WHERE WE STAND
Voting Rights
In recent weeks, lawmakers in 43 states have introduced provisions designed to restrict voting access for their own constituents. These lawmakers seek to limit early voting periods, end weekend voting, limit mail in voting, require that ballots be notarized (also known as a Poll Tax) and end 24 hour ballot drop off boxes.
Ending Poverty
Currently the United States House of Representatives has passed H.R.603 (Raise the Wage Act of 2021), which raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. Although we support the efforts to lift millions of black and brown people out of poverty, it is our position that H.R.603 does not go far enough. We need $15 an hour now.
Justice in Policing
The list of POC who have been murdered by police is endless: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Walter Scott, Laquan McDonald – and hundreds more. Summer of 2020 saw a mass movement come to life as people across the world took to the streets and demanded reforms to the way communities are policed. We demand a more progressive approach to policing in black and brown communities.
End the Filibuster
The Senate filibuster is a parliamentary procedure used in the United States Senate to prevent any measure from passing into law if it fails to reach a sixty-vote threshold. The filibuster is commonly favored by the minority party in the Senate to block legislation that is opposed along party lines.