Dear LCLAA Members and Allies,
In less than one week, our country will have selected its next cohort of elected officials, its next session of Members of Congress, and its next wave of local representatives.
Now is the time for the final push, for the final call to get out to vote, for all LCLAA members to commit to mobilizing their neighbors to vote on November 8th.
LCLAA was founded on the very notion that Latinos could make social, economic, and political gains through the electoral process. Our founders made strides in this way, but now all their progress is at risk of being undone. Earlier this year we saw for the first time one of our constitutional rights be taken out from under us. Even now our protections like affirmative action are being questioned.
This weekend it is not enough for us to vote. We must mobilize. We must take this opportunity to encourage our community to elect fair leaders. We must defend the rights we have and we must push for elected officials that will expand them. If we fail, we risk losing our legal protections and our rights, and cannot afford to lose.
In solidarity,
Yanira Merino
National President of LCLAA
