Diversity Matters promotes champions dedicated to building a more inclusive pipeline of future elected leaders. Our latest endorsement is John Fetterman for U.S. Senate. Here’s why he’s a Diversity Champion!
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Election of Democrats to the Pennsylvania state legislature will have great consequences for Presidential and Congressional elections, and fundamental rights despite any Supreme Court actions to overturn the popular vote at the state level. So join us as we get active in Pennsylvania! Our champions will not only be bringing better and more representative governance to their constituents and communities, but to all of us across the nation.
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We're delighted to announce that Hoan Huynh, a Diversity Pipeline Pledge champion in Illinois, has won his primary race and will be advancing to the general election to represent Illinois' 13th district in the Illinois state legislature!
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As we argued in our January 6 update, our communities must step up, run and win more elected positions at local levels. We have the people and we have the votes to build a bench from local through state offices. Keeping the focus on these levels through 2022, we believe will be critical to maintaining our gains at the federal level.
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The forces arrayed against US democracy right now can feel overwhelming. But those who believe in democracy vastly outnumber those who don’t. If you aren’t used to fighting for your right to vote: time to join us. And if you know just how hard it was to win the right to vote: we won’t go back again. Democracy in America isn’t over yet. In fact, it’s just getting started.
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Redistricting happens every few years with changes in population, with reapportionment happening every ten years due to the census. We need to be very, very careful not to use methodologies to create ‘fair’ maps that are ahistorical and acontextual. Redistricting must take into account the intentional and politically driven undercounting of certain communities. And it should avoid a false equivalence between measures intended to address this and restore equity, and those that reinforce voter suppression and exclusion.
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Next week, Diversity Matters is joining our partners in a Relay from West Virginia to Washington, DC, to fight for the Freedom to Vote Act. Even if you may not be able to participate in this relay in-person, you can still act to pass the Freedom to Vote Act by joining March On’s Virtual Relay Team to take online actions and help us defend democracy!
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…. we can’t give up and we can’t go back. One bright spot is that in the past month, Congressional Democrats have been busy building consensus around the new Freedom To Vote Act, to create national standards that will protect our communities who are now facing new state level assaults on their ability to vote. Just as we rose up to vote in record numbers in the midst of the pandemic last year, we now need to rise up to demand that our legislators pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
Hoan is an enthusiastic proponent of our Diversity Pipeline Pledge. In his own words: "In order for us to solve complex, multifaceted, and intersectional challenges of the 21st century, we must take a proactive approach in recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse individuals within legislation, and I intend to continue amplifying diverse voices, push to increase individual participation in our voting process to ensure proper representation, and unabashedly fight for a more fair and just future for all Americans."
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