John – Welcome back to another edition of BNC Insider, your weekly recap of everything that’s happening in the world of Brand New Congress.

In this issue:

National Voter Registration Day
Jackson Water Crisis
New additions to the slate
Ways to take action

Get ready to dive in.

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Tomorrow is National Voter Registration Day!

Some states require voters to be registered up to a month before the election, which means your voter registration deadline may be just around the corner.

Take a few moments to check your voter registration status NOW so you can vote in November wherever you are.

You can easily check your status on Vote.org or visit your state’s Secretary of State website to check your registration status directly with state officials.

One of our team members did it, and confirmed her registration status in less than one minute thanks to Vote.org.

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Jackson shows why we need a Green New Deal for Cities

This is what the household water in Jackson, Mississippi, looked like for the last two months:

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The crisis left the majority-Black city of nearly 200,000 residents without clean, running water. This is water folks depend on for drinking, cooking, bathing, and washing clothes and dishes – and it’s been completely unusable for nearly two months.

To understand what’s happened in Jackson, and what we need to do about it, we need to understand that this crisis did not start in July, or even 2021 when “boil water notices” were first on the rise. It was decades in the making.

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The current crisis erupted when the city was hit by devastating floods – the kind of extreme weather events that are increasing in frequency and severity under the climate crisis.

Jackson is one of thousands of communities of color particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis because of decades of neglect and divestment.

That’s why BNC Reps. Cori Bush, AOC, and Jamaal Bowman introduced the Green New Deal for Cities last year.

We’ve got the chance to grow progressive power and DOUBLE the number of BNC representatives in office this November. Can you pitch in $25 today to reelect all three of them and send even MORE climate champions to Congress in November?

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Welcome to the slate Greg Casar!

Last week we unveiled our newest member of the slate, Greg Casar!

Greg is a labor organizer and former Austin City Councilman running for the open seat in TX-35 – winning on progressive values deep in the heart of Texas.

This majority-minority district where 75% of the population is non-White – overwhelmingly Latino – has never been represented by a person of color.

But we’re going to change that this year.

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Brand New Congress is thrilled to partner with Greg and bring bold, progressive representation to Texas.

If you didn’t have a chance to welcome Greg to the slate, please consider splitting a contribution between Brand New Congress and his historic campaign now.

Elect Greg! >>

Next announcement coming tomorrow

Our next announcement is coming tomorrow morning, and it’s one of our biggest announcements of the 2022 election cycle.

Who’s joining the BNC family next? Watch for the announcement tomorrow at 10am Eastern / 7am Pacific via email and socials.

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If you’re not already following us on social media, you can join the conversation here:

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Each week we highlight volunteer opportunities for different BNC candidates. This week we are featuring our two Texas candidates, Michelle Vallejo and Greg Casar!

Michelle’s team is hosting a phonebank party TOMORROW, September 20, from 6 to 8pm Central Time. Join in person from McAllen, TX, or join virtually and help out from anywhere! Click below for details:

Phonebank for Michelle >>

A graphic featuring a photo of Michelle Vallejo, wearing a blue turtleneck with a black blazer against a bright pink background. The text reads: “Vamos por quince” which is Spanish for “Let’s go for 15!” and includes details about the phonebank party for TX-15 with Team Vallejo

Greg’s team is hosting a Blockwalk in East Kyle, TX, from 4:30 to 7pm Central Time. Sign up below to get started.

Blockwalk with Greg >>

A graphic featuring photos of Greg Casar and three other downballot candidates announcing a community canvassing event in East Kyle with Hays County Democrats.

Or, you can always sign up to volunteer directly with Brand New Congress and support ALL of our candidates!

Volunteer with BNC

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Until next week,

The entire team at Brand New Congress

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This November we’re working to flip multiple red seats, fill open seats with bold progressives, and elect our first BNC Senator by defeating Rand Paul.

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