Duval County Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida

06/16/2026

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06/16/2026

🎙️ REDLINING STORYTELLING PROJECT RECAP: TAKING THE STORYTELLING STUDIO TO THE COMMUNITY

Over the past two weeks, the CRPCNOW Media Storytelling Studio traveled across Jacksonville, bringing the Redlining Storytelling Project directly into the community. From the Beaver Street Enterprise Center to the Highlands Regional Library Auditorium, residents shared powerful stories about the lasting impacts of redlining, environmental injustice, housing inequities, educational disparities, and economic exclusion.

These recording sessions created a safe and welcoming space for community members to preserve their personal histories and document the lived experiences of neighborhoods that have often been overlooked in public policy discussions. Each story captured serves as a vital piece of Jacksonville's history and provides insight into how past decisions continue to shape present-day opportunities and challenges.

Participants shared experiences related to:

🏠 Housing and Homeownership Challenges
🌱 Environmental Justice and Redlined Communities
🎓 Education and Economic Opportunity
❤️ Health Disparities
🗳️ Civic Engagement and Community Advocacy
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Histories and Neighborhood Legacy

The CRPCNOW Media Storytelling Studio was honored to record the voices of residents whose stories deserve to be heard, remembered, and preserved for future generations.

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who participated, volunteered, and supported this important community-based oral history initiative. Your courage to share your experiences helps build a more complete and truthful understanding of Jacksonville's history.

We are excited to announce that highlights from the Redlining Storytelling Project will debut during the Faith-Based Environmental Justice Town Hall Meeting on June 25, 2026. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear selected stories and engage in meaningful conversations about faith, environmental justice, public health, community development, and equitable policy solutions.

These stories will also be memorialized through the Good Green Trouble Florida Podcast, available on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts, ensuring these voices remain part of the historical record for generations to come.

As the late Congressman John Lewis reminded us, "Never be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." Through storytelling, we are preserving history, elevating community voices, and building a foundation for a more just and equitable future.

Every Story Counts. Every Voice Matters.



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06/14/2026

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06/14/2026

Save the Date June 25th monthly meeting in person!

06/11/2026

Data Centers Map Tracking - Be in the Know

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A small city outside Los Angeles just did something no other place in America has ever done — and it wasn't close.

Voters in Monterey Park, California approved Measure NDC in a June 2026 special election, making it the first US city to enact a permanent ban on data centers through a ballot measure. The margin: roughly 86% in favor. That's not a squeaker. That's a community speaking with one voice.

The reason behind the vote is simple, and it's one a lot of families across the country will recognize. Data centers are enormous, around-the-clock power and water guzzlers. They strain local electricity grids, drive up utility rates for everyone nearby, draw heavily on drinking water for cooling, and can foul the air with backup generators. Residents of Monterey Park — a city of about 60,000 — decided they didn't want their air quality, their water supply, or their monthly bills sacrificed so a tech company could park a server farm in their backyard.

What makes this remarkable is that they didn't wait for a city council fight or a zoning board to maybe-someday act. They put it directly on the ballot and made the ban permanent. No expiration date. No quiet reversal after the news cameras leave.

It lands at a moment when data centers are exploding across the country to feed the AI boom, and towns everywhere are waking up to what that actually costs them — higher power bills, drained reservoirs, and dirtier air, often with few local jobs to show for it. Monterey Park just handed those communities a blueprint.

The question now: how many cities follow?

06/10/2026

🌀🌿 HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS GIFT BASKET RAFFLE 🌿🌀

Duval County Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida

As Florida enters another hurricane season, many historically redlined communities continue to face disproportionate challenges in preparing for and recovering from severe weather events. With ongoing concerns about reductions in federal and state environmental protections, disaster preparedness resources, and recovery assistance programs, it is more important than ever that we invest in community resilience.

Good Green Trouble Florida and the Duval Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida (DECF) are proud to launch our Hurricane Preparedness Gift Basket Raffle to help support environmental justice efforts and preparedness outreach in vulnerable communities.

🎟️ Raffle Tickets ✅ 5 Tickets for $10
✅ 10 Tickets for $20

🎁 Gift Basket Includes Hurricane Preparedness Essentials

Emergency supplies

Non-perishable food items

Batteries

Household necessities

Personal care items

And more!

💚 All proceeds will support environmental justice and community preparedness efforts in historically underserved and redlined neighborhoods, helping residents access information, resources, and support before, during, and after hurricane events.

Hurricanes do not impact every community equally. Together, we can help ensure that families have the tools they need to prepare, respond, and recover.

📲 Scan the QR Code on the flyer to purchase your raffle tickets and support this important cause.



"When communities are prepared, they are empowered. When neighbors support neighbors, resilience grows." 🌿🌀💚

06/05/2026

Duval DECF June meeting notification and newsletter

Faith, Community, and Environmental Justice: Standing Together for Healthy Neighborhoods

06/02/2026

Affordability and Attainability is on the ballot!

Utilities Hykes, Property Taxes, Homeownership and so much more! RSVP and send your questions for June 11th.

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Join us for a powerful conversation about environmental sustainability, affordability, and livability in Florida and learn how to highlight these issues for voters. This webinar brings together national and state leaders, experts, and concerned citizens to explore the policies and strategies that ca...