We Are Next Project

11/07/2020

11/03/2020

🚨🚨Posted • Today is the last day to vote and in these states it’s not too late to register. Let’s get this done! votesaveamerica.com/states

10/30/2020

Every 🗳 counts!

10/13/2020

I was today years old when I found out Texas has some 24 HOUR voting locations on 10/29. Get ‘er done Harris County!

Posted • There are now EIGHT 24-Hour Voting locations on Oct. 29. We just added Prairie View A&M University Northwest to the list. HarrisVotes.com/Locations

09/15/2020

🚨 🚨 Voter Info Alert

Posted • Deadlines coming up right around the corner!! These are the deadlines to register and request ONLINE - some states have options to do so by mail or in person at later dates. Check out our website to find more information about your state! it’s NEVER TOO EARLY to check your registration and request your ballot - earlier is better!! don’t worry - JV will be reminding you weekly of what’s coming up so you don’t forget 😊

09/11/2020

The More You Know 🌈 🌈

Posted • We hear you, it is so complicated to find voting information and deadlines ... and each state does it differently 🤦🏻‍♀️ Here’s a quick recap of deadlines by state for returning your absentee ballot request. We recommend doing this as early as possible this year (and if you haven’t registered yet, do so now!)

More resources on registration, vote from home, and most importantly, data on all the candidates, at our 🔗in bio.

Share this one with friends who need it! Do you know your vote?

09/08/2020

“We're talking about police reform, right, so what does it look like to defund the police, we are absolutely in support of that. Like I said, I'm a social worker, I know that there are certain situations that social workers are way more trained to respond to the police officers.

I believe in my profession, and I believe in our ability to respond to situations of domestic violence, to situations of mental health occurrences. I know that there are professions out there that are way more trained to do those things than police officers, that's not to say that they don't have some value in some place in our society, they do, they absolutely do, but do they need to be the response to every call? No, if we are really looking to improve people's lives, we have to again, set up systems that do that.”

- Marie Pinkney, 2020 Dem Primary Candidate for Delaware State Senate, 13th District (4/4) Run for Something
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09/05/2020

“I am many things, ok: I am woman, I am a social worker, I identify as a ***r individual, so I wear a lot of hats and all of those, the majority of those hats have caused me to be very independent, very type A sometimes with wanting to get things done. That's not possible when you're running a campaign at all. So the best advice that I got was to delegate and delegate early, to bring people around who I trust and who are dependable and who I'd say this is what needs to get done, run with it, and who are able to execute and then make other decisions.

A lot of people make the mistake of not wanting to be outdone by the people that are around them, but that messes you up in so many ways, so if there's no one, there's no one who you need to kind of look up to around you, that stunts your growth, it limits your creativity, so having people around me who have skill sets that I've never even thought about has been the most amazing thing for not even just our campaign, but for life.”
- Marie Pinkney, 2020 Dem Primary Candidate for Delaware State Senate, 13th District (2/4)

09/01/2020

“So for centuries policy has been used intentionally to hold back Black people, to hold back brown people, policy was literally written to make sure that red lining occurred. Here in Delaware, school funding is based on where you live and based on your property tax, and our schools right now are more segregated than they've ever been.

One of my favorite books is How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi, one of my absolute favorites because it directly says this - if we know that people were doing everything that they could to hold back Black people, we need to be doing everything we can to push Black people forward, and we need to say that with no apology, that that is what we intend to do because it's been used against us so long, so as far as my campaign, one of the biggest things that we want to look at is, like I said, the school funding systems. The schools in Delaware are incredibly, incredibly segregated right now, so what we really want to look at is how we revamp the funding system in Delaware completely.

So when we're talking about what does it look like to address racist systems, it looks like being an anti-racist individual and intentionally revamping all of the systems or completely gutting and rebuilding all of the systems that we have to say that Black and Brown people, low income people, have been forgotten for so long, that we're going to rebuild in a way that keeps them in mind first, so that we can actually have equity.”
- Marie Pinkney, 2020 Dem Primary Candidate for Delaware State Senate, 13th District (1/4)
Run for Something endorsed candidate Marie Pinkney

09/01/2020

2020 has been one of the most unexpected, tragic, all around craziest years in recent memory. It’s also one of the most important with the 2020 General Election coming up on Nov. 3 2020.

We Are Next Project is BACK to highlight the voices of young leaders (candidates, former candidates, and elected officials) because the importance of the vote extends even beyond the top of the ballot. The new leaders you support today can grow to be ones you can count on in the future.

Learn and follow along for more information on them and on voting resources.

09/13/2018

Make sure to get out and VOTE today, 9/13, in the NY State Primary elections! Polls are open until 9pm.

Find your polling place here:
nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search

09/11/2018

“Winning this race is life and death for some people, and politics is that. That's why I'm taking this seriously because in the minute to minute I have levity, but then I also am pushing so hard because the positive impact that we can make if we win is so big, and it also sends a message of, 'Stop doing what you are doing; it's not acceptable and people won't tolerate it.' My only wish is that we can get to enough people in time to take this over the finish line.”
- Alessandra Biaggi, 2018 Primary Candidate for New York State Senate, District 34 (D)

https://www.biaggi4ny.com