At ASPIRE, we’ve been supporting progressive candidates of color across the country, organizing for the 2020 elections, and fighting back against the Trump administration.
In the past month, the House impeachment inquiry has revealed an almost unbelievable level of corruption in the White House: a president and his handpicked cabinet members and cronies repeatedly putting their own personal gain over America’s interests.
It isn’t surprising. Trump launched his political career promoting racist conspiracy theories about President Obama, announced and built his campaign by disparaging and attacking immigrants, and his policies terrorize migrant families seeking shelter and asylum. Our communities face more bigotry every time he stokes racist violence because he believes it will help him hold onto power.
We’ve been working hard to fill the halls of Congress with progressive people of color to lead the resistance. But with this rapidly shifting political landscape, we need to hear from you: