👋 Welcome to the July edition of The Sister District Dispatch! Every month, we’ll catch you up on the latest election news and keep you informed on our collective fight to win permanent progressive power in the states. 

Keep reading to learn more about what we’ve been up to this month! 

🎉  More Candidate Endorsements! 

At the end of June, Sister District announced our second round of 2024 endorsements! This new wave of candidates includes teachers, doctors, business owners, community activists, National Guard members, and more! 

With the addition of these 13 brilliant candidates, we’ve endorsed 21 contenders for critical state legislative seats in swing districts. We’ll equip each of these campaigns with organizing power, fundraising capacity, and expert support.

To learn detailed information about each candidate, visit our website.

💡 Sister District Team Spotlight:

Over the past month, Sister District volunteers across the country have mobilized to provide critical organizing support to our candidates. Here are a few highlights: 

Several team members of Sister District NYC traveled to Pennsylvania to knock on doors for Anna Thomas and Democrats running for Congress. This is the earliest Sister District NYC has started canvassing! 

Sister District MA-RI hosted a successful in-person phone bank. They made over 400 calls to voters in critical swing districts!

🎟️ You’re Invited: Sister District Fireside Chat: A Conversation with Ari Berman

On August 7, join Sister District for a conversation with Ari Berman about his new book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—And the Fight to Resist It. Gaby Goldstein, Co-Founder of Sister District, will moderate the conversation! 

The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. However, this crisis did not begin or end with Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Through voter suppression, election subversion, gerrymandering, dark money, the takeover of the courts, and the whitewashing of history – so much of which happens at the state level – reactionary white conservatives have strategically entrenched power in the face of massive demographic and political shifts. Journalist Ari Berman charts all of these efforts and the grassroots movement that’s fighting back in his new book.

RSVP to join us now!

📰 Featured Readings

Before SCOTUS wrapped up its shocking term, Sister District Co-Founder and Executive Director Lala Wu wrote an op-ed in Democracy Docket discussing the possible ramifications of consequential cases before the Court.

Read more about how we anticipated this result — and its under-reported consequences here.

Other articles to read: 

• NYT: Republicans Are ‘Running Out of States’ to Pass New Transgender Restrictions
• NBC: Dems regain control of Michigan state House after winning two special elections
• Axios: Louisiana becomes first state requiring 10 Commandments posted in classrooms

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That’s it for this month! Sister District members like you are essential to our movement — and there’s no doubt with your help, we’ll continue to achieve historic and momentous victories for progressives in states everywhere. 

Thank you for reading!

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