The organizations are focusing on issues including democracy and voting rights, education rights for Black and LGBTQ+ students and health care affordability.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More than a dozen advocacy groups across Jacksonville are rallying for a common purpose: to demand change from local and state legislators.
Representatives from Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, Beaches Activists Movement , Public School Defenders, Florida Rising, Jax NOW, Moms Demand Action, MAD DADS, Florida Voices for Health, Harriett Tubman Freedom Fighters, Indivisible Mandarin, Florida for All, Families for Strong Public Schools, Equality Florida, Sponsored by Grace and Jacksonville Tenants Union were there with a message for elected officials: there's power in numbers.
He said together these groups can make their voices heard to politicians making the laws they don't agree with. This time, they want lawmakers to strengthen gun safety legislation, starting with secure storage legislation.
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