Detroit
City
Councilmember
Raquel
Castañeda-López,
Michigan
State
Senator
Stephanie
Chang
(SD-01),
and
Congresswoman
Rashida
Tlaib
(MI-13),
have
announced
a series
of
events
between
their
offices,
teaming
up to
address
issues
that
impact
all of
their
districts
and
highlight
the need
for
collaboration
among
all
levels
of
government.
Tlaib,
Chang,
Castañeda-López
team up
for
constituent
service
events;
kick off
partnership
DETROIT
–
Congresswoman
Rashida
Tlaib
(MI-13),
Michigan
State
Senator
Stephanie
Chang
(SD-01),
and
Detroit
City
Councilmember
Raquel
Castañeda-López
(District
6) have
announced
a series
of
events
between
their
offices,
teaming
up to
address
issues
that
impact
all of
their
districts
and
highlight
the need
for
collaboration
among
all
levels
of
government.
This
historic
collaboration
is an
effort
to
demonstrate
the
power of
multiple
levels
of
government
working
together
to
impact
people's
quality
of life.
To kick
off this
partnership,
the
three
elected
officials
will
host a
coffee
hour
titled
Lattes
and
Legislation
today,
February
20 from
4 – 5:30
p.m. at
the
Michigan
Veterans
Foundation
located
at 4626
Grand
River,
Detroit,
MI
48208.
“Senator
Chang
and
Councilmember
Castañeda-López
continue
to
provide
their
constituents
with
exceptional
services
and
advocacy
on the
state
and
municipal
levels.
I’m
excited
to be
partnering
with
them to
make
sure our
constituents
are
served,
and
their
issues
are
solved.
To be
effective
representatives,
we must
connect
our work
on all
levels
of
government
to push
for
issues,
such as
access
to
clean,
affordable
water,
combating
poverty,
and
addressing
our
broken
health
care
system,”
said
Congresswoman
Tlaib.
The
three
legislators
made
history
when
they
were
each
elected,
all
firsts
to serve
in their
respective
positions.
According
to a
report
done by
New
American
Leaders,
fewer
than 2%
of the
500,000
state
and
local
seats
are held
by Asian
Americans
or
Latina/os,
and
state
legislators
who
identify
as
African
American,
Asian
American,
Latina/o
and
Native
American
hold
only 14
percent
of all
seats,
despite
non-Whites
making
up
nearly
40
percent
of the
American
public.1
Councilmember
Castañeda-López
is
acutely
aware of
this and
the
importance
of their
collaboration.
“Being a
woman of
color in
office
is an
act of
resistance
and
courage
for so
many. In
today’s
hateful
and
toxic
political
climate,
people
long for
authentic,
trustworthy
leadership
that
understands
and
reflects
their
communities.
Our
partnership
represents
the
possibility
and
potential
of our
government
to truly
reflect
and
serve
all
people
in our
communities
and
country.”
said
Councilmember
Castañeda-López.
"I am
excited
about
the
continued
partnership
between
Congresswoman
Tlaib,
Councilmember
Castaneda-Lopez,
and
myself,"
said
Senator
Chang.
"Rashida
and
Raquel
are
incredibly
fierce
leaders
and
advocates
for our
communities
and I'm
honored
to
partner
with
them. We
are all
social
justice
warriors
in
public
service
and know
that by
working
together
on
seemingly
insurmountable
challenges,
we can
get
things
done."
The
coffee
hour
will be
followed
by
additional
events
to raise
awareness
about
the
Census,
literacy,
voting
and
more.
More
information
on the
coffee
hour can
be found
here.
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