Cedar Key Progress is a California-based advocacy group that supports left-leaning policies. The nonprofit also opposes the re-election of President Donald Trump. The nonprofit is committed to helping Democrats win in politically competitive southern states like Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. ¹

Background

Cedar Key Progress is a left-leaning advocacy group that supports the right to travel for abortion, ² labor unions, ³ and the establishment of universal background checks for gun purchases. ⁴

The nonprofit is committed to helping Democrats win in politically competitive southern states like Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. ⁵

Advocacy Efforts

From May 18 to May 22, 2023, Cedar Key Progress polled 400 Floridians to highlight opposition to regulations on LGBT-themed books in school libraries and Governor Ron DeSantis’s (R) attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. ⁶

Cedar Key Progress collaborated with Action Network to call for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for displaying a US flag flown upside down after the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. ⁷

To celebrate Pride Month in June 2023, the nonprofit put up six billboards in Florida with the message: “In Florida … We Say Gay!” ⁸

Cedar Key Progress has instigated petitions supporting the restoration of voting rights for felons, ⁹ LGBTQ policies, ¹⁰ the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, ¹¹ on-campus polling places, ¹² and, in vitro fertilization. ¹³

In July 2023, Cedar Key Progress opposed a Florida law that banned Chinese nationals from buying homes and land in the U.S., describing it as a “racist land ban” reminiscent of “alien land laws from the Chinese exclusion era.” ¹⁴

The nonprofit opposes cuts to programs for seniors in the name of addressing the U.S. debt ceiling problem, ¹⁵ “conversion therapy” for LGBT people, ¹⁶ the death penalty, ¹⁷ and restrictions on abortions. ¹⁸

Cedar Key Progress has called for the prosecution of former President Donald Trump. ¹⁹ The nonprofit posted on X/Twitter that the election of a Democratic president is the only way to save democracy in the U.S. ²⁰

1. “Cedar Key Progress – for a Blue South!” Cedar Key Progress – For a Blue South! Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.cedarkeyprogress.com/.
2. “Sign the Petition to Defend the Right to Travel for Abortions!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-defend-the-right-to-travel-for-abortions.
3. “Sign: Stand with Unions. Pass the Pro Act!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-stand-with-unions-pass-the-pro-act.
4. “Sign: Universal Background Checks for Gun Purchases!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-universal-background-checks-for-gun-purchases.
5. “Cedar Key Progress – for a Blue South!” Cedar Key Progress – For a Blue South! Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.cedarkeyprogress.com/.
6. Squarespace. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63ed8458c2036f3e80ef3e1e/t/6470290b20afac038f8f1b07/1685072139746/Civiqs_Cedar_Key_banner_book_2023_05+(2).pdf.
7. “Sign: Impeach Alito.” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-impeach-alito.
8. Ngo, Kenton. “Cedar Key Progress Posts 6 ‘We Say Gay’ Billboards in Florida for Pride Month!” Cedar Key Progress – For a Blue South!, June 7, 2023. https://www.cedarkeyprogress.com/updates/we-say-gay-billboards-in-florida-for-pride-month.
9. “Sign to Support Restoring Voting Rights to Felons.” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-to-support-restoring-voting-rights-to-felons.
10. “Sign the Petition: No to Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-no-to-anti-lgbtq-hate.
11. “Tell Congress: Impeach Clarence Thomas.” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-impeach-clarence-thomas-2.
12.  “Sign the Petition to End Conversion Therapy!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sign-the-petition-to-end-conversion-therapy.
13. “Sign the Petition to Defend in Vitro Fertilization!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-defend-in-vitro-fertilization.
14. “Log into Facebook.” Facebook. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/CedarKeyProg.
15. “Tell Congress to Reject the Republican Plan to Get Programs for Seniors!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-reject-the-republican-plan-to-get-programs-for-seniors.
16. “Sign the Petition to End Conversion Therapy!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sign-the-petition-to-end-conversion-therapy.
17. “Call for an End to the Death Penalty!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/call-for-an-end-to-the-death-penalty.
18. “Sign on: Stop Ron DeSantis’s 6 Week Abortion Ban.” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on-stop-ron-desantiss-6-week-abortion-ban.
19. “Sign the Petition: No President Is above the Law!” Home – Action Network. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-no-president-is-above-the-law-3.
20. “X.Com.” X (formerly Twitter). Accessed June 17, 2024. https://x.com/CedarKeyProg/status/1767320771037176218.