Welcome to the Space Coast Progressive Alliance
The Space Coast Progressive Alliance advances progressive policies at the local, state and national level through education on critical issues, coordination of activities among local and state progressive organizations, and providing internet resources.
We are a grassroots organization of concerned citizens who strive for domestic and international policies beneficial to the well-being and self-determination of Americans and all peoples of the world, for protection of civil and personal liberties, and for progressive environmental, economic, labor, health care, social welfare, education, foreign, and defense policies.
October Letter to SCPA Membership
Dear SCPA Members,
The 2020 new reality of Coronavirus in our community has tapped SCPA’s ability to reinvent itself in a virtual format. The result has been an expanded viewership on both Zoom and Facebook Live. It has brought us new members who are anxious to help solve the many problems before us.
We found our way into virtuality with our favorite format, a panel of outstanding experts on each subject, followed by a Q&A. This began with a conversation to ascertain the safety and well being of our membership and followers. Speakers helped us navigate the agencies and services available during:
- May 7: Coping with Covid; Then, we presented compelling, hot topics of the day
- July 2: Your Mail. Your Vote. Your Voice (as we watched our postal system being sabotaged just when the pandemic necessitated mail-in Primary voting).
- August 6: The Color of Injustice; Being Black in America (as communities erupted into protest after witnessing the reality that vestiges of pre-Civil War mentality persist in the police departments that violently devalue Black lives).
- Sept. 10: The Perversion of Truth, Media and Democracy (when truth and science are needed to make smart election choices but are lambasted as “fake news”; and journalists are attacked for seeking answers).
- Oct. 1: At The Edge of Authoritarianism in America (as our system of peaceful elections are under attack through voter suppression and intimidation).
- Sept. 16: Our acting president, Raed Alshaibi, initiated an urgent, live conversation in Melbourne Auditorium, open to Zoom and Facebook viewers: Law and Leaders Summit: a productive and enthusiastic dialogue between Chiefs of Police and community leaders and elected officials.
The first week of November will most certainly be an unsettling time as we wait for election results. SCPA will NOT hold its First Thursday event while the dust settles. Until then, we will be implementing our Action Items that you hear so much about. Join us!
We will be participating in demonstrations, working for candidates in this most crucial election,
writing letters, calling our Congresspersons. Join us!
And please let us know in what direction you wish to see SCPA go next. We look forward to your comments and participation on committees. Sign up on SCPAflorida.com.
Current News and Information
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www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/03/orlando-rep-maxwell-frost-at-paramore-concert-f-ron-desantis/?...
"U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, the Orlando Democrat and first Gen Z-er elected to Congress, made his feelings about Florida’s governor and 2024 presidential contender quite clear Friday night at a Paramore concert in Washington, D.C.
'F— Ron DeSantis! F— fascism!' Frost shouted to the cheering crowd as he took center stage at the punk-rock concert."
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Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost at Paramore concert: ‘F— Ron DeSantis’
www.orlandosentinel.com
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, the Orlando Democrat and first Gen Z-er elected to Congress, made his feelings about Florida’s governor and 2024 presidential contender quite clear Friday night at a …
WATCH the recording of this powerful program!
www.youtube.com/@SCPABrevard
Policing The Police – To Protect And Serve
Expert Panelists:
*Jessica J. Travis Esq.- Attorney
*Alton Edmond Esq. - Attorney
*Quinn Diaz | Strategy + Special Projects Associate for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida.
*Joyce Hamilton, Ph.D. Senior Strategy and Special Projects Advisor for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida
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"Nearly two years after she was arrested, former Moms for Liberty member, Randy Fine staffer, former Palm Bay City Council candidate, and conservative activist Janice Crisp has been found not guilty by a Brevard County Judge on a charge of Disruption of an Education Institution. She was also arrested for Trespass Upon Grounds of School Facility after Warning, but that charge was dropped by the prosecutor.
In the order, Judge Katie Jacobus stated 'the State of Florida failed to prove beyond to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt that the Defendant, Janice Crisp, did knowingly disrupt or interfere with the lawful administration of any educational institutional, school board, or activity on school board property contrary to F.S. 877.131(a).'
It is not clear from court records on what prosecutors failed to prove in their case against Crisp, but the judge was not convinced. The video shows Crisp obstructing the entrance to the School District with her body, and ignoring commands by Brevard County Sheriff Deputies to move. She accused Sheriff Wayne Ivey of weaponizing his deputies against “patriots” fighting against mask mandates."
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thespacecoastrocket.com
Nearly two years after she was arrested, former Moms for Liberty member, Randy Fine staffer, former Palm Bay City Council candidate, and conservative activist Janice Crisp has been found not guilty by...I was there that day. Crisp was loud, belligerent, screaming, and verbally abusive to just about everyone. She couldn’t have been more disrespectful to the deputies that were going out of their way to treat her respectfully. So much for conservatives and their “Back the Blue” rhetoric.
There is video of it!
"Banning my book takes away a message of hope to the wrongfully convicted prisoners still behind bars," Dillon said. "Florida made a mockery of justice in my case, and took away nearly three decades of my life. I want the world to know what they did to me, so it will be harder for them to do it to anyone else. All prisoners should know what they are up against." ... See MoreSee Less

Torres: Wrongfully convicted William Dillon's inspiring story banned from Florida prisons
www.floridatoday.com
Instead of banning William Dillon's book, the DOC should just do a better job protecting the inmates from being sexually assaulted. Just a thought.
"Brevard County Judge Kathryn Jacobus on Tuesday found Crisp not guilty, writing in a court order that prosecutors "failed to prove beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt" that Crisp knowingly disrupted or interfered with the "lawful administration" of the meeting."
"At trial, the State presented a video recording that clearly depicts Ms. Crisp’s admitted intentional disruption of and interference with a Brevard School Board meeting," Archer said in a statement sent through a spokesman.
Video of the incident showed Crisp arguing at the doors with deputies and then with School Board Chair Misty Belford for about 10 minutes, railing against the 'illegal' mask mandate and repeatedly referring to deputies as "the Gestapo."
Crisp, who ran for Palm Bay City Council in 2020, has made headlines before for controversial protest activities, including burning masks outside the School Board building and picketing the Satellite Beach home of School Board member Jennifer Jenkins."
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Former Palm Bay candidate arrested during School Board anti-mask protest beats charges
www.floridatoday.com
Former Palm Bay Council candidate Janice Crisp acquitted after deputies said she tried to enter a School Board meeting without a mask in 2021.There will be plenty more opportunities for her to be charged with infractions. She is a walking prosecution.
"Because the case has taken so long to get to trial, Gerald Perrin missed out on his chance to sue the defendant for wrongful death. In Florida the statute of limitations for a wrongful death suit is only two years. He's also hoping to sue the establishment that he says over served the man accused of running down his brother." ... See MoreSee Less

Torres: Family grows frustrated waiting five years for DUI manslaughter trial to begin
www.floridatoday.com
The wheels of justice turn slowly but this 2018 case has been bogged down by an extraordinary amount of pre-trial litigation."Protests took place in West Palm Beach and across Florida while some businesses across the state shut their doors Thursday in opposition to a tough, new immigration law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis." ... See MoreSee Less
Protests in West Palm Beach, across Florida over DeSantis' immigration law
www.floridatoday.com
Businesses across Florida will close in solidarity with Latino workers who say they are being targeted by Governor Ron DeSantis' new immigration law.Florida is corrupt in so many ways especially racism and hate