Tag: Chevara Orrin
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-House Democratic Leader Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, talks with the media about Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State speech during the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2016
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Chevara Orrin, a “chief creative catalyst” with We Are Straight Allies, is a dynamo of social justice activism. Jacksonville residents know well her tireless passion and advocacy. And increasingly, Orrin is getting a national profile. Wednesday, for example, finds Orrin in Washington, D.C., giving a speech to, of all groups, the National Security Agency. “June […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2015
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Sitting at a table in Chamblin’s Uptown across from Jacksonville’s Hemming Park, where a vigil for Sandra Bland will be held Sunday at 6:00 p.m., event organizers Chevara Orrin and Melissa Adams spoke of why Bland’s death in police custody moved them so. Orrin positioned Bland’s death as another example of the “constant assault on […]


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