Activate 48

01/07/2025

WE'RE HIRING! 🌱

Happy New Year! Activate 48 is starting the year off in search of an Environmental Justice Coalition Coordinator!

This role will play a critical role in advancing A48's efforts to support the Solar for All Coalition and other environmental justice implementation of clean energy programs in Arizona, focusing on equitable outcomes and creating a healthier environment.

If you're in the Phoenix or Tucson area, apply today by sending your resume, cover letter & two references to [email protected] with the subject line "Environmental Justice Coalition Coordinator Application".

Join our team!

07/11/2024

Yesterday, our partners at Our Voice, Our Vote Arizona announced the launch of their new organizing and electoral campaign, THE POWER OF US. 💪🏾

Announcements included their endorsement of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego during this critical moment we’re in for the election. Check the link in our bio to watch their first ad! 🗳️

With over 100 proud canvassers in attendance, OVOV AZ also shared their plans to knock on ONE MILLION doors and hold town halls and listening sessions all over the state during this election season. 🙌🏿

To read more about the launch - check out the link in our bio to read a piece on the press conference from KJZZ.

Congratulations to the team at Our Voice Our Vote Arizona! 🎉👏🏽

04/24/2024

🎉EXCITING NEWS 🎉

Our state has more funds to build a sustainable future for all! The Governor’s Arizona Office of Resiliency (OOR) secured $156M+, and the Hopi Utilities Corp was awarded $25M+ for the . GRID Alternatives (Western Indigenous Network Solar For All) was also awarded $62M+ (for Tribes in states such as AZ, CO, NV, NM and UT) ☀⚡🌱

You can learn more here bit.ly/3U8qYGH or click the link in our bio ✅

04/24/2024

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04/22/2024

🥁 Drumroll Please 🥁

With open arms, we welcome our new Coalition Director, Dr. Reginald Bolding!

A long-time Arizona advocate and former House Minority Leader in the 55th Arizona Legislature, Reginald stands as a champion of democracy and supporter of our local communities.

We dive into this new chapter prepared to blend expertise with innovation to create a more just and equitable future for all Arizonans.

04/22/2024

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In a new interview with Teen Vogue - ACE Servicios manager, Karime Rodriguez, talks about how students have stepped up and gotten involved with the movement in response to dangerous legislation being pushed by Arizona Republicans.

“Our legislators should start to take a look at the younger demographic because we are a force and together we will make change. We are the future of the state of Arizona and we need to start shaping how we want our state to look.”

In light of the anti-immigrant legislation in the SB1070 2.0 Bill Package, our communities came together to fight back, with a large presence from our student members; including volunteers and organizers.

Read the full article - first link in BIO

04/11/2024

Our doors will remain open. Planned Parenthood Arizona will continue to provide abortion care through 15 weeks, for a short period of time.

Today’s deplorable decision from the state Supreme Court sends Arizona back nearly 150 years. This ruling will cause long-lasting, detrimental harms for our communities. It strips Arizonans of their bodily autonomy and bans abortion in nearly all scenarios. And it does so following the troubling example of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs: with judges ignoring long-settled precedent and principles of law to reach their preferred policy result.

We will not stop fighting to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare.

04/10/2024

PHOENIX — Following the Arizona's Supreme Court’s disastrous decision to reinstate a nearly 200-year-old law banning Abortion in Arizona and ripping away Arizonan's bodily autonomy. Alejandra Gomez, Executive Director of Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), has issued the following statement:

04/10/2024

Today, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to uphold a devastating near-total ban on abortion from 1864. The ruling determined whether Arizonans would live under its current 15-week ban or revert back to a territorial law in place before Arizona became a state. This means Arizona now has one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation.

“This ruling will put the lives of untold Arizonans at risk and robs us of our most basic rights,” said campaign manager Cheryl Bruce. “Implementing a near-total abortion ban from before women even had the right to vote only further demonstrates why we need politicians and judges out of our healthcare decisions. Now more than ever, our campaign is driven to succeed in passing this amendment and protecting access to abortion in Arizona once and for all.”

“As a result of this ruling, Arizonans will suffer and die due to the whims of politicians and judges,” said Chris Love, a spokesperson for the campaign. “Arizona families deserve the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy and abortion without the constant threat of government interference. That belief is what fuels our campaign now more than ever, and we will fight like hell to restore abortion rights in Arizona this November.”

The Arizona for Abortion Access campaign has already gathered well over 500,000 Arizona voter signatures. Approximately 384,000 valid voter signatures are required by July 3. The campaign will continue collecting signatures statewide until signatures are due on July 3, 2024.

To learn more about the Arizona Abortion Access Act, visit ArizonaForAbortionAccess.org

04/01/2024

It's not a goodbye it's a see you later 👋

Today we bid farewell to our wonderful Coalition Director, Laura Dent. We thank her for her tireless dedication and vision to making Arizona a better state.

Laura, your legacy will inspire us for years to come as we step into a new season of leadership for an important year ahead.

Swipe ➡ to see some of the Activate 48 wins led by our groups thus far.

02/21/2024

02/21/2024