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We could not be prouder to have passed ACA 5 and to be co-leading the Yes on Prop 16 historic effort with Shatter LLC This November, equity and opportunity are on the ballot in California! Join the campaign: http://voteyesonprop16.org/

Our work over the last six months with the Opportunity for All Coalition to reinstate affirmative action has been one of the highlights of my career. In awe o...f the remarkable leadership of Dr. Shirley Weber, Eva Paterson, Vincent Pan and so many others who have been fighting this fight for decades. ON TO NOVEMBER! I BELIEVE IN YOU CALIFORNIA VOTERS!

Good newswe've extended the deadline to apply for our paid fall fellowship to Thursday, June 25 at midnight! If you know anyone who'd be interested, please send them to our application links for each department: https://www.50p1.com/jobs/

Today was a huge day in California. Our 50+1 Strategies team is honored to be supporting Black, Latinx, AAPI, women, and student civil rights advocates who have... been fighting to overturn the affirmative action ban for decades. We made massive progress today. Next stop- CA State Senate and then the November ballot!

Our team at 50+1 Strategies has been channelling our anger around police brutality and systemic racism into organizing with some bad-ass leaders and coalitions. The effort to repeal California's ban on affirmative action, Proposition 209, has been one of the top priorities for Black leaders (as well as many Latino/a, AAPI, women's groups, student groups and more) for over twenty years. Affirmative action (in education, contracting, etc.) is one way that we can truly counter... systemic racism and open up opportunity to all. The Opportunity for All Coalition has been hustling to get support from 2/3 of the CA State Assembly and Senate to get a repeal of Prop 209 on this November's ballot and the final vote on this will go down next week. Want to take action today? Call, write and Tweet at your State Assemblymember TODAY and tell them to support ACA 5, which is Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber's bill to repeal California's ban on affirmative action (Prop 209). For more info, check out: https://www.sacbee.com//capitol-alert/article243216471.html

We’re more than thrilled to welcome back Jessica Lovejoy to our team! Starting with 50+1 Strategies in 2013, Jessica helped progressive candidates and causes win across the country and ran our Midwest office for years. She returns to our team after working on the presidential primary and is now based out of Washington, D.C.! We look forward to working with the brilliant and talented Jessica Lovejoy again as we expand our work and make an even bigger impact!

Watch: a highly informative townhall on the housing crisis in the age of Covid-19 with California YIMBY and Buffy Wicks.

ANNIVERSARY PARTY UPDATE: After further reviewing public health guidelines from the Mayor’s office and Centers for Disease Control, and discussing the issue more internally, we’ve decided to cancel our 50+1 Strategies’ 8th Anniversary Party that was scheduled for Tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/10) at Manny's. While we’re incredibly proud of our work over the last year and always love a good party, public health guidelines are calling for the cancellation of non-essential events that ...involve 10 or more people our party certainly would have qualified. We encourage you to read through new public health guidelines from the SF Department of Health: https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus-faq.asp Finally, while our party is cancelled, we’re still raising $2020 for the Latino Community Foundation please chip in here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/218278135994553/ They’re doing amazing work to mobilize and empower Latino voters and drive census-taking in hard-to-count communities. As LCF reminded us on Super Tuesday: Wash your hands and vote! Thanks for being part of the 50+1 community we hope you stay healthy and happy in the coming weeks. Nicole, Addisu, Salim, Alfredo, Candice, Andrew, and the entire 50+1 Strategies Team

We could not be more proud of our COO and General Counsel, Andrew Sinn, who was just named to American Association of Political Consultants's 40 Under 40 list! Please help us celebrate him in the comments below!

Know any aspiring CA politicos? Have them apply to our Summer Fellowship! Applications are due March 8th, and we have positions in Organizing, Digital, and Creative. Participants receive hands-on experience with industry leaders during their 9-week fellowshipapply now: hire.withgoogle.com//jobs/50/view/P_AAAAAAJAAAvLLXebwVUQVv

As we ramp up our excitement (and workload!) heading into the March primary, we wanted to take the time to make sure you knew we're celebrating the 8th anniversary of 50+1 Strategies on March 10! Please save the date for a night of connecting with friends, delicious food and drink, and fun! But that’s not allwe have a couple more exciting announcements to make on behalf of our staff:... Candice Dayoan, our Creative Director, and Salim Zymet, our Digital Director, have both been promoted to Vice President! Juhi Gupta, our Digital Communications Manager who has absolutely crushed it with us over the last 6 months, is taking on a new role as our Creative Designer! And we are so excited to welcome Kaori Nagase to our team as our amazing new Project Manager! Help us celebrate all the news at Manny's on March 10th!

Although it may feel like the next election is a ways away, things are already starting to pick up for March 2020 -- including recruiting for our winter fellowship! We are searching for Organizing, Digital, and Creative Fellows, who will be with us for 9 weeks starting January 13th. Fellows will be paid a stipend of $2700 over the duration of the program, and are expected to complete a minimum of 20 hours per week. The deadline for interested applicants is Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at 11:59pm PST. Please share the application with your network, and anyone you think may be interested in being a winter fellow with us!

Grateful to have most of our team together here at #CADEM19 for the Univision Noticias Real América Presidential Forum

Nicole Derse and Alfredito Fletes are training the next generation of progressive ballot measure strategists with the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center! 50+1 is excited to be working with advocates who are fighting to expand voter rights, build power for immigrant communities, and protect access to safe abortions, among many other progressive issues that are going to define 2020 and beyond.