Today, organizations representing millions of environmental, racial, and economic justice advocates across the country are launching a new campaign to hold President-elect Joe Biden accountable to his promises for bold climate action. The Build Back Fossil Free campaign includes 25 crucial executive actions Biden must take the moment he enters office to prevent climate chaos, […]
People’s Action Statement on Tom Vilsack’s Appointment to Head the USDA
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC—People’s Action Senior Strategist for Rural People and Planet First Campaigns Shawn Sebastian today released the following statement in response to President-elect Biden’s official nomination of Tom Vilsack to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA): “It is a huge mistake by President-elect Biden’s transition team to completely dismiss the swift, strong, […]
People’s Action to Congress: Stop Being Lap Dogs for Corporations and Deliver People Urgent Relief Now
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in reaction to the bipartisan COVID relief bill being negotiated in Congress: “It’s unconscionable that we have COVID relief proposals on the table that deny people direct cash assistance and offer corporations a get-out-of-jail-free card for the consequences of forcing employees […]
People’s Action Statement on Rep. Fudge’s Appointment to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in response to media reports that President-elect Joe Biden plans to appoint Rep. Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development: “We congratulate Congresswoman Fudge on her nomination as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. We are hopeful […]
People’s Action: Democrats Will Continue to Lose Rural Voters With Vilsack Appointment
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement in response to media reports that President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Tom Vilsack as Secretary to the Department of Agriculture (USDA): “Representative Fudge would have been an outstanding Secretary of Agriculture. In his previous stint as Secretary of […]
People’s Action Statement Championing Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head USDA
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC— People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement supporting Rep. Marcia Fudge’s bid to be appointed Secretary of the Department of Agriculture: “With Rep. Marcia Fudge at the helm, the Department of Agriculture would have teeth again to keep a check on corporate agribusiness. Her bold leadership could […]
People’s Action: Rahm Emanuel’s Failures Should Disqualify Him From Any Position in Biden’s Administration
Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] CHICAGO, IL— People’s Action Director George Goehl today released the following statement after reports emerged that President-Elect Joe Biden is considering Rahm Emanuel for Secretary of the Department of Transportation: “Rahm Emanuel is a non-starter. As mayor of Chicago, he covered up the police killing of Laquan McDonald. And worse, […]
People’s Action Announces New Deep Canvassing Campaign in Georgia to Flip the Senate
People’s Action Will Call 1 Million People Living in Rural Georgia to GOTV for the Senate Runoff Elections Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action today announced a new deep canvassing campaign to flip the Senate and turn out voters in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. People’s Action is marshalling their electoral power in […]
People’s Action Statement on John Kerry Appointment as Climate Envoy (Czar)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—People’s Action Climate Justice Campaign Director Kaniela Ing released the following statement today after President-Elect Joe Biden appointed Secretary John Kerry as Climate Envoy: “Climate change is a global crisis that will require revolutionary cooperation, but over the past four years, Trump and his climate-denying cronies have soured key relationships and humiliated us on […]
Student Action Spurs Student Vote to Help Turn Georgia Blue and Defeat Trump
Student Action Called and Texted More Than 120,000 Student Voters in Georgia, Focusing on Atlanta and Savannah Contact: Johanna Kichton, 202.660.0605, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C.—Student Action, an affiliate of People’s Action, today announced updated voter canvassing numbers, showing that the organization defied odds to build a robust student-to-student voter outreach program amid a pandemic. Their work […]