Howdy, John!

This is Adri Perez, reaching out to introduce myself as Texas Freedom Network’s new Organizing Director. I couldn’t be more excited to join the TFN team, especially during such a crucial time in Texas—election season!

Before we get too far, I have one request: Can your welcome gift to me be VOTING? When we all show up at the ballot box, we can build the momentum needed to create change in Texas! Remember, statewide offices are won by the popular vote. Early voting ends TOMORROW, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 8.

Texas Rising, TFN’s youth organizing project, was my first home as an organizer. It was the first program that invested in me as a young person, truly cared about my community, taught me core organizing skills, and fostered my belief in the power of organizing. Since then, I’ve spent over eight years dedicating my life to ensuring that folks exercise the right so many organizers before me fought to achieve: the right to vote.

Now, as the Organizing Director at Texas Freedom Network, I’m ready to use the skills I learned as a young organizer to turn hope (and anger) into action. I know that a Texas where all people are seen, respected, and valued is possible. To me, organizing is about coming together to build the world we want to see! By engaging and mobilizing our communities, we can take action to step into our collective power.

John, here are four ways you can step into your power today:

Again–VOTE! Find your polling place here

Join our movement to #TeachTheTruth and fight educational censorship

Pledge to protect transgender kids and their families in the face of the far-right’s attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community

Pledge to support and protect abortion access as we fight for freedom over our bodies

Organizing can shape the future of Texas. The journey to progress is long, but it leans towards justice, and I am so grateful to continue on this road with you.

Let’s create a more just, equitable Texas, together.

In the fight,

Adri Perez (they/them)

Organizing Director

Just Texas, a program of Texas Freedom Network, is building a progressive faith movement in Texas.

Texas Freedom Network
P.O. Box 1624
Austin, TX 78767
United States 
Phone: (512) 322-0545

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