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.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
We continue to honor those no longer with us through action, and push back against hateful and dangerous rhetoric that targets already marginalized communities.
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Space Coast Light Festival canceled - The Space Coast Rocket
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The annual Space Coast Light Festival in Palm Bay, a beloved Christmas light event in Brevard County, will not take place this year. The cancellation, announced by the festival organizers, […]0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Space Coast Light Festival in Palm Bay canceled this year
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The organizers of Space Coast Light Festival in Palm Bay announced this week that the festival was canceled for “reasons beyond our control.”1 CommentComment on Facebook
That sucks. I was looking forward to attending the Light Festival this year. I hope the organizers can find suitable land for all their events next year. Wickham Park has really dropped the ball by killing off all these popular and fun community events on their premises.
“Few mammals saved under the Endangered Species Act are as iconic, beloved or bickered about than the Florida manatee. Now the petitioners and lawyers are lining up yet again to save the starving sea cow.
Decades of pride and millions of dollars are at stake riding on the species salvation.”
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Famine sends Florida manatees back to the brink
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The Florida manatee is once again in peril, with activists trying to get them 'uplisted' to endangered0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Hundreds of residents in the North Brevard County neighborhoods around the defunct Sherwood Golf Course are working to stop the development of 800 homes on the property.” ... See MoreSee Less

North Brevard residents working against development of Sherwood Golf Course into housing
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The defunct Sherwood Golf Course in unincorporated North Brevard could be turned into 800 new homes unless residents can stop rezoning.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
If we don’t change our ways and make sustainability a requirement of Florida growth management, I fear we will have to file for environmental bankruptcy sooner rather than later." ... See MoreSee Less

Florida echoes half century of wins and losses from Endangered Species Act
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Florida is at the ecological epicenter of a half-century of wins and losses of the Endangered Species Act.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.” ... See MoreSee Less

Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dead at 96
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Floridians, take notice. Your right to a representative government is being stolen away.
Recent headlines document angry eruptions among an audience of people who show up to meetings ready to tell their leaders what they think — only to be muzzled by time limits that shut down some would-be participants before they could utter a single word.
More often, however, the exclusion is happening quietly and secretly, in meetings that never take place. Closed doors that should be open. A row of empty seats on a dais, facing a roomful of chairs that are also empty.
The result, however, is the same: The only people who can register their concerns face-to-face with their elected officials are the elites who can afford the private clubs and campaign contributions that give them direct access to power. The voices of regular Floridians are shut out or told to shut up.”
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Editorial: State leaders muzzle Floridians who want to speak out
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The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Krys Fluker, Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson and Viewpoints Editor Jay Reddick. Contact us at insight@orlandosentinel.co…0 CommentsComment on Facebook