Weekly Updates

FAC Weekly Update 2023-07-04 Dear Members and Advocates, Today we celebrate Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July.  It holds significant historical and cultural importance in the United States, serving as a reminder of the country’s founding principles of liberty, equality, and self-governance. It is a day of celebration, unity, and remembrance, as Americans come together to honor

Weekly Update for 2023-06-16-ID#262. Dear Members and Advocates,   Today we celebrate Father’s Day, a day honoring one’s father, or relevant father figure, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.  For several years, FAC has described the laws in FL as being “anti-family” laws as they force families apart, break paternal bonds, and alienate

Weekly Update for 06/08/2023 Dear Members and Advocates, This Weekly Update brings more unity and change.  First, oral arguments were heard last week on the motion for summary judgement in the Ex Post Facto II case in the Northern District Court.  We have been asked by the attorneys to remain patient, as they are expecting to receive an opinion from

Dear Members and Advocates,   A few weeks ago, I asked some women to share their thoughts about motherhood in recognition and celebration of Mother’s Day.  After reading several of their stories, I was left paralyzed, and in no mood to celebrate anything.   There was the mother who never dreamed she would be visiting her son in prison.  There

Weekly Update 2023-05-25 Dear Members and Advocates, This month we witnessed firsthand the power in numbers.  A momentum started that we cannot ignore as we progress toward our goal of abolishing the registry.  An important part of this movement that has begun is making sure that we acknowledge and thank the people in the Florida Legislature that stood up for

Post 02/23/2023 Dear Members and Advocates: I am yet to meet a person that has not experienced anxiety at some point in their life.  But for many of us, the anxiety seems constant….weekly, daily, even hourly for some. We need to be reminded that anxiety solves nothing, and only brings on negativity that drains us mentally, emotionally and physically. The

Weekly update 02/15/23 Dear Members and Advocates, Most think of today, Valentine’s Day, as a day reserved just for couples to honor their spouses, partners and sweethearts. But for those of us without a spouse, partner or sweetheart, we celebrate this day of LOVE in other ways. We celebrate the feeling of being loved each time someone showed they cared

Weekly Update 08 Jan, 2023 Dear Members and Advocates, We are Back! In case you were wondering, the answer is NO….you did not miss any Weekly Updates since the last one that we sent on Jan 4th.  The month of January just flew by but we are back on track now.  Thank you to the many readers that contacted us out of

Weekly Update #248 Dear Members and Advocates, Happy New Year! As we launch 2023, we wanted to share some stats from 2022 so you can follow the direction the Florida Action Committee has grown and changed. Thanks to our incredible Membership Chair, our regional and county coordinators and all of the people who volunteer for our membership committee, we have

FAC Weekly Update #246 Dear Members and Advocates, Our petition has broken 4000 signatures. It’s a number we are proud of. Considering we know how controversial our ask is, it’s also a number we are surprised to have hit. We know the number of people who open our emails and visit our website, so the number represents a large population