Lead Locally
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
FRRC is Tapping Into Shared Humanity in Florida
There are only three states with a law restricting former felons’ right to vote, and in Florida, the problem is at its worst. In 2017, Tides Advocacy partnered with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to get the Voting Restoration Amendment (Amendment 4) on the ballot. They are now inspiring a movement of thousands locally and nationally.
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Lead Locally Keeps Fossil Fuels In The Ground
Lead Locally joined Tides Advocacy in 2016 to engage and organize around local elections that don’t get very much attention or resources in areas where pollution impacts will be disproportionately felt by low-income communities and communities of color. Their community organizing is stopping fossil fuel projects before they get started. “No one else offers the kind and level of support that Tides Advocacy does around c4 and electoral work.”
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Capacity Building
In partnership with Tides Advocacy, the next generation of leaders learns what it takes to grow and sustain movements and win policy change.
Leaders look to Tides Advocacy to not only handle their infrastructure and back office support, but also to build their expertise so they can be more effective agents for change. We provide training, ongoing personalized advisory services, and connections with other movement leaders so that every question goes answered and no opportunity is missed.
Read MoreCEJA Action Brings Environmental Justice to Sacramento
The environmental movement has historically been white-led and is only now starting to address racial justice in its work. Tides Advocacy provided multi-year seed funding, strategic support, and fiscal sponsorship to create CEJA Action, which works with community-based environmental justice groups to increase their electoral power. CEJA Action is now a strong presence in Sacramento, taking positions on state measures and helping elect environmental justice champions into office.
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