Our Mission
Our Mission Statement
The Democratic Caribbean Caucus of Florida’s mission is to generate a significant increase of political support for the Democratic Caribbean Community for its four basic and main issues:
• Immigration.
• Economic Development.
• Education.
• Equivalent Political Support for Caribbean Candidates.
• Total Healthcare Access
The Democratic Caribbean Caucus of Florida’s mission is to generate a significant increase of political support for the Democratic Caribbean Community for its four basic and main issues:
• Immigration.
• Economic Development.
• Education.
• Equivalent Political Support for Caribbean Candidates.
• Total Healthcare Access
Our Goal & Objectives
Our Goal
To help get good Democrats elected and reelected to public office.
Our Objectives
• To stimulate a participating interest in public affairs that will foster better and greater Caribbean representation in government.
• To increase political power and influence of Caribbean Democrats within the Florida Democratic Party.
• To unite Caribbean Democrats in the State of Florida.
• To support and solicit for education and government action on national, state, county, and local levels outcomes that will reflect the best interests of the Caribbean Community’s perspectives.
• To promote the principles of the Democratic Party on all levels.
• To promote the best interests of Caribbean immigrants, descendants, and the Caribbean Community through political, financial, educational, and social support.
• To promote and preserve a supportive government on Caribbean issues.
• To encourage qualified Caribbean citizens to become candidates for public office and support applicable campaign efforts to elect qualified Democratic Party nominees.
To help get good Democrats elected and reelected to public office.
Our Objectives
• To stimulate a participating interest in public affairs that will foster better and greater Caribbean representation in government.
• To increase political power and influence of Caribbean Democrats within the Florida Democratic Party.
• To unite Caribbean Democrats in the State of Florida.
• To support and solicit for education and government action on national, state, county, and local levels outcomes that will reflect the best interests of the Caribbean Community’s perspectives.
• To promote the principles of the Democratic Party on all levels.
• To promote the best interests of Caribbean immigrants, descendants, and the Caribbean Community through political, financial, educational, and social support.
• To promote and preserve a supportive government on Caribbean issues.
• To encourage qualified Caribbean citizens to become candidates for public office and support applicable campaign efforts to elect qualified Democratic Party nominees.
Democratic Caucus
What is a Democratic Caucus?
There are five democratic caucuses in the State of Florida. The Florida Democratic Party wants to have inclusiveness at the highest levels of the Democratic Party from all segments of our society. Twenty-five years ago some segments of the Florida Democratic Party’s minority community were not being heard at the Party’s highest levels. Minority communities developed a feeling of “disenfranchisement” leading to a decrease in their political participation. The Florida Democratic Party searched for a system that would allow the minority population an equal access voice at the highest level within the Democratic Party’s structure. Hence, the caucus system was created to allow minority communities equal and direct access to the highest levels of Florida’s Democratic Party.
Today, the Florida Democratic Party has five Democratic Caucuses: the Black Caucus, the Triangle (Gay and Lesbian) Caucus, the Disability Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus, and the newest, the Caribbean Caucus of Florida.
The Democratic Caucuses operate outside the geographic confinement of the typical county democratic executive committee; therefore, allowing issues to be heard directly and immediately at the state party level.
There are five democratic caucuses in the State of Florida. The Florida Democratic Party wants to have inclusiveness at the highest levels of the Democratic Party from all segments of our society. Twenty-five years ago some segments of the Florida Democratic Party’s minority community were not being heard at the Party’s highest levels. Minority communities developed a feeling of “disenfranchisement” leading to a decrease in their political participation. The Florida Democratic Party searched for a system that would allow the minority population an equal access voice at the highest level within the Democratic Party’s structure. Hence, the caucus system was created to allow minority communities equal and direct access to the highest levels of Florida’s Democratic Party.
Today, the Florida Democratic Party has five Democratic Caucuses: the Black Caucus, the Triangle (Gay and Lesbian) Caucus, the Disability Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus, and the newest, the Caribbean Caucus of Florida.
The Democratic Caucuses operate outside the geographic confinement of the typical county democratic executive committee; therefore, allowing issues to be heard directly and immediately at the state party level.
History of Democratic Party
History of the Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson, the principal founder of the Democratic Party, believed in equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He envisaged a political organization of the common people as opposed to the economically superior elite.
The Democratic Party is the mechanism whereby change is accomplished, because it adheres to the basic principle of letting the voice of the common people be heard. Money is powerful, but in a real democracy, people are more powerful if they are organized.
Democrats have been active in Florida since the US acquired the territory from Spain in 1819. A Democrat, William Pope Duval from Virginia, was Florida’s first territorial Governor. The Florida Democratic Party first came into existence when it was chartered with the National Democrats nationwide. Republicans met with little success in Florida. As the Whig Party disintegrated, most Floridians became Democrats.
Thomas Jefferson, the principal founder of the Democratic Party, believed in equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He envisaged a political organization of the common people as opposed to the economically superior elite.
The Democratic Party is the mechanism whereby change is accomplished, because it adheres to the basic principle of letting the voice of the common people be heard. Money is powerful, but in a real democracy, people are more powerful if they are organized.
Democrats have been active in Florida since the US acquired the territory from Spain in 1819. A Democrat, William Pope Duval from Virginia, was Florida’s first territorial Governor. The Florida Democratic Party first came into existence when it was chartered with the National Democrats nationwide. Republicans met with little success in Florida. As the Whig Party disintegrated, most Floridians became Democrats.
History of DCCF
History of the Democratic Caribbean Caucus (DCCF) of Florida
The State of Florida Democratic Party political elections throughout Florida in 2000 gave cause for some attentive Democrats to meet. In December 2001, Dr. Thomas Pinder and a group of other concerned Democrats came together to study the effective ways to make our grear Democratic Party bigger, stronger and more effective focusing on the Caribbean communities.
The Caribbean communities before felt disenfranchised from the Democratic Party. The DCCF founders envisioned bringing the Caribbean communities of Democrats throughout Florida to work politically side-by-side to increase out Democratic Party voter base and turnout.
Thus, sprang the Democratic Caribbean Caucus of Florida or DCCF. The DCCF was adopted and passed by the Florida Democratic Party on March 23, 2003 and chartered on April 3, 2003. The DCCF aims to organize the Caribbean communities and gain support for the Democratic issues. The DCCF’s primary focus is to elect and reelect good democrats to public office.
The State of Florida Democratic Party political elections throughout Florida in 2000 gave cause for some attentive Democrats to meet. In December 2001, Dr. Thomas Pinder and a group of other concerned Democrats came together to study the effective ways to make our grear Democratic Party bigger, stronger and more effective focusing on the Caribbean communities.
The Caribbean communities before felt disenfranchised from the Democratic Party. The DCCF founders envisioned bringing the Caribbean communities of Democrats throughout Florida to work politically side-by-side to increase out Democratic Party voter base and turnout.
Thus, sprang the Democratic Caribbean Caucus of Florida or DCCF. The DCCF was adopted and passed by the Florida Democratic Party on March 23, 2003 and chartered on April 3, 2003. The DCCF aims to organize the Caribbean communities and gain support for the Democratic issues. The DCCF’s primary focus is to elect and reelect good democrats to public office.
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