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FCAN COVID-19 Emergency Response

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge for our country, threatening our health, wellbeing, and democracy. Now more than ever, we need to work together to ensure that our government has a coordinated, strategic response to safeguard the public’s health, protect consumers from emerging dangers and ensure people can still participate fully in our democracy.

 Too Dangerous to Open Florida? 

NEW OpenSafe FL Facts.pdf    NEW 7.9.20 Open Safe Week 2 release.docx,

From Johns Hopkins University of Medicine July 08, 2020

FCAN and national partners have assembled a COVID-19 response team of policy experts, advocates, organizers, and researchers. If we all pull together, we can find concrete ways to protect public health, consumers, and our democracy. Click here for more information:

More Testing Needed - Protect Healthcare Workers - Consumer Tips for Coping - Prevent Price Gouging - Safely Reopen - Release Ventilator Repair Information - Protect Consumer Credit - Stop Bad Bailouts - 25 Things to do at Home - Much more

FCAN's Comprehensive Response  to the Florida Covid-19 Surge

Florida's Community Dashboard showing cases and info by county.

Note that this Dashboard, which is not controlled by the state, shows where data is being withheld by the Florida Department of Health. 

Florida 7 Day rolling average of positive tests from Johns Hopkins College of Medicine
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Hurricane Season is Here! FCAN Helps you get ready

    FCAN 2020 Hurricane Media Guide -- resources, data, more from FCAN and the Public Interest Network

Strengthen Our Homes -- FCAN oped on need for stronger building codes

Hurricane Resilience  -- How Can Communities Become Resilient?

Consumer updates:

Unsafe Used Cars (docx file)

FCAN Payday lending press release (pdf)

FCAN Foundation Press Release
Press Release: Trouble in Toyland 2019.docx
More Trouble in Toyland 2019

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FEATURED ISSUE: Pesticides are threatening bee populations globally.

Millions of bees are dying off, with alarming consequences for our food supply. We rely on bees to pollinate 71 of the 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world’s food. Imagine no almonds, less coffee, no chocolate, fewer apples and strawberries, less alfalfa to feed dairy cows ... the list goes on. READ MORE

FCAN stands for an America where everyone gets their fair share, does their fair share, and pays their fair share; and where everyone plays by the same rules.