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====== COSA Florida Needs Your Help ======


Our Founding Fathers intended this country to be protected by the citizens as participants.


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|==== Who We Are  ====\\ \\ Our country needs us. It's the way our Founders designed our nation to work—the American Creed, a government of the people, by the people, for the people.\\ \\ COS volunteers are passionate patriots who love our country and work daily to fight off the demoralizers, destabilizers, and disruptors. While we tend to be a conservative group, due to our founding and endorsers, our solution is 100% nonpartisan and we welcome all colleagues, regardless of politics. Our **mission** is to **build an engaged army of self-governing grassroots activists** and this means teaching each other how to engage with local politics where our voices are loudest and have the greatest impact on day-to-day life.\\ \\ ==== What Is a Convention of States? ====\\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/87865/87865_original.jpg?}}Our primary **goal** is to use [[https://conventionofstates.com/article-v-of-the-u-s-constitution|Article V]] of our Constitution to **call an Article V Convention of States** for the purpose of limiting federal terms, spending, and jurisdiction. At the convention, commissioners from every state will create, debate, and vote (1 vote per sovereign State) to propose constitutional amendments to return our Constitution to its original balance-of-power structure which has been slowly eroded over many decades. We know exactly how the convention will run because our States have a history of 42 or more conventions of the States which have happened throughout history. Article V of our Constitution provides clear threshold  criteria for both calling the convention and subsequently ratifying amendments.\\ \\ We also have an **aspirational goal** to inspire a spiritual and political reawakening in America. Our founders came to "The New Land" because of religious persecution and while they created a nation where we all enjoy freedom of religion, they kept God very present in the process with prayer. Prayer is still practiced by our federal and state governments and God is honored by many government creations, like our covenants, pledge of allegiance, money, state seals, and more. Our nation was created for a moral and religious people.\\ \\ ==== We Need Your Help in a Leadership Position ====\\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/87613/87613_original.jpg?}}The goal of our movement is to have a team in every one of the 4,828 lower-legislative districts across the USA. Florida is a big state, having 120 lower-legislative districts, and not every one of those districts has the COS leadership it needs for a successful team. We are in special need both at the far north and far south of our grand state. Here are our top roles to fill, right now:\\ \\ * A **District Captain** is a social person with enthusiasm, passion, time, and energy. You are a magnet for others who want to volunteer and need someone else to takes the reins. You build relationships with volunteers and with local legislators, as the hub of your team. You recruit and activate a volunteer team holding monthly meetings (you choose the structure and location), offering training (after we train you, of course), and spearheading events. You will need at least an hour a day to call team members and strangers who have expressed interest, and motivate your team to activate at public events. The more passion and time you devote, the more spectacular your results will be. [[https://conventionofstates.com/district_captain_application|Learn more>>>]]\\ \\ \\ * **Events Coordinators** scour your district for opportunities to spread the word (fairs, gun shows, table-tops in front of local businesses, etc.). You will build a relationship with your county's event coordinator to assist your efforts and establish a positive rapport with your local venues. In house, you will fill out paperwork in a timely manner to secure venue payments from our national team and to report back on event successes. You are very responsive to your DC and team, working closely with other leaders to plan, organize, and schedule meetings, and to man the event booths. [[https://conventionofstates.com/events_coordinator_application|Learn more>>>]]\\ \\ \\ * Statewide, we need a **Videographer.** You may not be an expert, but you can get the job done, creating catchy, web-friendly 5-minute (or less) clips, as well as videos 20-minutes or less for webpages and articles (must be able to edit and compress your videos). You attend your team events and our annual Rally in Tally, doing interviews of volunteers, supporters, attendees, and more and doing your best to catch exciting, organic moments happening with our movement. [[https://conventionofstates.com/state_videographer_application|Learn more>>>]]\\ \\ \\ * A **Media Liaison** has work/life experience with purposefully networking and an eagerness to approach radio, television, and newspaper program directors. You secure interviews for our speakers and/or a willingness of show hosts to express support of our movement "on air" and help spread the word.\\ \\ If you would rather follow a leader and pitch in where the leader needs you, read all about the [[https://conventionofstates.com/take_action|**many other positions**]] (i.e. Tele-patriot, Social Media Warrior, Communications Coordinator, Content Writer...). And, if you don't see the role you know you could fill with your special set of skills, then just fill out our [[https://conventionofstates.com/take_action/volunteer_activist|Volunteer Activist form]] and, when we call you for your interview, just share your skills and creativity with us and we will figure it out together. Everyone can find a role on our dynamic team of engaged citizens! \\ \\ ==== Our Organization ====\\ \\ The diagram below shows how our volunteers are organized either geographically through a District and Regional Captain or by state-level functional teams such as Legislative Liaisons, Systems, Communications, or Coalitions such as Veterans Affairs or Education. We all work together with strategic guidance and support from the State Director. \\ \\ State Leadership Flow Chart{{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/87777/87777_original.jpg?}}\\ \\ ==== Training ====\\ \\ COS will help you grow into whatever role you choose. After you apply as a volunteer you will create an account at **[[https://cosuniversity.com/|COS University]]** (if you haven't already) and complete helpful courses (aka watch videos) like COS 100 Introduction to COS, VOL 100 Introduction to Volunteering,  and GOV 100 Constitutional Literacy (if you want to get a jump start, go-ahead and complete them... the 4 courses available to the public are required for all volunteers). We also recommend studying other free classes such as [[https://www.patriotacademy.com/biblicalcitizenship/|Biblical Citizenship]] offered by Patriot Academy and [[https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/constitution-101|Constitution 101]] from Hillsdale College and we have in-house volunteers who also teach Servant Leadership (highly recommended for ALL our leaders).\\ \\ Your District Captain or Team Leader will introduce you to other volunteer mentors. We have lots of virtual meetings and the more you attend, the more comfortable you will feel with engaging in the battle.\\ \\ ==== Why Join Us?  ====\\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/87614/87614_original.jpg?}}\\ \\ Our Founding Fathers intended this country to be protected by the citizens as participants.\\ \\ This great experiment was conceived to keep power out of the hands of a select few who could surely be expected to abuse their power through taxation and regulation, not to mention suppress our individual God-given rights. We must engage to keep the few limited more than the many.\\ \\ If you care about the future of this democratic republic, you will be comfortable with our team which strives to live up to our inherited Judeo-Christian values.\\ \\ We do care about each other. We believe that love, not hate, is the answer.\\ \\  \\ \\ #|LEADER_POSITION_FORM{leader_position:district_captain}|#|


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|Created:                 |2024-08-03 13:42 GMT       |
|Updated:                 |2024-11-30 08:00 GMT       |
|Published:               |2024-08-16 04:00 GMT       |
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 12:04 GMT       |
|Change Author:           |Cynthia Kisby              |
|Credit Author:           |Denah Butts, State Director|