Organizations Filed Purposes:
EQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION IS THE ADVOCACY ARM OF THE LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION WORKING TO SECURE FULL EQUALITY FOR FLORIDA'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) COMMUNITY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)WE WORK TO PASS LEGISLATION AND LOCAL POLICIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FLORIDA'S LGBT COMMUNITY, AND TO OPPOSE UNFAVORABLE LEGISLATION AND POLICIES.
SECURING EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR FLORIDA'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY
MOBILIZATION: FOR OUR 2019 LOBBY DAYS PROGRAM, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS PACKED THE CAPITOL TO TALK FACE-TO-FACE WITH LEGISLATORS AND SHARING PERSONAL STORIES. AT HOME, HUNDREDS OF EQUALITY FLORIDA MEMBERS PARTICIPATED ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE EQUALITY FLORIDA VIRTUAL LOBBY DAYS PROGRAM. IN ALL, 74 LEGISLATORS HAVE SIGNED ON AS COSPONSORS OF THE FLORIDA COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE ACT- A NEW RECORD!
ADVOCACY: IN 2019, EQUALITY FLORIDA FOCUSED ON EXTENDING AND DEEPENING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, PRIMARILY THROUGH OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM.IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS WE'VE TARGETED 17 MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FOR EMAIL CAMPAIGNS, FACE TO FACE MEETINGS, AND DISTRICT LEVEL ENGAGEMENT. TO DATE, WE HAVE HELD FACE-TO-FACE VISITS WITH 19 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING 3 MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS PART OF A NATIONAL CONVENING OF ADVOCACY GROUPS.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT ALSO ADDED FIREPOWER TO THE PUSH FOR THE EQUALITY ACT, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. EQUALITY FLORIDA LAUNCHED AN INTEGRATED EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAM THAT EDUCATED OUR MEMBERSHIP AND SHOWCASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE LEGISLATION. ULTIMATELY, WE HELPED SECURE THE SOLE VOTE OF SUPPORT FROM A FLORIDA REPUBLICAN WHO WAS ONE OF JUST EIGHT REPUBLICANS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE EQUALITY ACT.OUR PRIMARY STATE POLICY FOCUS IN 2019 WAS DEFENDING AGAINST ATTACKS ON EXISTING LGBTQ RIGHTS AND ADVANCING THE NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE ACT (FCWA). WE SUCCEEDED IN MAINTAINING OUR RECORD OF DEFEATING OR NEUTRALIZING EVERY ANTI-LGBTQ BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUILDING NEW SUPPORT FOR THE FLORIDA COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE ACT, AND MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS ON ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY - HIV MODERNIZATION.ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, VICTORIES THIS YEAR INCLUDE TAMPA ADDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY PROTECTIONS TO ITS CITY CHARTER, ALACHUA COUNTY'S BAN ON CONVERSION THERAPY, AND ST. PETERSBURG ADDING GENDER IDENTITY PROTECTIONS TO SEVERAL CITY PROGRAMS, AND ADDING LGBTQ BUSINESSES TO ITS MINORITY-BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
OUTREACH: EQUALITY FLORIDA PARTICIPATED IN 40 PRIDE FESTIVALS IN 2019, COLLECTING 29,332 LGBTQ NON-DISCRIMINATION PETITIONS, REGISTERING 850 VOTERS, AND RECRUITING 520 VOLUNTEERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Stratton Pollitzer | DEPUTY DIRECTOR | 6 | $29,135 |
| Nadine Smith | CEO | 4 | $18,134 |
| Marjorie Sherwin | DIRECTOR (1/1/19-12/1/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Christopher Rudisill | DIRECTOR (1/1/19-4/6/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Petra Doan | DIRECTOR (1/1/19-4/6/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Anderson | TREASURER (1/1/19-3/31/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nathan Bruemmer | DIRECTOR (12/1/19-12/31/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dana Farmer | DIRECTOR (8/2/19-12/31/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Selisse Berry | DIRECTOR (8/2/19-12/31/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dan Van Tice | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Donn Smith-Lopez | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pauline Parrish | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathryn Norsworthy | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Danny Humphress | DIRECTOR (8/2/19-12/31/19) | 0.5 | $0 |
| Anastasia Hoitis | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Susan Bottcher | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Bloom | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeff Delmay | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
| Victor Diaz-Herman | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Meryl Friedman | CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
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