TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – With the New Year days away, Tallahassee-based nonprofits are preparing to push and pull local governments for results on food insecurity, healthcare, immigration and more.
At the top of mind, however, is the sale of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Tallahassee ALERT is asking the Tallahassee City Commission to pause the transfer to Florida State University.
Recently, FSU agreed to the terms of the transfer of all city-owned hospital assets currently leased to TMH. According to the City of Tallahassee, this agreement will begin the transformation of the hospital into an academic health center.
The proposed MOU is valued at $359 million and is subject to approval by the City Commission, according to an internal statement to FSU. The City Commission is scheduled to take action on the MOU at its Jan. 14 meeting.
“We want to make sure that we’re just spreading the message, spreading the word as far as we can that January 14th, this is expected to come up in front of the city commission,” said Melanie Andrade, a member-leader with Tallahassee ALERT.
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Meanwhile, the Capital Area Justice Ministry, Tallahassee’s largest faith-based advocacy group, plans on asking local leaders to do what they can to protect immigrants. Executive Director Bryan Stringer said recent immigration raids and arrests have evoked memories of his grandparents’ experiences “walking while Black.”
“It’s far too resemblant of what my ancestors went through, just driving while Black, being in situations, being in fear of going to the grocery store because you’re afraid that you may be deported,” Stringer said.
Several immigration related arrests happened in the capital city this year, with one of the biggest immigration raids happening six months ago at a construction site. More than 100 people were detained as part of a Homeland Security criminal investigation.
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Hunger is a priority for both organizations. Being hungry can impact so many other day-to-day issues, they say.
“At Capital Area Justice Ministry, we believe that there’s two forms of power in our culture. There’s large amounts of organized money, and then there’s large amounts of organized people,” Stringer said.
Andrade says Tallahassee ALERT will also propose a reparations-style amendment to the Leon County Charter Review process, which is how the county revises its local constitution.
“I think some people might call it that. I mean, we’re talking about literally restoring harms, restoring our community from harms that we’ve faced in the past,” Andrade said.
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