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Mission

Senator Claude Pepper in His Office

The Claude Pepper Foundation, Inc. serves as a lasting testament to Senator Claude Pepper’s vision and commitment.  The Pepper Foundation preserves and promotes the ideas, values, public policy goals and life of Senator Pepper to ensure that they are a continuing part of contemporary American political and social discourse.  The mission of the Pepper Foundation is based upon the principles by which Senator Pepper lived.  He devoted his life to reducing poverty, injustice, oppression, and every other source of degradation to which human beings are subject.  He consistently promoted policies and programs to improve health, provide economic opportunity, and contribute to the social justice of all Americans, with a special emphasis on the betterment of life for the elderly.  Federal and state lawmakers are provided information about these ideas to promote actions and policies that will result in a better quality of life for all Americans. 

The Claude Pepper Foundation’s mission is primarily achieved through its creation and support of the Claude Pepper Center’s programs and operations at Florida State University and its identification of other areas of specific need to support initiatives that help accomplish its mission.

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About The Claude Pepper Foundation, Inc.

The goals of the Claude Pepper Foundation are based upon the principles by which Claude and Mildred Pepper lived their lives. They were the unrelenting enemy of poverty, injustice, oppression and … Continue Reading about About The Claude Pepper Foundation, Inc.

Senator Claude Pepper

When Senator Claude Pepper was 15 years old he wrote “Claude Pepper, United States Senator” on the office wall of a justice of the peace who let him use his library at night.  In 1928, Senator … Continue Reading about Senator Claude Pepper

Historical Account

The Claude Pepper Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation established by Senator Claude Pepper in 1986.  Senator Claude Pepper was a key participant in shaping public policy at the state … Continue Reading about Historical Account

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