GhqzMsHt39Xq3Ld6fEo16olFhLLs5g Once registered, a Zoom link…

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Arlington Charities: St. Andrews Mobile Food Market

Come rain or shine, join us to support Arlington Charities as we pack and distribute food for its drive-through mobile food market. Visit the link to review the available slots and be sure to sign up. Volunteers are asked to arrive promptly at 8:00am and dress for the weather – Texas temps are unpredictable. This…

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