Meet New Hampshire’s newly elected movement champions!
What a night for the Granite State! Yesterday’s elections were electric – out of RAD’s 23 endorsed candidates in municipal elections across the state, 17 won their races!
Meet the Candidates 2021: September Endorsements
Over the past month, hundreds of our members across New Hampshire were able to vote in our second round of member endorsements. We’re thrilled to introduce you to more of our leading candidates across the state!
Holding the line through October
We are all feeling deeply how much is at stake right now, and have been showing up in so many ways to shift the political landscape. So please: be gentle with yourself, and let’s take inspiration from all the powerful work we did together this past month.
Here we go! Boldly stepping into September
I hope the final days summer have given all of you a chance to recharge. As one RAD staff member put it, August “has been like Friday afternoon for a whole month.” So rested and restored, we shake off summer and step into September, gearing up for a busy fall.
December Reflections to Close Out 2020
We made it! December is here at last.In January, everyone sensed we were embarking on one of our most critical years as an organization.
The November Bistate Newsletter
The voters spoke in record numbers. Prominent in that record turnout were working class folks, people of color and women.
2020 Membership Assembly featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib!
We want to celebrate five years of RAD with you – longtime members, supporters, and newcomers alike – and then look towards taking our next steps together in building our movement.
RAD NH Election Wins & Next Steps
In the midst of a particularly difficult year, the November 3rd elections in New Hampshire delivered some hard losses, but also some significant victories for our movement that it is important to lift up and celebrate.
Democracy Defenders Resources and Updates
We are just over a week away from the November 3rd election, and we wanted to provide a few resources and updates on pre- and post election news and events.
Tell Governor Sununu: Defend Our Democracy, Protect Our Elections & Save Our Court!
We are in a troubling time, and the future of our democracy is at stake. We are headed into a historic election that will shape our communities and impact our rights for years to come, and we are simultaneously facing a right-wing attempt to rush through the confirmation of an anti-choice, climate science questioning Supreme Court nominee.
RAD 2020 NH Voter’s Guide
This is a big election year, and there is a lot on the line for our country, our state and our democracy. We are hard at work mobilizing with our movement partners to defeat Trump so we can begin healing our communities, and it is just as important to show up for our New Hampshire state and district candidates.
Sununu: Protect Our Healthcare, Stop the SCOTUS Confirmation!
President Trump recently nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the US Supreme Court. We must not let this happen.
Barrett has a conservative voting record and has openly criticized the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade. If appointed, she poses a serious threat to the healthcare and reproductive rights that Justice Ginsburg did so much to advance, and that generations of organizers and activists have fought so hard for.
The September Newsletter
RAD Regional Organizer Kevin Pentz at the polls in the Lakes Region supporting our local endorsed ... Read more
The August Newsletter
RAD endorsed candidate for State Rep. NH-25 Ward 1 Robin Vogt attended our rally or extending ... Read more
Take Action and Support RAD Candidates!
There is still time for you get involved and help our candidates win in the September 8th primaries, and make sure they go on to the General Election in November. To help you take action, we have assembled a “one-stop shop” here for all of the RAD-endorsed candidates in New Hampshire.
Round Two: RAD Endorses an Additional 21 Candidates in NH State Races
From municipal boards to the presidency, we need movement champions in office at every level of government, who will advocate for the change we need and ensure that the communities most impacted by the multitude of crises confronting us, and whose voices have been excluded from decision-making spaces will be heard and included.
Actions of the Week: August 3rd to 7th
What happening this week? Check out RAD’s upcoming events, key actions, resources and more!
Good Trouble by Jean Lewandowski
We’re especially proud right now to be parents and grandparents. The Trump administration has finally gotten so out of hand, a Wall of Moms had to “stop this car” to intervene in Portland, Oregon.
The July Newsletter
With half of the year behind us, we’re looking towards what’s ahead with new energy. For us at RAD, June was about finding our balance in a wild spectrum of emotions and responses to the crises and movements escalating around us – a balance between introspection and action, leading and listening; and transitioning while staying still.
Lessons from 2020 by Jean Lewandowski
“But times must alter, or this is a ruined country. Nothing but integrity in private ... Read more
We need a People’s Bailout! Sign the petition!
For one of the wealthiest countries to ignore the struggles of everyday people and their families is why we at Rights & Democracy and our national affiliates are demanding that our Senate leaders do their job when they return to Washington, DC next week.
RAD Endorses Candidates in 2020 Gubernatorial and State Legislative Races
Members of Rights & Democracy (RAD) have voted to endorse a slate of 84 total ... Read more
RAD and NHYM Action Endorse Andru Volinsky for Governor.
Rights & Democracy’s member leaders and New Hampshire Youth Movement Action have overwhelmingly voted to ... Read more
Resources for Visioning a Just & Equitable Future
In early May, RAD members, local and national leaders, and community activists came together for ... Read more