The Puerto Ricans I ask for today, has the power to change the National political landscape, like never before Although we began organizing in cities like New York and Chicago for decades the day we are in a position to transform the social, cultural and political landscape of the country as our numbers grow in cities like Orlando Miami and Tampa Since 1977, prominent institutions and individuals have contributed to the strengthening of Orlando Puerto Rican diaspora Florida share 29 percent of total inflow from Puerto Rico to the United States between two Thousand five and 2016 bar exceeded any other States. The migration to Florida has increased in florida's in trend to House more Puerto Ricans than traditional hubs like New York By 2016. The total number of Puerto Ricans in Florida had risen to one million 67747 an increase of 23 percent since 2010 this before the massive exodus that occurred after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island in 2017 the aftermath of Storm prompted the longest blackout in U S history late in disparity in federal disaster relief aid and the highest sexual after disaster in modern US with Puerto Ricans are American citizens and as such can register to vote in any and all elections once they are state side This political power is now being leveraged by Alliance for Progress Alliance for Progress works hard to engage the Puerto Rican in Hispanic communities in Florida to be major actors in the decision making process propelling Hispanics into political office to strategies that Bone, banking texting and Facebook among other media and creating a robust informed and enthusiastic Street team of canvassers to reach out to our neighbors at their doors and add event We cannot change Florida without a strong Progressive Latino Latinos cannot, be that Progressive force without a strong and organized Puerto Rican community Strengthening the diaspora is our job