We must exercise our collective power.? ? ? ? Victor Rivera is a father, veteran, and community organizer who works to advance the fight for climate justice with LCV's Chispa Nevada ? a community organizing program in southern Nevada. Today, Victor wants LCV supporters like you to know why he's passionate about making sure that all communities are accurately counted in the 2020 census. Sign the pledge to be counted. ? PLEDGE NOW [link removed] ? ? ? ? ? Friend ? As an organizer, I have the privilege of working alongside members of my community every day to protect our health, air, and water and to advance climate justice.

Before serving my community as an organizer, I served my country as a member of the Coast Guard along the Florida coast. I worked to protect coastal communities and waters by holding corporations, boaters, and fishermen accountable for dumping toxic waste into these waters. My service led me to become passionate about environmental justice work, and as the father of a two-year-old son, it's more important than ever to fight to protect the health and environment of future generations.

This passion is what drives me to work to build a cleaner, safer world for my son and my community. As I've been working with Chispa Nevada, I've witnessed that my predominantly Latinx and low-income community not only bears the brunt of pollution and climate impacts, but also lacks the resources to overcome these challenges. To ensure that my community has the resources and political representation to thrive, I know that one of the most important things I can do as a community organizer is to make sure that my community is adequately counted in the 2020 census.

Join me and ensure that your community's voices are heard and counted. Pledge to be counted in the 2020 census TODAY ? [link removed]

I believe that making sure that everyone is fairly counted in the census is critical to ensure that all communities have seats at the table and a voice in the decisions that impact them.

Personally, I am excited to help make sure my community is accurately counted in the census because: From county commissioners to federal officials, representation matters at all levels of government. The counts from the census are used to draw legislative districts and determine political representation. We cannot have equitable representation or fight against gerrymandering in our districts without a census that reflects our communities. Federal funding for critical environmental and public health programs is determined based on the number of people that live in a particular area. Communities like mine that are on the frontlines of pollution and climate change need everyone to be counted so we can have the resources we need to protect our health and environment. Since the last census was conducted in 2010, the population in Southern Nevada has grown and changed a lot ? and that's the case across the nation. As our communities change, it's critical that we're adequately counted by the federal government so that our needs are prioritized and funded. Since people in my community ? especially veterans, immigrants, low income people, and people of color ? are often undercounted in the census, it's critical that I make sure I work with as many community members as possible to ensure that programs that we care about ? programs that fund our schools, healthcare, veterans services, and roads ? are adequately funded and prioritized. That's why as the 2020 census nears, Chispa Nevada and across the Conservation Movement, we'll be ramping up our efforts to ensure that our communities are fully counted, starting with our activists and volunteers. Will you join me and pledge to be counted in the census?

Our future depends on the information collected by the census data. Pledge to be counted today to ensure a future that we can all thrive in tomorrow ? [link removed]

Thanks for fighting alongside me in ensuring a fair and accurate count in 2020.


Victor Rivera
Chispa NV Community Organizer
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