Maria Oyama Leininger & Lala Wu on AAPIs and the States' Fight To Protect Abortion
08/07/22 • 22 min
Maria Oyama Leininger & Lala Wu discuss AAPI representation in politics the role AAPI voters will play in the state level races that will determine the future of legal access to safe abortions.
Maria Oyama Leininger is the Regional Political Director for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. Maria oversees the committee’s work in 10 states to win, expand, and protect Democratic majorities. Her extensive electoral experience includes serving as Washington State Director for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign and Political Director for three U.S. Representatives: Suzan DelBene, Kim Schrier, and Adam Smith. She also served as Voter Protection Director at the Washington State Democratic Party, as a political consultant for clients across the country and at every level, and as District Director for Congresswoman Kim Schrier.
Lala Wu is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Sister District. She has successfully led the expansion of the organization's volunteer infrastructure to 50,000 members and over 150 chapters in 31 states. Since its founding in 2016, Sister District has raised over $3.6m in small dollar donations directly to candidates and reached out to over 3.1m voters through doors, calls, texts, and postcards on behalf of over 100 state legislative candidates in key swing districts. Lala also leads strategic partnerships with local and national organizations such as the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, EMILY’s List, Human Rights Campaign, and Vote Save America.
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Maria Oyama Leininger & Lala Wu discuss AAPI representation in politics the role AAPI voters will play in the state level races that will determine the future of legal access to safe abortions.
Maria Oyama Leininger is the Regional Political Director for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. Maria oversees the committee’s work in 10 states to win, expand, and protect Democratic majorities. Her extensive electoral experience includes serving as Washington State Director for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign and Political Director for three U.S. Representatives: Suzan DelBene, Kim Schrier, and Adam Smith. She also served as Voter Protection Director at the Washington State Democratic Party, as a political consultant for clients across the country and at every level, and as District Director for Congresswoman Kim Schrier.
Lala Wu is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Sister District. She has successfully led the expansion of the organization's volunteer infrastructure to 50,000 members and over 150 chapters in 31 states. Since its founding in 2016, Sister District has raised over $3.6m in small dollar donations directly to candidates and reached out to over 3.1m voters through doors, calls, texts, and postcards on behalf of over 100 state legislative candidates in key swing districts. Lala also leads strategic partnerships with local and national organizations such as the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, EMILY’s List, Human Rights Campaign, and Vote Save America.
Learn more about DLCC at this link https://dlcc.org/
Learn more about Sister District at this link https://sisterdistrict.com/
Support Bee Nguyen for GA SOS at this link https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bee4sos
Support Dr. Michelle Au for GA State House Rep. at this link https://secure.ngpvan.com/EZGPNH1k4EChVGDzLeyhgg2
Support Dr. Arvind Venkat for PA State House Rep. at this link https://secure.actblue.com/donate/venkatforpa
Join the Ronin Nation and get breaking news, tips and tools to politically empower yourself, and inspirational content about bad Asians getting into good trouble at this link or cut and paste this URL into your search bar https://tinyurl.com/ronins4ever
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President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Jodi Hicks, talks about legal access to safe abortions, the California ballot measure (Prop. 1) that voters will vote on in November to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, and what it's like to be an Asian American woman leading a legendary advocacy and healthcare provider organization.
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Cheryl Hori, Founding Partner of Pacific Campaign House, talks about her groundbreaking DCCC ad for Asian American voters, building a pipeline of political operatives, and making culturally competent creative political content for Asian Americans.
Over the last two cycles, Cheryl has pioneered digital data-driven initiatives to increase AAPI, LatinX, and African American cultural competency for Democrats. Cheryl has trained hundreds of political activists, community leaders, and candidates in 15 states across the country. And in 2020, Cheryl was named one of the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics & Public Affairs top 40 under 40 Political Strategists.
Cheryl is also a regular speaker at political and non-profit conferences as well as a frequent contributing writer to Campaigns and Elections, the preeminent “how-to” journal of politics, focused on the tools, tactics, and techniques of the political consulting profession.
In 2016, Cheryl was the Deputy Digital Director for Priorities USA Action, the pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC. At Priorities USA, with a budget of $42 million spread across 4,800 pieces of digital creative, Cheryl managed creative teams in the largest political digital program in electoral history.
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