NILC-IJF is sending this email on behalf of our partners at CASA in Action ahead of the upcoming Virginia election on November 7.
Friend,
As I look at the GOP chaos in Washington, I can’t help thinking: What a mess.
My name is Marvin Hernandez and I am the Deputy Voter Engagement Director at CASA in Action. With over 125,000 lifetime Latino, immigrant, and working-class members fighting for social justice, CASA in Action is an electoral powerhouse that mobilizes Black and brown voters to the polls throughout Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Ahead of the upcoming Virginia Legislature elections, CASA in Action members are playing a crucial role in electing progressive change leaders who will produce the justice our members seek.
Republicans in Congress struggled for weeks on the simplest choice as the majority party–who would be their Speaker. Even worse, their candidates for Speakership kept getting more and more right-wing, anti-immigrant, and anti-working families. We must make sure this toxic GOP disorder is not allowed to wreak any more havoc on the state politics of Virginia.
That is why CASA in Action canvassers are out in our communities every day knocking on doors for the upcoming elections in Virginia. So far, we have knocked on almost 110,000 doors and spoken with over 32,000 Virginia voters about CASA in Action’s slate of pro-immigrant, pro-working family candidates. With the election around the corner, will you contribute to CASA in Action today to ensure we can challenge anti-democratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-working families candidates across our turf?
CASA in Action members and canvassers meeting with candidates endorsed by CASA in Action
One of CASA in Action’s member-endorsed candidates, Michael Feggans, has been championing core community values for decades, advocating for strong education systems, a robust economy, environmental protections, and an equitable society in Virginia. Michael has been an avid leader as a lifelong Virginia resident and 20-year Air Force veteran. Now, he is ready to step into public policy serving as Virginia House Delegate in District 97 to continue serving the community he loves.
This past weekend, voters and canvassers got together at the CASA in Action Welcome Center in Woodbridge, Virginia to join other inspiring candidates, including Josh King, Josh Cole, Deshundra Jefferson, and Danica Roem on the campaign trail. This slate of candidates, once in office, will ensure to halt the tide of GOP chaos in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
No one should be surprised by the kind of behavior we’re seeing out of the national GOP–after all, whether it's in DC or Richmond, this is still the party of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell. Luckily, it is our cause–the cause of liberation–which we have poured the strength of our solidarity into. I have no doubt which vision Virginia voters will choose next month–once they are able to hear CASA in Action’s pitch. Help us with one final push to reach as many voters as possible before election day, and help keep the Republican dysfunction and divisiveness out of power in Virginia. Every $20 donated means 12 more doors knocked and 12 more potential voters mobilized!
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Marvin Hernandez
Deputy Voter Engagement Director
CASA in Action
