Realizing the Potential of Our Democracy
As the New American Majority – comprised of young people, women and people of color, and new Americans – has risen to participate in our democracy, the right has responded with new and dangerous attacks on voting rights. From Kansas to Georgia, the integrity of elections is under attack and historically marginalized communities, specifically Native, Black, and young people, are being blocked from voting or having their votes counted. We must expand voting rights, protect the integrity of elections, ensure broad civic participation by young people, and change the narrative about young voters.
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Support the Young People’s Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda
Nov 16, 2024
Our view of liberation is a world in which we can live with justice, love freely, express our gender and sexuality, and define and create families of our choosing. The Young People’s Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda is a bold agenda that centers the needs and voices of young adults, particularly those who are LGBTQIA+ and people of …
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Statement on the 2024 General Election
Nov 06, 2024
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Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity in response to the 2024 general election results: “We may feel disoriented and heartbroken, but the reality is this is the same country it’s always been —one where white supremacy and misogyny run rampant, abortion access is not a guarantee, and …
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Advocates, Artists, and Students Rally for Reproductive Justice in Atlanta
Oct 22, 2024
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Atlanta — On Saturday, October 19, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark (HD 108), and local activists and artists came together in Atlanta to celebrate the voices of young Latine, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), …
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