Hi John,
My name is Aimee, and I’m honored to be Powered by People’s new Executive Director. Before I tell you where we’re going next, I want to tell you how I got here, because my story starts where many of you have been.
After the 2016 election, I woke up with a pit in my stomach and the sense that I hadn’t done enough—that our democracy was more fragile than I had realized, and that my complacency may have gotten us there. I made a decision that morning: I would never let that feeling happen again.
Feeling upset isn’t a strategy. I had two choices—be paralyzed by fear, or turn it into action. I chose action. I started volunteering: registering voters, block walking, working elections, joining local Democratic clubs. But I still craved more impact and real human connection.
That search led me to Powered by People. Here, I saw my volunteer work translate into real relationships with voters, and critically, real results. Showing up consistently and personally changes not just elections, but people. That’s the transformation I want for every supporter of Powered by People: channeling your commitment into the most effective organizing work in Texas.
In today’s political system, voters are often treated like transactions: mass texts, AI-driven outreach, impersonal mailers. People get written off.
We reject that. Powered by People is built on human-to-human relationships—on conversations, trust, and consistency. That’s how we achieved 79% youth turnout last year. We’re not just registering voters; we’re staying in touch with them in order to build lifelong, engaged participants in our democracy.
That success gives us a mandate to go bigger. As Executive Director, my job is to match volunteer passion with a clear, winning strategy. We’re moving away from running as fast as we can to executing a deliberate roadmap with ambitious goals:
This is our pre-season—training leaders, sharpening our tools, and building the infrastructure to win big. Local races, like the special elections in Senate District 9 in Tarrant County and Congressional District 18 in Harris County, could be decided by just a handful of votes. Starting next year strong is not optional. It's essential. And every contribution helps us train and support volunteers year-round, invest in the relational tools that actually move voters, build the data and infrastructure needed to scale, and compete in the tightest races in Texas.
I’m looking forward to working alongside you in the days and months ahead.
Thank you,
Aimee Prudhomme
Executive Director, Powered by People
