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Natalia Salgado Joins All in with Chris Hayes on MSNBC

  Natalia Salgado, Political Director and Chief of Civic Engagement for the Center For Popular Democracy network joined All in with Chris Hayes on MSNBC Friday, August 2, 2019. She speaks on the power of organizing Latinx and Black voters for the 2020 presidential campaign. Click here and below to watch.        

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CPD Action Network Responds to Trump Speech

01.19.2019 NEW YORK, NY –-  In response to President Donald Trump’s speech this evening attempting to compromise on the government shutdown by offering to keep Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from some Latin American and African nations in exchange for border wall funding, organizations within the Center for Popular […]

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Center for Popular Democracy Action Network Responds to End of Government Shutdown

01.25.2019 WASHINGTON, DC –- In response to President Trump’s announcement that he will approve a funding bill to temporarily reopen the government, the Center for Popular Democracy Action network released the following statements: Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy Action “President Trump, aided by Senator McConnell and the GOP, threw the […]

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CPD Statement on Dems funding CBP & ICE

  For Immediate Release January 31, 2018   Press Contact: Lia Weintraub, lweintraub@populardemocracy.org, 202-618-2482 Marlene Peralta, marlene.peralta@progressivecities.com, 646-601-4267   Ana Maria Archila: Democrats Must Reject Deportation Machine “Unacceptable” to fund CBP, ICE, and Propel Trump’s Deportation Forces, according to CPD Action’s Ana Maria Archila New York, NY – In response to Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) […]

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CPD Action Responds to DHS Appropriations Funding and National Emergency Invocation

New York, NY — In response to news that President Trump plans to call a national emergency at the same time as he intends to sign a DHS appropriations bill that includes money for ICE and CBP, Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action released the following statement: “Congress is […]

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Center For Popular Democracy Action Responds to Trump Declaration of National Emergency

“Trump’s fabrication of a national emergency is meant to deter democratic progress,” says Ana Maria Archila NEW YORK, NY — In response to Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, Ana Maria Archila, co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action released the following statement: “For generations, we have struggled to make this government one […]

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CPD Action Network Reacts to House Bill to Overturn Declaration of National Emergency

02.26.2019 NEW YORK — In response to the Congressional effort to overturn the declaration of a national emergency on the border, the Center for Popular Democracy Action Network released the following statements: Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, said, “The people in this country know that Trump’s national emergency is […]

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CPDA Responds to Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar

“Ilhan Omar’s fight is our fight,” says national community organizing network 03.06.2019 WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the scheduled House vote on an anti-Semitism resolution, the Center for Popular Democracy Action released the following statement from Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director: “Fighting for a better world means taking on the unequal power structures that dominate […]

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Elizabeth Warren’s Housing Platform is a Gamechanger for Tenants

For Immediate Release: March 16, 2019 Media Contact: Lia Weintraub, lweintraub@populardemocracy.org, 202-618-2482   STATEMENT: Elizabeth Warren’s Housing Platform is a Gamechanger for Tenants “We need bold housing policy to protect our fundamental right to a stable, affordable home,” says national community organizing network WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren launched in […]

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Progressive Activists Take Over Detroit for Three Day Convention

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 30, 2019  Media Contact: Inaru Melendez, imelendez@populardemocracy.org, 413-331-9530 Progressive Activists Take Over Detroit for Three Day Convention 1,500 organizers convened in Detroit for Center for Popular Democracy People’s Convention DETROIT — Detroit Action (formally Good Jobs Now) welcomed 1,500 activists and local elected officials from across the country to Detroit […]

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