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2024 Election Wrap Up: What We Won to Build a Thriving Home for Immigrants

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by Jeff Brock

Join us: National March to Victory, Relay Across America on March 17th, 2021

We are home and we are here to stay. It’s long past time for Congress to act and pass permanent protections for undocumented immigrants. We have endured years of injustice and the time is now to come together and fight for a just immigration system. Join us as we kick-off the National March to Victory, Relay Across America here in Washington State to fight for citizenship for all.
by Jeff Brock

OneAmerica Votes Lifts a Rising Immigrant Electorate, Pointing the Way Towards a Just and Humane Future in DC and Washington State

OneAmerica Votes is reshaping our state’s representation, lifting endorsed candidates of color and allies to leadership. In 2020 OAV focused on endorsing and electing a diverse slate of candidates who have shown their commitment to expanding immigrant and refugee rights, legislating for an equitable state budget that fully funds prek-12 education.
by Jeff Brock

CAPE Swoops in to Remind Candidates: Invest in Washington

With so much at stake in this year’s election, it’s important to not overlook the obvious: who we elect will be responsible for guiding our nation and our state out of our economic crisis. There are three critical data points to remember: We’re living through the deepest recession since the Second World War.
by Jeff Brock

OneAmerica Votes Announces 2020 Endorsements

Democracy is at its best when immigrants, refugees and people of color are engaged and represented by people that come from our communities and act in our interests. There is a lot at stake this election season. We must mobilize and vote to elect people like us, leaders of color and allies committed to co-governance, to serve at all levels of government.
by Jeff Brock

OneAmerica Votes leaders mobilized and elected people like us.

Leading up to the election, OneAmerica Votes (OAV) mobilized our communities to elect leaders like us into office. Leaders we knew would stand up for our values and be a voice for immigrant and refugee rights in Washington State. 208 OAV volunteers knocked on 7,500 doors, made 3,381 calls, texted 51,700 people, and held 5 ballot parties.
by Jeff Brock

Where OneAmerica Votes stands with I-1000 & I-976

OneAmerica Votes endorses I-1000, the Affirmative Action and Diversity measure, brought to the ballot by Referendum 88. OAV also recommends a no vote on Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976. With I-1000, we have an opportunity to address historical and ongoing discrimination, ensuring that our public institutions are diverse and accessible for all.
by Jeff Brock

Realizing the Promise of Redistricting – Jorge Chacón for Wenatchee City Council

When a federal district court ordered the City of Yakima to create a new election system on the federal Voting Rights Act, communities across Washington State took notice. The Cities of Pasco and Wenatchee went further than most, recognizing that their at-large election systems violated the voting rights of Latinx citizens by diluting their votes through racially polarized elections.
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