Dear Friend,

Newly elected Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass drew more voters than any other
mayoral candidate in L.A. history.(1)

It’s a true progressive success story, except for one point: Despite being
nearly half the city’s population, Latinx voters comprised only 23% of the
votes.(2)

California is one of the most diverse states in the country, where no one
race holds a majority. However, the leadership of the Democratic Party and
large progressive organizations is still overwhelmingly white. Courage
California is an exception, and we are making strides in the Latinx
community.

We are a BIPOC-led organization that knows the future of progressive
politics depends on reaching out to, listening to, and including
communities of color year-round, not just during an election year. We
spent 2022 polling heavily Latinx communities and partnering with BIPOC
community groups to make change, and in 2023, we are going to build on
that work to grow the California progressive movement as a whole to
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[ [link removed] ]This Giving Tuesday, will you give to support our work to build a
progressive movement that looks like California?

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A full 40% of California is Latinx, 15% are Asian American, and 5% are
Black.(3)

The political establishment has been ignoring those groups at our peril.

Across the country, Latinx voters trended toward the Republican Party. And
while analysts disagree how strongly that trend is showing up in
California(4), here’s what we do know: These communities are not a
monolith. We can’t take them for granted. And a history of excluding them
breeds distrust and a lack of participation.(5)

More important, the progressive community as a whole is stronger when more
people participate and more voices are included.

Courage California understands this. Three of our four directors are women
of color. We are from the BIPOC communities of California. We are working
every day to support the labor unions, health-care advocates, and
environmental champions at the forefront of BIPOC issues, and we champion
BIPOC candidates who will make the legislature more representative.

In 2023, we have ambitious goals to engage the Latinx community year-round
and grow the number of progressive voters in the state, to pass bold
legislation to address challenges plaguing families, and to stop the
corporate abuses of power that hurts entire generations of working
Americans. Our budget is entirely dependent on what we are able to raise
in the next days and weeks, so we’ve set a goal of $10,000 by the end of
Giving Tuesday to give us a strong start.

[ [link removed] ]Donate now to support a progressive movement that looks more like
California!

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Thanks for your critical support.

–Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Mai, Mai,
Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) 

PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
and country. [ [link removed] ]Will you become a monthly donor and help sustain our work?

Donations go to support all of Courage California's work for a more
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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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