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Friend,
Despite a global pandemic and despicable voter
suppression, young people took our activism from the streets to the
ballot box this year. And we secured major wins for equity, justice,
and representation. The rising of #YoungPeoplePower is undeniable.
Read all about it!
URGE’s 2020 Election Report: The
2020 Election & Young People: Mobilizing Communities, Building
Power for Policy Change is live. More reports will
be released in the coming weeks and will dive into URGE’s voter
engagement program and what’s next in 2021 and beyond.
We have so much to celebrate:
- Alabama vote widely voted to begin purging racist
language from its state constitution;
- California restored voting rights for formerly
incarcerated people;
- Columbus, Ohio residents strongly approved the
creation of a Civilian Review Board to carry out independent
investigations of police misconduct;
- Mauree Turner, 27, was elected to Oklahoma’s
state House, becoming the first out non-binary state lawmaker in the
U.S.;
- Four Native women seeking election or reelection
in Kansas all won their races; and
- Ayanna Pressley, 46, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
31, Ilhan Omar, 38, and Rashida Tlaib, 44, the young, progressive
women of color popularly known as “The Squad,” were all overwhelmingly
re-elected to the U.S. Congress.
Hungry for more? Join
us on November 10th at 1:30 pm ET for Nothing Without Us: The
Young People’s Election & Reproductive Justice,
a town hall for URGE community members to celebrate, reflect, and plan
for what’s next. Register here!
Proud to be in this struggle with y'all, today,
and tomorrow.
En Solidaridad,
Kimberly, she/ella
Executive Director
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender
Equity
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