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Why Florida Matters

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September 17, 2026
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9:00 am
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10:40 am
Jason Garcia
Seeking Rents
Joe Saunders
Equality Florida
Michael Leachman
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Sadaf Knight
Florida Policy Institute

The summit's plenary session will examine why Florida is important in the broader context of today's policy and advocacy climate: why our work in removing historical roadblocks to shared prosperity matters locally, statewide, and nationally; how we can work together to protect our communities from systemic harms; and why preserving our public institutions and the revenue needed to fund them is important now more than ever.