Walter Castaneda

#Survivor & #LGBTQ+ advocate, fighting for a multiracial #democracy & #justice. | #Fundraising | He/Him/Él |👨🏽‍🎓 @CSULB Alum |

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

I'm so honored to have been a part of this! For #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, @1in6org and @NOMORE have released a PSA featuring survivors of sexual abuse and assault revealing an important truth. Watch and share to spread awareness! https://t.co/ngMH0BnezO #SAAM #1in6

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I prosecuted sex predators. Trump is one.
I shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran one.
I held big banks accountable. He's owned by them.

I'm not just prepared to take on Trump, I'm prepared to beat him.

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

Let's be clear: RTs = endorsed. Proud of my colleagues. #organize #union

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

The Supreme Court's recent rulings were sadly predictable for anyone who understands the hard-right agenda. Their goal has always been to install Justices whose job is to turn back the clock on our freedoms, on decades of constitutional decisions, and on our continuing struggle to “form a more perfect union” that includes all of us.

Let's vote out their political enablers and rein in the dark, subversive money that supports them in their quest to reverse a century of progress.

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

Justice Sotomayor's dissent: "Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class."

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

👏🏽 let 👏🏽 me 👏🏽 hear 👏🏽 you 👏🏽

[Alexis Anderson-Reed @aandersonreed]

"Alabama discriminated against Black voters, US supreme court rules."

Y’all, this is HUGE.

You’ll hear more from @state_voices and @shakethefieldal on this incredible outcome later today.

#AllenvMilligan #DemocracyNowOrNever

https://t.co/5oKz1cvMI9

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

To present him to voters as just another candidate is just normalizing his behavior. Terrible decision to move forward with a town hall. @CNN

[Rahna Epting @rahnamepting]

Two quick questions:

1. Why are major news outlets still giving Trump unfiltered airtime with limited live fact-checking?

2. Why are we still having this conversation?

#TrumpTownHall

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

For hundreds of thousands of people in the immigration system, access to representation is the difference between freedom and family separation.

Reach out to your representatives today and ask them to support universal representation at https://t.co/dlHVNz2tFW #fairnesstofreedom

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

@NickGuillory Yes!

[Shelby County Voter Alliance @ShelbyVotes]

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! Our Lunch & Learn with special guest Evan Milligan is TODAY at noon.

Evan is the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging congressional district maps. His appearance is timely as Memphis wraps its first open, community-involved redistricting process.

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

@rachelholliday Let’s organize a season primer watch party and make it a fundraiser for LGBTQ youth! I’m excited about it.

[Walter Castaneda @walter0rlando]

@rachelholliday I might be late. But I just saw a release date for heart stopper and thought of you, instantly. So, hi. Just wanted to say hi. 👋🏽

[State Voices @state_voices]

This is exactly what politicians more committed to party than to serving the people had planned—ignoring the voices of 200,000 Tennesseans by ousting their representation. But they weren’t ready.
Come back at noon CT as we dive into what the #Tennessee3 restoration has taught us!

[State Voices @state_voices]

When considering these attacks, it’s no wonder why TN ranks among the worst states for voter participation. Low turnout leads to underrepresentation, which gives way to values and priorities being ignored. [8/9]

[State Voices @state_voices]

TN lawmakers have even resorted to Jim Crow era tactics for voter suppression. In 2020, TN made it a felony to participate in nonviolent protests. This means residents could lose their right to vote for peacefully demonstrating for that same right! [7/9] https://t.co/dE0DikfFfs

[State Voices @state_voices]

In 2019, @EquityAlliance1 registered 91,000 Black and Brown Tennesseans to vote through the TN Black Voter Project.

The TN legislature initially passed a law that would’ve fined similar power-building organizations, but it has since been repealed. [6/9]

[State Voices @state_voices]

In 2011,TN started requiring govt issued photo IDs & proof of citizenship to vote. Those without them are issued provisional ballots, which only count in the event of a contested result.
Voter ID laws disproportionately disenfranchise Black & Brown people. https://t.co/a6sqEMgUjz

[State Voices @state_voices]

For decades, self-interested politicians who are comfortable with a status quo of unequal representation, have tried to quell this spirit and eradicate the political power of TN's BIPOC through multiple, coordinated series of anti-democratic attacks.👇🏾[4/9]

[State Voices @state_voices]

Y'all, the spirit of resistance is so alive in TN.

Home to the press offices of Ida B. Wells, Nashville Student Movement, and 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, Tennesseans have a long tradition of fighting for justice, freedom, and democracy. [3/9]

[State Voices @state_voices]

@CivicTN is a civic engagement coalition envisioning a world where underrepresented communities of color, women & young people — the rising American electorate — have a greater voice in shaping state policy & choosing leaders who affect their lives.

@CivicTN take it away!🎤[2/9]

[State Voices @state_voices]

In April, Black and Brown folks, young people, parents & voters in Tennessee made history in the face of blatant attempts to unravel American democracy.

This #EachOneTeachOneTuesday, we’re honored to have @CivicTN breakdown these events & all that it means for our movement🧵