Women’s Equality Series: Part 2. Increasing the political power of women of color empowers people of all races and genders. Meet the spokeswomen of the New American Majority.

I don’t know you, but I’m pretty certain of one thing. Unless you’re white, male, heterosexual, rich, ultra-conservative, and far- or alt-right, there’s a very good chance that you’ve felt marginalized and disempowered by the priorities and policies of our current president and administration.

She the People is a national movement to elect more women of color, spearheaded by our very own Aimee Allison, who, with her two guests, provides insights into how to harness the power of voters of color throughout the South and the rest of the country. Political strategists LaTosha Brown and Tory Gavito dissect the organizational errors that have mired Democrats for decades, explain why “the South eats strategy for breakfast,” and how women of color are redefining what makes a winning strategy one House seat at a time.

Aimee Allison, the President of Democracy in Color and founder She the People, discusses the goals of her organizations including how we an return the country to a progressive, multiracial majority in government via increasing new voter turn out. We also discuss midterms and the direction Democrats should go in order to in future elections. Lastly, we discuss the She the People summit aimed at elevating the voices of women of color in leadership.

When you think of a woman of color who walks the walk and talks the talk, Aimee Allison is one of those women. I have admired her for a long time for being 100% unapologetic and steadfast in her commitment to seeing women of color, especially Black women, get the credit and respect they deserve for the role they play as political activists and leaders. In our interview, Aimee and I talk about her work at Democracy in Colorfocusing on the New American Majority, the Get in Formation campaign for Stacey Abrams, her fiery speech at Netroots Nation 2018, and of course, the upcoming She The People Summit.

NEW ORLEANS—“Women of color are leading a multiracial democratic coalition that will win in swing states and beyond this year and in 2020. And these victories are not simply about electing Democrats. We, women of color, have bigger plans for the nation.”

Those were the opening words of a speech by Aimee Allison, founder of She the People and president of Democracy in Color, at the opening keynote of the Netroots Nations 2018 conference. Allison was speaking to the growing phenomenon of women of color candidates running for public office across the country running for public office.

“Democrats’ job is not to convince someone who voted for Trump to vote for us,” said Aimee Allison, president of She the People, which focuses on mobilizing women of color. “We actually don’t need those people. Our swing voters are from nonvoter to voter.” The Netroots programming underscored this shift. Most of the panels were about mobilizing black and brown non-voters to get to the polls, not persuading habitual voters to move to the left.

“We’re on the cusp of a cultural and political moment. That’s evident now more than ever,” Aimee Allison, the president of Democracy in Color and founder of She the People, told BuzzFeed News after Warren and Harris had spoken to the crowd.

Allison emphasized that the Democratic Party’s priorities moving forward should be expanding the electorate and paying attention to the base that’s always supported the party but hasn’t often been recognized. “Our swing voter isn’t red to blue,” she said. “It’s nonvoter to voter.”

We’re in trouble in this country. And the very people in this country that have been ignored, taken for granted, discounted, and dehumanized are the ones who are going to save us. The people who are most deeply affected and harmed by the cruel policies and practices of this country are the ones poised to lead as courageous candidates and elected officials, strategists, and voters. I’m talking about the saving graces of our democracy: women of color.