Sebastian Martinez, Youth Organizer

03/20/2026

🚨MEET ANGIE NIXON THIS SUNDAY🚨

The Sarasota Next Gen Democrats will be hosting a meet the candidate with US Senate candidate Angie Nixon THIS SUNDAY, March 22nd from 3:00-4:30PM💙

RSVP Here: https://sarasota-next-gen-democrats.solidarity.tech/meet-the-candidate-us-senate-candidate-angie-nixon

Would love to see you there!

Come and hear Representative Nixon's plan for Florida, ask questions, and educate yourself on the US Senate race for 2026. This event is open to ALL Sarasota Democrats. This event will have light refreshments and be held at a family friendly park!

11/14/2025

Words can’t describe how proud I am of the star studded team of young democrats we are building here in Sarasota 💙

From North County to North Port more and more young people are engaging and leading in a way they haven’t before!

Thank you to everyone who came up and spoke with us, who took our flyers, and who donated to fuel our fight for 2026 🫂

09/28/2025

Join Sarasota Next Gen Democrats today! We're young leadersshaping Sarasota's Democratic future with grassroots action, voter outreach, and bold ideas. Connect with Sarasota Young Democrats to engage, advocate, and lead!

08/18/2025

Sarasota’s Young Democrats Chapter, SRQ Next Gen Dems has OFFICIALLY launched 🚀 Here’s how you can support our cornerstone campaign!

Show your support with a contribution.

09/24/2024

🌪️ Stay Safe, Sarasota!🌧️

First — As we gear up for the hurricane, I want to wish everyone the best with preparations—stay safe and dry!

Now for some exciting news... 🎉

I’m thrilled to share that this January, I’ll be representing the Sarasota Young Democrats (Official Announcement coming soon 👀) at my second Tiger Bay Panel! We’ll be discussing our outlook on the future, party platforms, and our perspective of the opposing parties.

On the panel with me will be a representative from the Sarasota Young Republicans, and the amazing Zander Moricz representing the SEE Alliance

I’m grateful for this opportunity to come before Tiger Bay, to share my insight as a young community organizer and talk alongside those doing the work that will shape our future—local, state, and national! 🌎💪

09/03/2024

I wrote a letter to the school board today since I'm out of town, providing proactive policy change recommendations to strengthen Policy 4.24 🗣️ (On the Agenda for Todays meeting💜)

Artificial intelligence is coming to our schools and a rapidly evolving technology. The Sarasota County School Board is starting to introduce policies to clarify the "Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence," but I believe this policy should go further in clarifying and regulating Ai use in our schools. Although it's a helpful tool, it can quickly get out of control and affect academic outcomes negatively without the proper safeguards in place.

Proactive decision and policy making solves tomorrows problems today ‼️

(Agenda item 24)
District Policy 4.24+: https://scs.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=8382&ItemID=6231

08/21/2024

Hate will NEVER win. Sarasota students, teachers, parents, and community members won Election Day. I’m so glad to call Elect Tom Edwards and Liz Barker for School Board my school board members.

In 2022, Sarasota elected Ziegler, Enos, and Marinelli (ZEM) to the Sarasota County School Board. Since then, the board has consistently made headlines—not for student-focused governance, but for scandals and divisive policy.. with Sarasota students, teachers, and families being the punchline.

Sarasota is tired of divisive, petty mudslinging politics. We want school board members who are public servants, not dark money politicians. Politicians who, during the last month of their campaign, poured over $130,000 into slander and dog-whistle tactics instead of promoting real educational policies or a vision for the future. !

Sarasota voted to put students BEFORE politics, educators BEFORE developers, and community OVER chaos. That’s the power of community.

Every door knocked, text sent, letter written, phone call made, or sign waved directly influenced the outcome of this election. We organized and fought for Sarasota students now, and we must continue to organize and fight for Sarasota students in the years to come.

Because when we organize… we win! I cannot wait for the productive year we are set to have 💜

08/16/2024

08/10/2024

Nearly 2,000 doors in 2 days, now packed and heading to our south county canvassing kick off — Out canvassing with Social Equity and Education Alliance and a crew of Dozens of students, graduates, and community members that want to see a board that will put STUDENTS before POLITICS.

Come canvass south county with us: https://www.mobilize.us/seealliance/event/663805/?share_medium=native_share&share_context=event_detail_page&force_banner=true

We’re reminding voters about the upcoming school board election — Did you know last school board election only 37% of Sarasota County Voters Voted? That’s numbers are abysmal.

Now, with the help of this headline making school board more voters are engaged and ready to vote. Regardless of party or whatever candidate you support — we should be aiming for at least 50% turnout to have a more representative board.

08/05/2024

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:**

Due to severe flooding in our area, all regular operations for donation pick-ups and move-ins are temporarily halted. Streets of Paradise is now fully focused on emergency disaster relief efforts.

**WE NEED YOUR HELP!**
🚨 Additionally, we urgently need hundreds of towels and people to pick up and launder them. Please drop off towels at Suncoast Technical College at 4748 S Beneva Rd, Sarasota, FL 34233 after 5pm today. Note: You cannot take Proctor Rd to reach this location.

Please check in if you are available to:
- Cook meals
- Help with showers on our mobile shower trailer
- Assist people in temporary shelter
-Financial assistance

More information will be provided as we coordinate efforts.

**Contact us:**
- Text Cathy at 620.471.0446
- Text Greg at 941.704.3511

Thank you for your support and understanding during this critical time.

https://streetsofparadise.org