“I was working in the fields, and at that time I was pregnant, so my baby had a congenital problem. She was born without her arm. … When my baby was born, I thought I had to fight this, you know, for my kids, for my grandkids now. So now we are doing this, we are knocking doors.”  Irma, Delano Guardians

“We're out here trying to build meaningful relationships… Say you tell a person, “I'm going to come back and help you register to vote,” you've got to take that time out to come back and help to register to vote because that's how you build trust. …You actually make a difference. You actually stop something, a city ordinance from passing, and it's rewarding.” Jimmy, Delano Guardians

“​​We talk to people. We help them understand that there's a bigger world out there than just going to school, going to work. And there's rules being made that are going to impact you, your family, those roads, those schools, and your community. …Your voice does matter. You might feel like it doesn't, but it does. And I'm here to prove to you that it does.” Norberto, Poder Latinx

“We're out in the community at least three times a week. So we're at Alma's Flea Mondays. We're at a soup kitchen on Wednesdays. On Saturdays, we're at El Rey Supermercado. We meet people where they are. When we do the food distributions, people are there before we even get there to set up because they're so excited to get the resources that we have to give them around vaccines, work-related issues, college resources, etc." Ruth, Valley Voices

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With gratitude,

CVM team and our grassroots groups: Community Water Center Action Fund, Delano Guardians, Dolores Huerta Action Fund, Loud for Tomorrow, Poder Latinx, Valley Voices