Past Events
Past Events
Thank you to our powerful and inspiring panelists who educated us about the suppression of free speech happening right here in our communities and gave us practical action items we can do right away to combat this political violence.
Nicholas Ostheimer, President of FAU College Democrats, has been on the front lines of campus protests defending academic freedom and coalition building across universities.
Adam Roberti, Board Member, Broward Young Dems, Executive Director of the Cortada Foundation, is using the power of socially engaged art to inspire civic action and connect communities through creative expression.
Dariel Gomez, a statewide organizer with the ACLU of Florida, is confronting censorship, advocating for immigrant rights, and defending public employees who’ve been punished for speaking out.
Karen J Leader, Associate Professor of art history at Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminist approaches and advocacy for the humanities in higher education. On September 13th, she was placed on administrative leave after a former DeSantis staffer created a viral post of tweets that Dr Leader shared, offering truthful information about Charlie Kirk’s bigotry. She was doxed and has since received death threats.
Hope & Action wants to thank Denise from Van Gogh Media for her commitment to creating videos empowering us to keep up the fight to defend democracy! THANK YOU, DENISE!!
Hope & Action Indivisible hosted the Rapid Response & Mutual Aid breakout Room
Hope & Action Indivisible wants to thank Scott Evans for hosting this incredible event! He successfully merged party and purpose, and we were able to raise money to continue to defend democracy! We appreciate you and your BIG HEART, Scott!!
We want to thank all of our speakers:
Kimmy B. - Radio Personality and our Emcee for the night
Emma Collum - Founder, Reproductive Freedom Collective, Broward County
Nancy Metayer Bowen - Vice Mayor, Coral Springs
Chris Caputo - Vice Mayor, Wilton Manors
Alfredo Olvera - President, Dolphin Democrats
Members of our community, who stood up to defend democracy, with their moving personal stories
We want to thank Martha Lerner / @zenmamalove for donating her time and talent on April 5th, documenting Hands Off in Hollywood FL. Please view many more powerful images here: Hands Off April 5th Photos. You can help support Martha here: zenmamalove.com
Photo Credit: Cory Hall