PHOENIX – The Arizona State Senate voted down a controversial bill yesterday that could have removed thousands of voters from the state’s permanent early ballot mailing list. Poder Latinx members and volunteers made more than 45,000 calls in Maricopa County, connecting voters directly to the Governor’s office or their legislator to voice concerns that these bills encouraged voter suppression.
Read MorePoder Latinx released the following statement regarding the guilty verdict on all counts of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in his trial for the murder of George Floyd. Floyd was a 46-year-old Minneapolis resident who was killed when in his capacity as a police officer, Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while he was face-down on the ground in handcuffs.
Read MorePoder Latinx is launching a week of action across our three key states – Georgia, Arizona, and Florida – to celebrate Earth Day and engage the Latinx community in local actions to support the urgent environmental justice battle to bring better living conditions to Latinx communities.
Read MorePoder Latinx released the following statement regarding the murder of eight people, six of whom were Asian women, in Georgia. This statement is attributed to Susi Durán, Georgia state director for Poder Latinx.
Read MoreWASHINGTON -– As our nation watches in horror the violence and terrorismas being committed by white nationalists in the U.S. Capitol at the instigation of President Trump, Poder Latinx stands firmly in defense of our democracy, pledging, “We will not let our democracy be stolen from us; not today, not ever.”
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC - As part of the voter turnout campaign for Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff elections, Poder Latinx has partnered with Somos Arte, the creator of La Borinqueña, an Afro-Puerto Rican comic book superhero, on a new episode targeting the state’s Latina voters who outnumber Latino registered voters.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — After days of playing with the lives of distressed Americans in urgent need of aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump signed a relief bill that will deliver $600 in direct payments to individuals, and, for the first time, provide assistance to more than 3.5 million additional U.S citizens in mixed-status families and their children and $1.8 billion to allow workers to take paid sick time and paid emergency leave.
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