Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress - Checking in

 

Here’s what we’re working on:

1. Preparing for a redistricting fight: New York could lose one or two of its representatives in Congress. AOC’s district could be redrawn or chopped apart as a result. We need to prepare for what comes after that, whether it’s another primary or a dramatically different district than the current NY-14.

2. Passing progressive policies: The Squad has grown. But we can’t do it alone. We need to show our fellow legislators and President Biden that their constituents demand progressive change too. That’s why we train volunteers and host weekly Green New Deal phone banks to spread the word about this bill. With more resources we can organize even more before the bill is reintroduced and build the movement for other policies like the Roadmap to Freedom, Medicare for All, and more.

3. Building resources to weigh in on critical races: We were able to help Jamaal Bowman win in NY-16. We sent over $880K to grassroots groups in Georgia organizing deep canvases and turning out the Latinx community. Think what we could do if we start preparing now for the elections in 2022.

4. COVID and disaster relief: Alexandria fought for and won up to $7,000 for families to cover the cost of laying a loved one to rest. She launched a Homework Helpers tutoring program and trained 13,000 volunteers to virtually tutor. After Texas’ storms, Team AOC raised over $5 million for disaster relief. Resources from grassroots donors like you made all this possible.

We can only do this work because of the movement behind us.

Thank you for being such a key part of Team AOC.

Lauren Hitt
Communications Director
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress