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For Immediate Release:  December 5, 2017
Contact: HeartLADems@gmail.com


HEART OF LA DEMOCRATIC CLUB ENDORSES MARIA ELENA DURAZO
FOR CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE (SD 24) 
Maria Elena Durazo
​Los Angeles County, CA -  The Heart of LA Democratic Club (HLADems), LA County's democratic club founded to focus primarily on feminist issues, voted to endorse Maria Elena Durazo  for State Senate. The vote for endorsement took place at the club's monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 29, 2017.  
 
HLADems Endorsement Statement:
"Maria Elena Durazo has dedicated her life to empowering others, with a special focus on women’s issues, including sexual harassment, pay equity, and ensuring that women have an “equal voice on the job.” As a lifelong Democrat and union leader,
she will focus on issues confronting women and people of color, closing the income gap, advancing educational equity, and protecting the rights of immigrants. We are proud to endorse Ms. Durazo." 

About Maria Elena Durazo:
The only Latina running for California State Senate, Maria Elena Durazo has a long list of very impressive accomplishments.
As the daughter of Mexican immigrants, she spent summers working on farms in the Central Valley. She later became one of the first Latinas to lead a major union - the LA County Federation of Labor. She currently serves as Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights, and Diversity  of UNITE HERE,  an organization that represents more than 265,000 hotel and hospitality workers across North America. In addition, she currently serves as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).  As a leader, she led her union to stand for marriage equality, to raise the minimum wage, and to protest against Trump’s assault on immigrants. She is also a founder of Los Angeles Alliance of a New Economy (LAANE), where she was responsible for creating the first living wage ordinance in the country.  

Heart of LA Democratic Club
Founded in March 2017 on the heels of the Presidential election, the Heart of L.A. Democratic Club was  founded in recognition of the growing awareness within the Democratic Party that women should be fully and equally represented both in the political community and the national body politic.  Heart of L.A. Democratic Club is open to all Democrats who subscribe to our goals and purposes regardless of their gender identity. The mission of the Heart of L.A. Democratic Club is to make the Democratic Party, the body politic and its elected officials responsive to, and responsible for, the needs of all people, particularly, though not exclusively, women in our community. In addition to endorsements, HLADems actively participate in political advocacy, voter and community outreach, and hold monthly meetings where they host guest speakers who are experts on issues such as running for political office, the political process, how bills become laws, homelessness, and more.  For more information about The Heart of LA Democratic Club, visit HeartLADems.org.



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      • Heart of LA Democratic Club’s Statement on Audio Recordings of LA City Councilmembers’ Conversation
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      • Robb Elementary
      • STATEMENT ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
      • TEXAS
      • Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, and Mississippi
      • Oxford High School
      • Resolution in support of female and BIPOC firefighters in LAFD
      • Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, and Texas
      • Derek Chauvin Conviction
      • Heart of LA Democratic Club Statement Denouncing Violence and Hate Crimes Against the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
      • Remove Donald Trump NOW
      • Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
      • Statement Denouncing Hate Speech Against Women and Call for Action
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      • STATEMENT ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
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