A Latino-Owned & Operated Progressive Political Consulting Firm Solidarity Strategies is an award-winning, minority-owned political consulting firm in Washington, D.C., that provides bilingual direct mail, phone, digital, and media services.
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When applicable, the firm proudly delivers work that is both environmentally sustainable and produced through unionized labor. At Solidarity, we know that data drives results. We use data to provide accurate messaging and targeting as we develop strategic plans, organize events, create memorable direct mailings, catchy mobile and digital advertising, and arrange effective phone services. When managing a project, we always work closely with clients to provide customized services that meet their goals. Solidarity Strategies is proud to be a certified MBE minority-owned business vendor/supplier and part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program, which allows to do work for the federal government as well.
Mission: Solidarity Strategies seeks to empower progressive clients, who inspire entire communities to participate in and strengthen our democracy. Solidarity works with candidates and organizations that fight to improve the lives of working families, protect the environment, and stand up for equal and civil rights. We strive to level the playing field not only by helping elect people of color into office, but also by placing diverse talent into key positions for the development of social justice. We understand that the progressive community cannot expect minority voter participation to increase if progressive organizations have not leveraged the insight provided by doing business with minority owned firms.
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"The legislation to create a museum serves to not only honor the past contributions of American Latinos for over 500 years, but recognize their sacrifices today."
The Smithsonian cannot build a new museum without federal legislation but both museums have bipartisan support. The law requires costs be covered by a 50/50 split between public and private dollars.
"What Americans don’t know about Latino history could fill a museum."
Widespread ignorance of a 500-year history affects our understanding of Latino communities to the present day.
"President-elect Joe Biden is poised to appoint a Latino to lead the Education Department. Biden is expected to announce it before Christmas."
President-elect Joe Biden is poised to appoint a Latino to lead the Education Department. Biden is expected to announce it before Christmas.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has picked Sec. of State Alex Padilla to become the first Latino U.S. Senator from California! We are excited for this history-making decision and look forward to working with Sec. Padilla to create progress for our community.
"Immigration activists are gearing up for a fight to push President-elect Joe Biden to do more to counter the measures taken by President Trump that made life more uncomfortable for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States."
Joe Biden has promised to reverse the Trump administration's most restrictive immigration policies. But he did not include immigration as one of his four core priorities.
"The Garifuna people are descendants of an Afro Indigenous population from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. They were then exiled to Honduras, and many moved to Belize, too. But three decades later, as a voter in the US, Mena said she feels her vote does matter."
Brayan Guevara, a 20-year-old first-time Afro Latino voter in North Carolina, is an independent who ultimately decided to support Democratic candidate Joe Biden. He said the election validated that “my voice matters.”
"A Pew Research Center survey found the share of Black and Latino adults who said they were hopeful rose to 64 percent after the presidential election."
The share of Black and Latino adults who said they were hopeful about the state of the country jumped significantly after the Nov. 3 election.
"The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is lobbying President-elect Joe Biden to nominate Lily Eskelsen García for Education secretary..."
Latino lawmakers sent a letter to the Biden transition team Monday night urging the president-elect to nominate Lily Eskelsen García.
"President-elect Joe Biden is tasking two Latinos with containing COVID-19 and dismantling Mr. Trump's hard-line immigration policies..."
Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas will be tasked with containing the Covid-19 pandemic and reversing many of President Trump's immigration policies.
"I know her passion and that's why I know Nina Turner would be such a great congresswoman, because every day she wakes up thinking about the folks around her and how she can help them."
Team Rising shares their thoughts on Nina Turner filing to paperwork to run for Congress.About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts...
The Hill released their annual list of top lobbyists for 2020 and our President Chuck Rocha was named one of the top “Hired Guns” of the year!
"As awareness grows of Latinas in labor movement history, the more all Americans will be able to better understand where the growing Latino political power is coming from in the U.S."
Latinas were active in the labor movement nearly three decades earlier, and that work is not taught as often in schools
If confirmed, Xavier Becerra will be the first Latino to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in its history.
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"...the fact that Biden carried Arizona has important big-picture implications that are good for Democrats, even if the durability of the shift remains in question."
Democrats have been eyeing this flip for a long time.
"We cannot get this pandemic under control if we do not address head-on the issues of inequity in our country."
“We cannot get this pandemic under control if we do not address head-on the issues of inequity in our country,” Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith said. “There is no other way.”
"According to Rocha, Georgia’s runoffs present a huge opportunity for Democrats, because, “the unique nuances of Latino voters in Texas and Florida, who are culturally distinct from elsewhere, are not present to the same extent in Georgia.”
