Thank you Hillary for visiting Orlando and meeting with our local community leaders!
With Senator Nelson in tow, HRC quietly visited yesterday with Mayor Buddy Dyer, City Council member Patty Sheehan, Gina Duncan (Trans outreach coordinator for Equality Florida) as well as the families of the Pulse victims. This was unannounced, not a politicized, public event (altho I hope hope she will come back to speak to all of us, maybe at Lake Eola where the vigil was held.
Patty Sheehan has been the voice of our community in the wake of the Pulse tragedy.
This is how you do grassroots. The Pulse Victims Tragedy Response has been doing wonderful things. Consider one survivor, an undocumented young guy from Venezuela. His partner, an established local fellow, was murdered in the massacre. Now what is this young guy supposed to do? Needless to say, he’s freaked out.
When you purchase a copy of What the World Needs Now (sung by an all star cast including personal favs Joel Grey and Carole King), the proceeds go to The Center, which is the epicenter for these efforts.