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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Joe Saunders |
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Orlando, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Some say... |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Nov 17, 2012 03:58pm |
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| Info | Joe’s family has lived in East Central Florida for 15 years. In 2003, while a student at UCF, an anti-gay hate crime left two students injured and the campus community demoralized. Joe stepped up to organize rallies and press conferences to call for more protections for the LGBT community on campus and began a career in advocacy that continues today. While at UCF, Joe served as Chair of the UCF Progressive Council, President of the UCF LGBT Student Union and ran young voter registration and education campaigns for the Florida League of Conservation Voters. He mentored incoming freshmen about responsible decision making as a REACH Peer Educator and worked part-time as a student liason to the UCF Faculty Senate.
Years later Joe is one of the leading voices for progressive values in the state of Florida. For seven years, as senior staff in the civil rights organization Equality Florida, he’s advocated in Tallahassee and across the state for policies that now protect millions of people from discrimination.
Joe has a long history of community service in Central Florida including Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, the Orange County Democratic Party, the Metropolitan Business Association and the Orange County League of Women Voters.
Joe understands intimately that our economic prosperity is directly linked to fairness in our public policy, fully funding public education and improving our quality of life. As a proud resident of District 49 and the UCF area, Joe believes that a world class public education system and quality arts and cultural institutions help Central Florida to retain and recruit the best and brightest talent which attracts employers and grows jobs. For the last two years Joe has chaired the Osceola Arts for a Complete Education Coalition which advocates for quality arts education in K-12 public schools. An artist himself, Joe has helped to lead Central Florida's best arts institutions as a sitting Board Member of the Osceola Center for the Arts, a member of “The Circle” coalition for the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, a past Board member for Applause Academy and has been a longtime booster and chaperone for the Gateway High School Drama Club.
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