The answer to flipping the Senate could be the Latinx electorate, but only if we learn from our mistakes.
"For me, in particular, Latina voices are very important because historically they have gotten overlooked despite their qualifications."
Hispanic political leaders are banding together in support of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), who they see as the most qualified candidate to be President-elect Joe Biden's secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Congratulations to Rep. Ruben Gallego for his election as the new Chairman of CHC BOLD PAC! We trust that Rep. Gallego will work to grow the Hispanic Caucus and bring new Latino leadership to Congress.
"Lapses in tech companies’ policies to address Spanish content led to a proliferation of misinformation targeting Latino voters around Election Day..."
Lapses in tech companies’ policies to address Spanish content led to a proliferation of misinformation targeting Latino voters around Election Day, according to several advocacy groups.
"Without the votes of a majority of Latinos, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would not have won the White House."
Latinos voted in larger than ever numbers in the 2020 elections. But what they showed most of all is that there is no monolithic 'Latino vote,' rather there are Latino voters with diverse influences and interests.
"Mayorkas will be the first Latino and first immigrant to head the Department of Homeland Security, if confirmed by the Senate."
Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban American and former Obama administration official, has the experience to change Trump's "inhuman immigration policies," Sen. Bob Menendez said.
"California, the state with the largest number of Latinos, has a chance to undo 170 years of history."
National Latino groups say Gov. Gavin Newsom should pick California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
"Misinformation spreading in Latino communities wasn’t a problem for Democrats just in the presidential campaign, it cropped up in congressional races, too."
Democrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.
"There were many factors: a targeted disinformation campaign to Latinos; an electorate desperate to re-open, wracked with fear over the economic consequences; a national party that thinks racial identity is how we vote...It's not just about socialism.”
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"President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday (Nov. 17) selected Julie Chávez Rodríguez, the granddaughter of farmworker icon César E. Chávez, to serve on his White House staff."
César E. Chávez granddaughter to serve in Biden administration.
"...some of the Biden team’s proposed policies may have profound impacts on the Latinx community." https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/13/this-is-how-president-elect-bidens-policies-could-affect-hispanics.html
President-elect Joe Biden has tax, economic and education policies that could affect the future of Hispanics in America.
"President-elect Joe Biden has named three Latinos to be part of his White House senior staff, all alumni of the Obama-Biden administration." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/three-latinos-among-first-chosen-biden-white-house-senior-staff-n1248012
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon and Anthony Bernal are all alumni of President Barack Obama’s administration.
"President-elect Joe Biden has named three Latinos to be part of his White House senior staff, all alumni of the Obama-Biden administration."
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon and Anthony Bernal are all alumni of President Barack Obama’s administration.
"This didn't happen because Democrats all of a sudden cared about our vote. We educated the voters about their power." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/years-making-established-latino-groups-helped-biden-arizona-nevada-n1246864
"I voted for the candidate that would most help my family and community, and Donald Trump is not it," said a Las Vegas-based young Latina voter.
"This didn't happen because Democrats all of a sudden cared about our vote. We educated the voters about their power."
"I voted for the candidate that would most help my family and community, and Donald Trump is not it," said a Las Vegas-based young Latina voter.
"...Biden can do many things on his own to undo the heinous legacy of President Trump and his senior adviser on this issue [imigration]." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/12/biden-is-already-signaling-big-moves-immigration-that-bodes-well/
Biden officials are already signaling efforts to begin erasing the worst of Trump and Stephen Miller's legacy.
"Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts."
Top Latino advocacy organizations are pushing for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint five Hispanics to Cabinet-level posts.
"The next session of Congress is shaping up to be the most diverse in history with a record number of women and LGBTQ people, as well as a high number of racial minorities." https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/524889-next-congress-set-for-record-diversity
The next session of Congress is shaping up to be the most diverse in history with a record number of women and LGBTQ people, as well as a high number of racial minorities.
"Education has become a defining faultline of US electoral politics."
Not only is the country profoundly divided after Trump, but social trends may be pulling it even further apart
"Those election firsts should bring us joy. But they should also bother us and push us to not let the conversation end with those exclamation points." https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-most-reassuring-and-troubling-two-words-to-accompany-the-election-results-the-first/2020/11/06/d3de4108-2092-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html
Some of the many firsts the election saw: the first openly transgender state senator, the first openly gay Afro-Latino member of Congress and the first openly nonbinary state lawmaker.
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Following the end of Sen. Bernie Sanders' groundbreaking 2020 presidential campaign, Senior Advisor Chuck Rocha published Tío Bernie to chronicle the historic Latino outreach program he pioneered. Chuck will be joined on the panel by seasoned experts on diversity on Capitol Hill, We are the People’s Maria Robles Meier, and Democracy Fund’s Laura Maristany.
