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NATIONWIDE - Galería de Colores, modeled after Poder Latinx’s 2020 award-winning virtual art gallery, is a project powered by Poder Latinx’s Votar es Poder campaign that was launched in 2020 to mobilize Latinx voters to get to the polls. Votar es Poder was strategically designed to bridge Latinx art, culture, and politics to spark civic enthusiasm and participation.
Read MorePHOENIX -- Fair Elections Center, the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest and the law firm of Arnold & Porter filed a complaint today on behalf of civic engagement organization Poder Latinx in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking to block a new state law’s arbitrary and vague procedures for investigating the citizenship status of Arizona voters. Poder Latinx works to register and engage Latinx voters in Arizona, and its efforts will be frustrated by a voter registration system that is ever-changing and complicated, and that will baselessly harass naturalized voters.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Two years after the killing of George Floyd, President Biden has signed a historic executive order that will deliver the most significant police reform in decades. The order is a step in the right direction toward ensuring accountability and transparency in federal law enforcement and establishing other criminal justice reforms. Poder Latinx commends President Biden for advancing this reform and calls for meaningful legislation on police reform and gun violence.
Read MoreWASHINGTON - Poder Latinx condemns the U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays’ decision today, which ruled to prevent the Biden administration from ending Title 42 by May 23. With the current attempts to codify Title 42 into law, Poder Latinx strongly urges the Biden administration and the Senate to end Title 42 immediately and refrain from voting on any amendment that will keep Title 42 in place.
Read MoreNATIONWIDE - Yesterday, a draft majority opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade was leaked by POLITICO. The consequential decision expected to come officially in June is poised to strike down the federal constitutionally protected rights to reproductive health, setting back almost 50 years of precedent.
Read MoreATLANTA - The immigrant community faces several obstacles in applying for citizenship: a months- or years-long, time-consuming process, mountains of documentation, the financial burden of application fees, legal consultations, and more.
Read MoreTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker released a landmark decision today in the nationally-watched voting rights trial on Florida’s SB 90 bill to strike down key provisions of the law. This restrictive voting law passed by the Republican-majority legislature and Gov. DeSantis would have put in place new constraints on the use of drop boxes and organizations conducting voter registration drives, among other measures that would significantly hinder access to the vote for millions of state residents.
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