Weekly Updates

(Weekly Update #232) Dear Members and Advocates, This weekly update is dedicated to Matthew. I know you already received a weekly update this week, but that topic and the response to it was so important that I feel compelled to write another – because the message can be lifesaving.  I wrote about rejection and the chronic social rejection people on

Dear Members and Advocates, Our first order of business is a post Hurricane Ian check in. We know that many of our members live along the west coast of Florida and our thoughts and prayers are with all of you who are still suffering the after-effects of the storm. If you are in one of the effected areas, please try

  (Weekly Update #230) Dear Members and Advocates, The most important thing to convey to our members this week is to STAY SAFE! As I write this message, Hurricane Ian is passing over Cuba. It is forecasted to strengthen into a category 4 Hurricane as it passes over the Gulf of Mexico before once again making landfall somewhere near Tampa

(Weekly Update #229) Dear Members and Advocates, Over the last couple of weeks we’ve posted about several teachers, coaches and law enforcement personnel who have gotten arrested for a sexual offense. We don’t share these stories to shame the perpetrators – the justice system is here to punish them appropriately. We certainly don’t share the stories to normalize the crimes

(Weekly Update #228) Dear Members and Advocates, Last week FAC made a significant announcement. We modified our position to clearly and unambiguously state that we seek to abolish the registry. The decision was one that our Board debated extensively prior to adopting, but in the end it did not take much thought to arrive at the conclusion. (1) We support

(Weekly Update #227) Dear Members and Advocates, Sometimes it is important to be direct. We start this week’s update with a clear and candid statement of our goal and a commitment to keep fighting until our goal is accomplished.  Florida Action Committee’s position is that the Sex Offender Registry must be abolished. Over the coming weeks we will be working

(Weekly Update #225) Dear Members and Advocates, I have to keep reminding myself that “haters gonna hate” and I need to keep plugging ahead. What I’m talking about are the negative comments that keep popping up in our forum, even when we announce great news! The sad thing is that the negative comments are not coming from vigilantes or pro-registy

(Weekly Update #224) Dear Members and Advocates, Last month for our July 4th Weekly Update we wrote about the Declaration of Independence and the events that led up to the Colonists’ declaring independence from British rule. This week we are reminded of another issue that had made things so intolerable that people had to fight back against their own government.

  (Weekly Update #223) Dear Members and Advocates, For those of you who receive these weekly updates and read them, thank you. Writing these weekly updates and contributing content to the Florida Action Committee is an opportunity to share news and updates with the FAC community and inform our members of new legislation that is being considered, or old legislation

(Weekly Update #222) Dear Members and Advocates, When I was searching for First Amendment firms to help the registrants in Brevard County who were banned from their county commission meeting, I reached out to many nonprofit organizations that focus on freedom of speech. Surprisingly there are a lot of them. I sincerely believed that based on the extraordinary facts in