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Dear LULAC Familia,

After more than two weeks of traveling across the country, we have seen a
movement grow beyond what we imagined. LULAC is excited to share this journey on
Thursday, November 14th – one year ahead of the 2020 elections – the national
leadership of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joins
community activists and local leaders in hosting a press conference and panel
conversation highlighting the state of voting rights for communities of color in
the U.S.

This event follows LULAC’s historic Freedom Walks nationwide campaign including
stops in eight different cities. Along the journey, LULAC leadership met with
hundreds of local council members, elected officials and community advocates to
discuss the latest legislative attempts intended to silence the minority vote and
ways to increase Latino engagement and voter registration.

The press conference will feature key leaders and specific developments on voting
rights, as well as details for the critical next community commitments LULAC will
undertake for the 2020 elections. It is vital that the coalitions created by the
Freedom Walks serve as the foundation for future grassroots organizing and
empowerment.

The “Freedom Walks for Justice” campaign inspired countless community members
from diverse backgrounds to mobilize around the power of the vote, as well as to
promote greater civic engagement and education on voting rights throughout Texas,
Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New York, and Washington, D.C. These actions
came in the wake of successful advocacy campaigns and lawsuits in state and
federal courts led by LULAC. The victories resulted in stopping voter suppression
in Dodge City., Kansas. Also, in preventing the purging of more than 95,000 names
from voter rolls in Texas and overturning an unjust Voter ID Law in Iowa, which
aimed to blatantly limit voter participation.

In solidarity,
Freedom Walks Family
#WeWalkWeVote

Freedom Walks: Su Voz, Su Voto!Washington, D.C. (11/14)

SPECIAL GUEST

Sylvia R. Garcia, House of Representatives, Texas, District 29th

Congresswoman Garcia was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November
2018, becoming the first Latina ever to represent Texas 29th Congressional
district.

Sylvia is a native of Palito Blanco, a South Texas farming community. The eighth
of ten children, Congresswoman Garcia saw her parents struggle to raise her and
her siblings. Congresswoman Garcia's parents taught her that with hard work and a
good education she could accomplish anything. As a result of these lessons,
Congresswoman Garcia dedicated herself to success at school. She earned a
scholarship to Texas Woman's University in Denton, where she graduated with a
degree in social work and political science. Congresswoman Garcia then received
her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas
Southern University in Houston, working several jobs to pay for her tuition. Just
as her parents believed in her future, Congresswoman Garcia believes the children
of Texas can do anything.

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About Freedom Walks for Justice
The Freedom Walks for Justice is a national campaign being led by LULAC.
Following the example by the Freedom Riders, LULAC is organizing local and
national leaders to walk in unity from October 15 - November 14, 2019. The
Freedom Walk campaign includes marches, rallies and community events, aimed at
mobilizing communities across the country to register and vote in 2020. The first
Freedom Walks will start on the U.S.-Mexico border city of Brownsville, Texas,
and Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC’s birthplace in 1929, and end in Washington,
D.C. on November 14, 2019 - a little less than a year out of Election Day 2020.
For more info: www.freedomwalks.org [ [link removed] ] .


About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with over
1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs,
services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting
critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ]

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