STATEMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUGUST 26TH IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Issued by the Together Strong Community Fund and signed by organizations listed below
Together, We Are Jacksonville
Together, we represent the organizations of our city. Our businesses, schools, and government, our congregations of faith and institutions of culture. We are all races and ethnicities. We are gay and straight, believers and not, living together in this place we call home. Together, we are Jacksonville. We declare to those who doubt our resolve: hate is not welcome here, love is.
We understand that our past is troubled, that our present is a work-in-progress, that our future can be bright. Our promise, to ourselves and to the world, is to overcome the racism, bigotry, and hate we see in our midst. To face it head on, acknowledge and confront it, to defeat it with purpose and determination.
We understand that words have power but that this time requires more of us. It requires change: in what we say, how we listen, what we do. It requires change in the way we do business here so that we can move through our disagreements with respect, dignity, and kindness.
We recognize that what we choose to support is a reflection of our priorities. We ask our leaders to invest in the people and programs needed to build a city that harnesses our diversity and collaborates across our differences. Together, we pledge to do that work with each other.
Strong in our belief, our goal is to live in a place where diversity is valued as our strength and inclusion is our enduring commitment.
Together Strong. Together Jacksonville.
SIGNED COLLECTIVELY BY:
100 Black Men of Jacksonville
904WARD
Alpha Envirotech Consulting, Inc.
Ascension St. Vincent’s
Avant Construction Group
Balch & Bingham
Baptist Health
Beaches OBGYN
Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc.
bestbet Jacksonville
The Bethel Church
Beth El the Beaches Synagogue
Blue Zones Project Jacksonville
Bobbie G. O’Connor & Associates
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Brooks Rehabilitation
The Center for Children’s Rights
The Chartrand Family
City Year Jacksonville
COLORS Community Center
Community First Credit Union
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
Congregation Ahavath Chesed – The Temple
CSX
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center
Designmind, LLC
Deutsche Bank
Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC
Dun & Bradstreet
Family Foundations of Northeast Florida, Inc.
The Fiorentino Group
The First Baptist Church of Oakland
First Horizon Bank
Florida Blue
Florida Children’s Institute
Florida Theatre
FlyLock Security Solutions
Foley & Lardner LLP
Forcura
FRP Holdings, Inc
Gator Bowl Sports
GATE Petroleum Company
Generation W
The Girl Scouts of Gateway Council
Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville
The Haskell Company
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church
Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida
Jacksonville Bar Association
Jacksonville Civic Council
Jacksonville Human Rights Commission
Jacksonville Humane Society
Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jewish Center
Jacksonville Mom
Jacksonville Port Authority
Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Jacksonville Speech & Hearing Center
Jacksonville Symphony
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Jacksonville University
JASMYN
JaxCareConnect
JAX Chamber
JAXUSL
JEA
Jewish Community Alliance
Jewish Federation & Foundation of Northeast Florida
Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation
JWB Real Estate Capital
Kennetic Productions, Inc.
Leadership Is For Everyone (LIFE)
Leadership Jacksonville
LISC Jacksonville
Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida, Inc.
The LJD Jewish Family & Community Services
Loop’s Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc.
Lotus Commercial USA LLC
LSF Health Systems
MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation
Mayo Clinic
Mayor’s Office, Jacksonville City Hall
Meskel & Associates Engineering
Miller Electric Company
Miller Families
MyVillage Project
NAMI Jacksonville Florida
New Town Success Zone
Niko’s Tee Co
Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida
North Florida Land Trust
Northside Coalition of Jacksonville
NAACP, Jacksonville Branch
OneJax. Inc.
Patriot Transportation
Pet Paradise & NewDay Veterinary Care
Raymond James
READ USA
Regency Centers
The Regency Group
River Garden Senior Services
Riverside Arts Market
Riverside Avondale Preservation
RS&H
The Sanctuary @ Mt. Calvary Church
Sanctuary on 8th Street
Scenic Jacksonville, Inc.
Self Help Credit Union
SERVPRO of Mandarin
SERVPRO of Jacksonville Beach/Ponte Vedra
Strategy Partners Consulting
Staffing Delivered
Super League JAX
TD Bank, N.A.
Teach For America Jacksonville
Telescope Health
Together Strong Community Fund
UCOM UrbanServ
UF Health Jacksonville
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
United Way of Northeast Florida
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
VyStar Credit Union
Yellow House
YMCA of Florida’s First Coast
Youth Crisis Center
To become a signer of this statement, please reach out to Lior Spring of the Together Strong Community Fund. Signers can and will be added to this list on a rolling basis. The above list is as of 11:30 a.m., Sept. 26, 2023.
