by Anna V. Eskamani for Florida House | August 3, 2020
Dating back to the 1960s, one can find the initial calls for an Environmental Justice Movement being broadcast by Black activists in the United States who recognized the disproportionate effects that communities of Color face at the hands of climate change. In 1968,...
by Anna V. Eskamani for Florida House | August 2, 2020
This was originally published August 2, 2020 in the Orlando Sentinel. Our country and state are at a turning point. Nationwide demonstrations for Black lives and police reform, and over 154,000 coronavirus deaths and tens of millions unemployed — with communities of...
by Anna V. Eskamani for Florida House | July 28, 2020
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2020 Representative Anna V. Eskamani To Host Two Virtual Community Events Tonight One Focused on Florida Politics, the Other Focused on Reopening Schools with OCPS Board Member Karen Castor Dentel Orlando, FL — Representative Eskamani of...
by Anna V. Eskamani for Florida House | July 27, 2020
Dear Friend, Every Friday at 5:00pm we host a Virtual Office Hour on Facebook and Instagram Live to answer COVID19 questions from Floridians. In most cases, the questions are focused on our state’s broken unemployment system. But this time someone tried trolling me...
by Anna V. Eskamani for Florida House | July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 Dear Florida’s Congressional Delegation, I write to you with a sense of urgency requesting that you extend the $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program for Americans across this country. Set to expire at the end of this month, FPUC...
