Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood

📍 Recorded at the Red Alliance for Justice Town Hall
📆 Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Jacksonville, FL

Candidate for Florida House District 14, Therese V. Wakefield-Gamble, joins the powerful conversation at the Red Alliance for Justice Town Hall—a space for truth-telling and action around redlining, repurposing the city morgue, and codifying a Neighborhood Bill of Rights to restore and protect Jacksonville’s most historically negle...

In this special Advocacy Legacy Series episode of Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood, we welcome Dr. Melissa Haussman, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Carleton University, a cross-border scholar, author, and lifelong activist in U.S. and Canadian politics.

From the Massachusetts Legislature to university classrooms in Canada, Melissa’s career spans more than 35 years of advocacy, authorship, and pub...

In this powerful Juneteenth episode, Dr. Yvette Edghill Spano joins host Therese V. Wakefield-Gamble for the advocacy series of Voices of Florida House District 14. With a legacy rooted in science, advocacy, and policy, Dr. Edghill Spano shares her remarkable journey as an award-winning vaccination healthcare professional expert who advanced through the ranks of federal public service to become a trusted Senior Advisor at the Natio...

In this Advocacy Legacy Series episode of Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood, we sit down with Phillip W. Miner—a distinguished community leader, political strategist, and FLHD14 resident whose life’s work embodies purposeful politics and community power.

Since relocating to Jacksonville in 2008, Phillip has worked tirelessly to uplift voices across cultural, generational, and political lines. As a State Comm...

In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Ingrid K. Montgomery, a lifelong educator turned powerhouse political organizer. Ingrid shares her remarkable journey from teaching English in classrooms across the U.S. and West Africa to leading major Democratic campaigns and civic movements across North Florida.

From her roots at Cheyney University and Temple University to professorships at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Edward Waters Univ...

In this episode of Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood, we sit down with Sadie, Executive Director of the Florida Chapter of the Digital Democracy Project. With a deep background in activism and organizing, Sadie shares how she’s leading the charge to empower everyday people to track, understand, and influence federal legislation—right from their phones. From her start as Outreach Coordinator in 2023 to her c...

In this powerful episode of Voices of FLHD14: Love Thy Neighborhood, we spotlight Mason Shoemaker — a dynamic activist, political professional, and Junior at the University of North Florida majoring in political science. As the current President of the UNF College Democrats, Gen-Z Director for Donna Deegan’s historic 2023 mayoral campaign, Precinct Committeeman in the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee, and member of the F...

In this inspiring episode of Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood, host Therese V. Wakefield-Gamble (2026 Candidate for FLHD14) welcomes Michelle Buckley—an accomplished mortgage banking professional turned community powerhouse, public speaker, and environmental justice advocate.

With over 20 years of experience in mortgage finance, Michelle brings a wealth of knowledge in lending, project management, and econo...

In this powerful episode of Voices of Florida House District 14: Love Thy Neighborhood, we sit down with passionate advocate and former Florida House District 16 candidate Rachel Grage, whose tireless work continues to amplify the voices of everyday Floridians. A Jacksonville resident, Rachel has built a trusted platform that educates and empowers her community on the issues that matter most—rising insurance premiums, housing insta...

#SundaySelfAwarenessSeries

Today, we’re getting real about why who represents you in Florida House District 14 ain’t just about fancy speeches or election year promises. It’s about your everyday life — your rent, your paycheck, your kid’s school, that clinic down the street, even the potholes on your block.

In FLHD14, we have an overwhelming majority of registered Democrats — mostly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color — but if we ...

In this powerful and inspiring episode, Therese V. Wakefield-Gamble, 2026 candidate for Florida House District 14, welcomes civil rights legends Dr. William Ferguson Sr. and Dr. William Ferguson Jr. to reflect on the hard-won battles for voting rights in the Capital of the Confederacy in the State of Virginia—and what those lessons mean for today’s political landscape.

From confronting poll taxes and dismantling voter suppression sc...

Therese V. Wakefield-Gamble is a Jacksonville native, educator, entrepreneur, published author, and faith-based community advocate running to represent Florida House District 14 in 2026. A brain aneurysm survivor who overcame three surgeries without stroke or heart attack, Therese’s resilience and faith guide her bold leadership. She is the Founder and CAO of CRPCNOW (a JSEB-Certified Firm and KIVA Partner), Founder of Putting Peop...