Aimee Allison

Aimee Allison

Aimee Allison is founder and president of She the People, a national network connecting women of color to transform our democracy. She is also a senior fellow at Prism. You can follow her on Twitter a

8 posts
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Opinion

Nevada is the caucus to watch, and women of color are the voting bloc to follow

The Nevada Democratic Caucus is days away, on Saturday. And despite what you may have read and heard, the election results in Iowa and New Hampshire are piss-poor indicators of which candidate will seize momentum and claim Nevada’s 36 pledged delegates. For a year now, campaigns, media, and donors

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5 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for these remarkable women of color

As She the People pushes forward with building an active political movement centering women of color, it’s important to remember the power our movement inherits from the women who came before us. There would be no She the People without the courage, defiance, and leadership of women of color

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2 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Opinion

To win future elections, Democrats need to focus on engaging and mobilizing women of color

On November 5, Virginia Democrats captured control of both chambers of the state’s General  Assembly for the first time since 1993. This victory didn’t happen overnight. As New Virginia Majority co- executive director Tram Nguyen wrote in the New York Times the morning after the election, getting to

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5 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Opinion

I’m Aimee Allison, founder of She the People. Ask me anything!

I’m the founder of She the People, a national network that elevates the political power and voices of women of color. I founded She the People to uphold four fundamental values: to love our own and others, to seek justice for all, to ensure that everyone belongs, and, finally,

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3 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

Four months ago, women of color set the stage for tonight’s debate

Tonight, 10 candidates will participate in the third national presidential primary debate taking place at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Back in April, this debate stage was set by She the People’s presidential forum, a historic first presidential forum that centered women of color. That event and the

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4 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

Reminding women of color ‘squad’ in Congress they are not isolated: ‘We love you. Keep going’

Four women of color in Congress took the stage at Netroots Nation in Philadelphia on Saturday. You’ve got to remember the context. In the last two weeks, these women — Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Deb Haaland — have been called out, marginalized, villainized, and

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3 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

Debate reminder: Women of color, not pundits, will determine Democratic front-runner

When 20 candidates take the stage for the first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday and Thursday, no one among them will arrive in Miami as the actual front-runner. Pundits have been telling us otherwise by pointing to polls that show Joe Biden is in the lead. It is simply too

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4 Min
By: Aimee Allison
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

Tram Nguyen doubles down on women of color seeking office in Virginia, blazing a trail for 2020

This is the first of a series by Aimee Allison on top political strategists who are leading America toward a new progressive political and cultural era. Tram Nguyen knows what it takes to win in swing state Virginia, and that Tuesday’s primary was a litmus test for Democrats in

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6 Min
By: Aimee Allison

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