NAACP Florida Chapter calls for travel advisory in response to DeSantis’ push for legislation banning diversity and inclusion initiatives
“The governor is very insensitive as it relates to issues facing people of color in the state of Florida,” Rumlin added. “Somebody’s going to have to stand up against the governor and his policies and make him do the right thing and one of the ways we are going to do it is in the form of a travel advisory, advising people not to visit the state, which will have a vast impact on the economy of the state of the Florida.
“We are an organization that protects people’s civil rights, and this is a first step to doing that,” Hillsborough County NAACP President Yvette Lewis told the. “People are seeing what’s happening in Florida. They’re paying attention, and I hope that help is coming.”
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