We’re reaching out since you’ve previously supported progressive and grassroots candidates and causes. Amy Vilela is running for Congress because the political status quo is not doing enough to provide for those with the least. It’s time for political leaders who will fight like lives depend on it, because they do. Amy knows that. She’s running because Nevadans deserve more. Join Amy’s campaign and make a contribution today! [[link removed]]
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Hi John,
My name is Amy Vilela, and I’m a progressive running for Congress in Las Vegas against an entrenched, establishment Democrat to represent the people of Nevada’s First District.
Because we deserve more.
My campaign is 100% people-powered, fueled by small-dollar, grassroots donors like you, John . Will you join me by making a contribution today? [[link removed]]
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For too long, our status quo political leadership has been complacent, but with the scale of the many crises we face, working people need representatives who understand the struggle, who will bring their lived experience with them to Congress, and who will fight.
I have that lived experience, I know how real the struggle can be, and I will be that fighter.
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I never thought politics was for someone like me.
I grew up in poverty, raised by a single mother. Then later, as a single mother myself, I relied on programs like Medicaid, WIC, and food stamps to help make ends meet. I know what it’s like to make difficult decisions like choosing between paying the rent, paying the utilities, or buying groceries to try to give my children a healthy meal. As a single mother, having something as simple as car insurance felt like a luxury. I even know what it’s like to face housing insecurity, having been unhoused at times with two small children.
I’ve had to work hard and fight for everything I’ve had my entire life.
I took classes at night while working multiple jobs during the day in order to graduate college—becoming the first in my family to earn a degree—and from there, I became an accountant, and eventually I worked my way up to be a CFO.
I was finally able to provide my children the life I never had, and I bought into the false promise of the American Dream. I thought I had done what I was supposed to do. That’s when the illusion was shattered, and I was reminded that we are all only as safe as the most vulnerable among us.
In 2015, my 22-year-old daughter, Shalynne, died at the hands of our nation’s profit-driven healthcare system—all simply because she was unable to provide adequate proof of insurance at a local ER here in Las Vegas. As I held her in my arms while she took her final breaths, I promised her that she would not die in vain.
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Since then, I’ve dedicated my life to the fight for justice, and I’ve spent the past 5 years in the trenches of the political revolution. I’ve been organizing non-stop on the ground here in Las Vegas, and I’ve traveled all across the country spreading the message of our progressive movement and campaigning for my grassroots candidates like Congresswoman Cori Bush, Senator Nina Turner, and Senator Bernie Sanders.
I know what it takes to run an insurgent campaign and win against the odds. And I know we can win here in NV-01.
But I’m going to need your help, John . Humbly, will you donate today to support my 2022 campaign? [[link removed]]
In Solidarity,
Amy Vilela
Candidate for Congress, NV-01
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Amy Vilela is running for Congress because—from COVID to climate change—the political status quo is not doing enough to provide for those with the least. It’s time for political leaders who will fight like lives depend on it, because they do. Amy knows that. She’s running because Nevadans deserve more.
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