The Florida People’s Advocacy Center (Florida PAC) increases social and economic justice throughout Florida by facilitating and providing training in civic engagement at the state capitol. Our motto is “Get involved. The world is run by those who show up!”

 

We understand that legislative processes at the local, state, and federal levels keep most people out by design, allowing those who control big money to dictate priorities and dominate the conversation. However, nothing is more powerful than filling a committee room with well-informed constituents with first-hand knowledge of the issues being discussed from their life experience. The conversation and the power visibly shift. We call that "Rhetoric vs. Reality."

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That's why Florida PAC was established by the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy, now our research arm, to complete the mission of connecting the dots between research/analysis and training/education. The name "Florida PAC" is an intentional play on the more common term: PAC (Political Action Committee). The goal of a PAC is to raise political campaign contributions, thereby relying on big money to influence politicians, the process, and the policy decisions. The goal of Florida PAC is to raise voices in the political process, thereby organizing the power of people to shift the conversation by putting faces on the impact of policy decisions.