NATIONWIDE- Latinas are a growing voting force within the greater electorate of the United States. Currently, Latinas make up over 51% of the Latinx electorate, and by 2050 it is predicted that Latinas will play a critical role in local, state, and national elections. To ensure that Latinas get out the vote next week, Poder Latinx is promoting civic participation with the release of a public service announcement featuring La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero with a commitment to solving environmental issues.

NATIONWIDE- For the third year in a row, Poder Latinx will celebrate National Latina Civic Engagement Day on Tuesday, November 1st, to encourage Latinas across the United States to vote. This event was inspired by research that Latinas are quickly becoming a key voting bloc within the Latinx electorate in the United States, paired with a general lack of Latinx political representation nationwide. This year, the event will center around how our political well-being depends on our participation in midterm elections while also highlighting the increased number of Latinas working as canvassers, field operatives, volunteers, and more. We see the difference they are making daily as our own Poder Latinx team in Florida has an entire canvassing team of Latinas.

NATIONWIDE - Today, Poder Latinx is celebrating Early Vote Day with several festivities and civic engagement events to encourage community members in Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Washington to vote early ahead of the upcoming November elections. Vote Early Day, of which Poder Latinx is a proud founding partner, is a civic holiday and a nonpartisan movement of nonprofits, election administrators, businesses, media companies, and creatives that work to ensure all Americans have the tools to vote early. In the previous election, voters of color were able to participate in voting at record-breaking rates by casting their ballots early. Despite anti-voting legislation designed to reduce the impact of votes by people of color, Poder Latinx is fighting back with initiatives to encourage more people to vote.

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.

NATIONWIDE - Poder Latinx is proud to announce its participation in this year’s National Voter Education Week (NVEW), a campaign during the first week of October to provide voters with the tools and resources they need in order to cast their ballot. Each day October 3rd-7th, during NVEW boasts a unique theme. On October 6, Poder Latinx will host a #BallotReady virtual panel to uplift resources that Spanish-speaking voters can use to learn more about what’s on their ballot, and encourage voters to use those resources and help their families navigate their ballots as well.