Releases and Advisories
04.05.2017
WASHINGTON, DC – A new Center for Popular Democracy report shows that every year nearly 4,000 immigrants in the DC metropolitan area are left vulnerable to deportation...
Jordan Haedtler, Fed Up Campaign Manager, released the following statement on behalf of the Fed Up coalition:
NEW YORK – On Monday and Tuesday, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Local Progress gathered lawmakers and activists from across the country to begin planning a national strategy against the Trump administration’s growing anti-immigrant agenda. During the...
NEW YORK – On March 24 Republican leaders pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor. The Center for Popular Democracy, released the following statement in response to the decision:
Yesterday, Center for Popular...
WASHINGTON - Thousands of Americans convened in Washington and held events in more than 40 cities across the country to protest the Republican plan to take healthcare from an estimated 24 million Americans, slash Medicaid and raise costs for consumers to give $465 billion in tax cuts to the...
Shawn Sebastian, Fed Up coalition co-director, released the following statement in response to the FOMC’s decision to raise interest rates:
"Today, the Federal Reserve ignored the voices of the workers who have repeatedly met with them in Jackson...
03.13.2017
Shawn Sebastian, co-director of the Fed Up coalition, released the following statement in response to the announcement of Raphael Bostic as the new president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank:
“Today the Fed Up...
03.07.2017
NEW YORK – A coalition of lawmakers from cities, towns, and counties across New York is putting their weight behind the push to renew the millionaires’ tax in New York. The coalition, comprising nearly 100 local elected officials, is launching a...
02.14.2017
WASHINGTON, DC - This morning the Fed Up campaign, an initiative of the Center for Popular Democracy, held a rally with members of its coalition and concerned members of the...
NATIONWIDE - Today the Center for Popular Democracy and its affiliates including Organize Florida and ACCE, together with national allies Color of Change, CREDO, Free Press, MoveOn.org, People’s Action, SumOfUs.org and Working Families Party protested Disney locations around the country....
