March 2024
From the President
As you are likely aware, Project 2025 provided a roadmap for an attack on many federal programs, organized labor, and marginalized communities. The Trump Administration is implementing this roadmap, causing tremendous disruption and fear among the people of this country, and undermining the institutions and programs that meet our collective needs and create opportunity.
Standing for Democracy is a national group launched in 2024 to build a multi-racial, multi-gender, multi-generational, multi-class movement to strengthen our democracy, fight back against any degradation of it, and build the future that uplifts us all…that better future that truly is possible. For workers, what’s at stake is the right to organize and bargain, the right to just cause, the right to speak freely without fear of retaliation, and so much more. For immigrant workers, the threat to these rights is even greater and fighting back is essential.
I have been working with community members and union leaders to build a state chapter of Standing for Democracy. We have identified mass deportation and attacks on immigrants as the focus of our initial work. In that vein we have convened numerous immigrant rights groups and are working together to host a conference on May 3rd to gain knowledge, build alliances, and gain momentum to stop the harm caused by Donald Trump and pave the pathway to a stronger democracy. Presenters include National Standing for Democracy Executive Director Silvia Fabela and Community to Community founder and leader Rosalinda Guillen, among many others. We will discuss how we can work across sectors as allies, hear about current legal fights including the lawsuit in defense of students whose visas have been revoked, and participate in a rapid response training. Please join us in person or virtually on May 3rd.
In solidarity,
Karen Strickland, President