Tonight I attended a Twitter party to get the vote out. Check out the PR Newswire link from Voto Latino to see how many people were joining!
Joining Voto Latino in the #iVoteBecause Twitter party are Project Vote, NAACP, The Advancement Project, Rock the Vote, APALA, Non-Profit Vote, Bus Federation, Ya Es Hora, Our Vote, Mi Familia Vota, Fox News Latino, NALEO, The News Taco, Latino Rebels, Planned Parenthood, Latina Style, Politics365, Serve 60, Fight for the Future and other civic engagement and community groups.
Along with the partner organizations, there will also be a coalition of celebrity activists in attendance including Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas, Gina Rodriguez, Carlos Santos and Erik Rivera.
And… many regular people like me whose voices matter. My first tweet was just that:
#ivotebecause My voice matters #latism
— Blanca Stella Mejia (@micaminar) November 6, 2012
There are so many issues affecting this country. I think about the future,when my son finishes college in three years, how the economy and how strong America is going to be, affordable health care, immigration rights for Latinos , gay rights, women’s rights, education…. and so many more other issues to think about. I have never been so reflective of an election wondering who will take the helm and hopefully lead us to a better place. I simply pray that the right man will do his best to work under extreme pressure to take us there.
Here are some tweets out of the thousands that I favorited from the stream tonight that reflect the voice of the community and which trended worldwide on Twitter! See link to Natascha Otero-Santiago’s tweet, my awesome Co-Director at Latism South Florida. Sorry there are so many…but they are only a few of the thousands. Every voice does matter!
#IVoteBecause is trending globally!! The power of social media, #Elections2012#latismbit.ly/YyWzQc cc @ergeekgoddess1 @nbclatino
— Natascha Otero (@NataschaOS) November 6, 2012
https://storify.com/micaminar/i-vote-because