Social Justice

We believe in secure equal rights and equal opportunity for all. We promote social and economic justice and the health and safety of all Americans.

The Social Justice Team invites the public to engage in and become more educated on the prescient issues of the day. We seek to expand the imagined possibilities of progress for all people and voices. We advocate safe, open-minded discussions in the community around the intersections of economics, history, politics, privilege, and race.

Our team focuses on racial justice.

• Racial Justice:
  Diversity, equity, and inclusion do not stop at training, practice, and policy — it must be applied internally and externally. The League has made a commitment to not only embedding the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to its work, policy, and practices but to racial justice as a means to truly defend democracy.

The League began studying the proposed Rays Hines Stadium and Historic Gas Plant Development in 2022.

The League has published articles, organized workshops for community leaders and testified before City Council, County Commissioners, and the Community Benefits Advisory Council.

• LWVSPA Op-Ed at the St. Pete Catalyst
  Available Here
• Call to Action (November 2024)
  Available Here
• Call to Action (July 2024)
  Available Here
• Southern Poverty Law Center’s Letter to the City Attorney
  Available Here
• Hines Comparables Factsheet
  Available Here
• Sierra Club Letter
  Available Here
• LWVSPA’s Position (Updated July 15, 2024)
  Available Here
• WMNF Interview:
  Available Here
• Southern Poverty Law Center Article:
  Available Here
• Florida Tax Watch Examines the Proposal:
  Available Here
• City of St. Pete’s HGPD Redevelopment Page:
  Available Here
• Committee of the Whole: Historic Gas Plant Redevelopment Meeting Video, May 9, 2024:
  Available Here
• Sierra Club letter to St. Pete City Council regarding the Historic Gas Plant Redevelopment and Rays/Hines Stadium Deal:
  Available Here
• Here’s Why This St. Pete City Council member opposes the Rays-Hines deal as written:
  Available Here
• For St. Pete, the Rays-Hines deal is just more failed ‘trickle-down’ economics:
  Available Here
• One thing St. Petersburg Democrats, GOP agree on: No to Rays stadium deal:
  Available Here
• We St. Pete environmentalists have these questions about the Rays stadium-Gas Plant deal:
  Available Here