Welcome to Advocacy Resources!
I appreciate your
keeping in touch.
Please e-mail a note about yourself and your advocacy interests to:
jack.levine@comcast.net
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Jack Levine, the founder
of Advocacy Resources, previously served as President of Voices for
Florida’s Children for 25-years. In that capacity, Jack served
as Director of Advocacy and Communications. His expertise is in developing
and delivering messages to the media, public officials, and the statewide
network of child and family advocates on the value of preventive investments
in children, parent leadership, grandparent activism, and dignified
services for elders.
Through public speaking, leadership of seminars and workshops, and an array of
community advocacy events, Jack shares information, provides inspiration, and
leverages advocate enthusiasm in the direction of public policy action.
He holds a Master’s degree in Child Development and Family Studies from
Purdue University, and a degree in English Literature from Hunter College.
A native of Long Beach, New York, Jack has been a teacher and urban youth counselor,
and for four years, worked as a waiter and dining room captain in resort hotels
in New York and Miami Beach. His first professional position in Tallahassee,
in 1978, was teaching English, Social Studies and Physical Education at a residential
delinquency center.
Jack served on the charter board of Voices for America’s Children, and advises
The Family Institute of the College of Human Sciences, Florida State University
and the University of Florida’s College of Law. Jack was a founding member
of the Florida Commission on Responsible Fatherhood.
A graduate of Leadership Florida, Jack was the first recipient of
Leadership Florida’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has been honored with the Florida
Juvenile Judges’ Media Award, the Voice for Children Award from the Children’s
Home Society of Florida, and in 1990 was named Floridian of the Year by The
Orlando Sentinel.
Jack and his wife, Charlotte, have two sons - Aaron and Josh.
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