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:

“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:

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:

For Immediate Release
January 31, 2018

Press Contact:

Lia Weintraub, lweintraub@populardemocracy.org, 202-618-2482

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

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 Democracy Action network released the following statements:

Ana María Archila, Co-Executive Director, Center for Popular Democracy Action said:

12.11.2018

PHILADELPHIA, PA –- In response to the passage of fair workweek legislation in Philadelphia, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Rachel Deutsch, Supervising Attorney for Worker Justice:

11.21.2018

WASHINGTON, DC –- Heading into the 116th Congress with a Democratic House majority, Jennifer Epps-Addison, Co-Executive Director and Network President of Center for Popular Democracy Action (CPD Action) and leaders from grassroots organizations, released the following statements to endorse Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker.  

“The blue wave would not have been possible without record turnout from Black and Brown voters,” says Jennifer Epps-Addison Co-Executive Director of CPD Action

11.06.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – As the election counts come in and early reports show that Democrats took back the house and had significant gains on the state and local level, Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy Action released the following statement:

Regarding the tragic shooting this evening involving members of Good Jobs Now Electoral Organizing program