WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

Part Three: From Outrage to Ownership

By Crystal Negron

We’ve unpacked the economic injustice. We’ve exposed the cracks in our children’s futures.

So now I ask you again: Where is the outrage?

And what are you going to do with it?

Because if you’re reading this, you already know the truth. You feel it. You’ve lived it. But anger without action won’t save us. Passion without participation won’t protect us.

We must take what we’ve lived, what we’ve survived, and turn it into collective power.

In Central Florida, Hispanics make up over 32% of the population. That’s more than any other group.

We are not a minority here—we are the community.

And yet, we are underrepresented in every corner of power. On the school board. In city commissions. In policy-making rooms where decisions about our lives, our wages, our children’s futures are made.

Florida has over 3 million eligible Hispanic voters, but turnout and registration still fall short.

In key elections across Orange, Osceola, and Polk counties, Latino-majority precincts have some of the lowest participation rates.

Politicians court our culture—but they don’t invest in our priorities.

That stops now.

This isn’t just about voting. It’s about organizing, about showing up, about building power in our own image. It’s about taking everything that makes us proud—our language, our families, our food, our rhythm—and making it mean something at the ballot box, at town hall, at every level of decision-making.

Here’s how we start:

• Launch bilingual scholarship nights and FAFSA drives in local churches, barber shops, bodegas—where the people are.

• Host community forums about wage inequality and rent hikes. Let our stories lead the data.

• Create year-round voter registration teams rooted in trust, in Spanish and English, door to door.

• Pack school board and commission meetings. Speak. Demand. Repeat.

• Hold every candidate accountable—don’t just let them visit during Hispanic Heritage Month. Make them earn our vote, our trust, our power.

Because we are not invisible. We are not temporary. We are not second-class.

We are Central Florida.

And we are rising.

This is our moment. To stop surviving and start leading. To stop begging and start building. To stop waiting and start voting.

This is how we turn culture into civil action.

This is how we build a legacy.

This is how we take back what we’ve always deserved.

So I’ll ask you one last time—where is the outrage?

It’s in our hands now. Let’s use it!

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Crystal Negron is a name synonymous with dedication and grassroots advocacy in our community. With a career spanning over 15 years, she has consistently channeled her expertise toward uplifting others. Her journey includes a significant seven-year tenure at ELITE Metro Corp., where she rose to National Market Support Specialist, a role that saw her crisscrossing the nation to analyze markets, train teams, and implement winning operational strategies.

Today, as the founder of Crystal Oasis & Co., she leverages this powerful background in market analysis and team development to offer premier events and marketing consulting. A battle-tested campaign manager, Crystal has guided political candidates with impactful, data-informed strategies. Her work is driven by a core belief in community, a goal-oriented mindset, and an unwavering commitment to generating positive, measurable results.