Poder Latinx Hosts Inaugural Poderosas Legislative Summit 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2022
CONTACT:
Jackie Smith | 989-576-1996 jsmith@poderlatinx.org
Poder Latinx Hosts Inaugural Poderosas Legislative Summit 2022
WASHINGTON, DC- On Friday, October 21st, Poder Latinx held its first-ever Poderosas Legislative Summit bringing together Latinas from across the country, including administration officials and other emerging and established civic and social justice Latina leaders. The convening celebrated and built upon our collective service to the Latinx community. At this inaugural summit, Poder Latinx discussed key issues such as the environment, immigration, and the economy and how they affect the lives of Latinxs across the country. Poder Latinx further examined the opportunities Latinas have ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, where participants from the Summit - trained youth and young Latinas get to become agents of change, and commit to impactful actions and transformative change beyond the moment by going to door knock, make calls and encourage more Latinas to vote.
Poderosas is a civic empowerment program spearheaded by Poder Latinx to build a new generation of Latina leaders across key electoral states. For more information about the Poderosas Legislative Summit, please visit poderlatinx.org/poderosassummit2022.
The following statement is attributed to Yadira Sanchez, Executive Director of Poder Latinx:
“The Poderosas Legislative Summit was created as a unique space to bring together some of the fiercest Latina leaders from across the country and Washington, DC. As Executive Director of a Latinx-led organization, this is what the work is all about - creating accessible venues for the next generation of Latina leaders to learn, grow, and take new ideas back home to organize their local communities. To eliminate financial barriers for Latinas to access such a rich network of leaders and movement changemakers, we’ve made this event completely free to attend. We wanted Latinas to feel welcome and be able to convene at the most powerful decision-making location in the nation, giving them the confidence and tools to lead future generations, and this is precisely what we witnessed this past weekend in DC. Poder Latinx is thrilled to have been able to connect Latinas in the movement, and we are so excited to take a moment to celebrate all the hard work that has been done.”
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Poder Latinx is dedicated to building a sustained progressive voting bloc of Latinx voters in battleground states across the country.