We’re excited to announce that Chuck Rocha will be featured in the PBS Documentary “Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground” which premieres tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6th at 9 PM EST! You can watch the documentary on PBS, pbs.org or the PBS video app.
Make sure you are registered and ready to vote in this year's elections by visiting www.vote.org! #NationalVoterRegistrationDay
What does it mean for the Latino community to flex its political power in this year's elections?
Last week on Newsy, Chuck broke down how Kamala Harris can deliver Latino votes for Joe Biden in November.
Join Laura Maristany, Chuck Rocha and Lalo Alcaraz for a discussion on cultural competency in the arts and politics in 2020!
Tío Bernie gives an inside look at the strategy behind the campaign to bring millions of Latinos into the political revolution. Preorder your copy today: tioberniebook.com
With #COVIDー19 affecting communities of color disproportionately, it's more important than ever that their concerns are heard by the decision-makers of our country. Watch Chuck Rocha's interview with Alicia Menendez from this weekend!
We're excited to announce that we won 4 Pollie Awards from the American Association of Political Consultants! Thank you to our clients for allowing us to do the work we do and to our peers for celebrating our achievements! #Pollies
We're excited to announce that we're welcoming a new member to our team: David Sanchez! David brings over 9 years of organizing and electoral experience to the firm and will be joining us as the third partner to help us grow in preparation for 2020. Welcome to the #SolidarityFamilia David!
We took back the House! We just finished an exciting election and have been a bit busy but we’re back to you with the latest Chit Chatting with Chuck. Take a look!
Tune in to watch our President, Chuck Rocha discuss the 2018 midterm elections! #BlueWave
Solidarity has its own dragon to fight these elections! 🐲 #NovemberIsHere #BlueWave
Our fellows representing CA and TX are excited to be engaged this midterm election. Make sure to get your absentee ballots in! 🗳#BlueWave #YourVoteMatters
This week's Chit Chattin' is hosted by our Campaign Fellow, Eileen Garcia, who interviews Congressional candidate, Tatiana Matta! Tatiana is running for California's 23rd Congressional district and tells us what it's like to be a Latina running for Congress.
🔊Chitchattin' w/ Chuck Rocha Reminders of all the great candidates of color running for office: David Garcia, January Contreras (#YearOfTheLatina)! and progressive imcumbents Reps. Raul M. Grijalva & Rep. Ruben Gallego. Important discussion about diversity in the Senate - shoutout to Senator Brian Schatz! You'll see why... Diversity in Senate results: tinyurl.com/yd56ovem
Tune in for this #FourthofJuly holiday special of Chitchatting w/ Chuck! In this episode we cover the #FamiliesBelongTogether rallies from the weekend w/ speakers including America Ferrera & Lin-Manuel Miranda. We also discuss the recently elected Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
NEW Chitchattin' w/ @Chuck 📢 This week, Chuck talks about the #YearOfTheLatina Shout out to these incredible mujeristas running for office: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Veronica Escobar for Congress, Sylvia R Garcia, Jana Lynne Sanchez for US Congress, Xochitl for Congress, Juana Matias, & Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
All NEW Chitchatting with Chuck! On this week's episode, Chuck talks about GOTV for Tuesday's primaries, a new campaign launched by Voto Latino to register voters, healthcare, and the separation of families crossing the border by ICE. #KeepFamiliesTogether
Watch the new Chitchatting with Chuck! Subscribe to Solidarity's YouTube page and never miss an update. https://youtu.be/ssPPP4i_ojw
Chuck Rocha recently spoke to NYU students about identity politics and what it's like to own a Latino-owned and operated political consulting firm. Check out this clip from his presentation!
Chuck discusses this week's highlights in Latino news!
This week on Chit Chattin' w/ Chuck: Texas primaries, DACA, and Latino representation in the media
Check out our new series we will be updating weekly - Chit Chattin' w/ Chuck! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates: https://www.youtube.com/user/SolidarityStrategies
Q&A with The Captains at the State of the Everglades congressional briefing!
We are LIVE now at the State of the Everglades. Join us for a discussion on the environmental issues facing the Everglades National Park #NowOrNeverglades
Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez defending immigrants, DACA, and TPS outside of the White House! #HereToStay
Ms. Nina Turner is here to wake us up politically (and literally). It's time to get mad as hell and use that anger to fuel change. Good morning from The People's Summit! #pplsummit
When Jane Sanders walks into your session at The People's Summit 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 #pplsummit
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