From advocacy basics to social media and role-playing meetings with legislators, both non-profit professionals and teens learned how to best advocate for the issues that matter to them at the 2015 NEFL Advocacy Training on January 28. Nearly 100 professionals and teens came together at the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute to the annual training… Read More

While many businesses and organizations were closed Monday, February 19 for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 23  AmeriCorps members had “a day on, not a day off.” The Health Corps joined AmeriCorps members and other volunteers across the country for the MLK Day of Service, a national day of service led by the… Read More

Can’t make it to the 2015 NEFL Advocacy Training? Join the free live webcast of the 2015 Advocacy Training Day panel discussion. Be a part of the social media conversation and get your questions answered. Topic: “How to be a Community Advocate” When: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Moderator: Melissa… Read More

The Coalition elected new Board and General Membership members and a new slate of officers at it’s annual meeting January 15. The Coalition also released the 2013-2014 Annual Report, presented the Philip Gilbert and Dorothy Wilson Mabry awards and heard a presentation on safe sleep resources from the Department of Children & Families. Dr. Catherine… Read More