1. NFG ON LABOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS JULIE MARTINEZ ORTEGA, JD PHD

2. Welcome to the future People of Color & Dem/Progressive Whites are now a Majority of the people in the United States 28% Democratic/Progressive Whites ⁺ 36% People of Color 64%New Majority

3. Texas Teens Turning 18 Each Month

4. Roadmap to a Progressive Majority in America: 24 States w/19% Voters of Color 351 ELECTORAL VOTES (270 TO WIN) 303 HOUSE SEATS (218 IS MAJORITY)

5. New Majority is Old News In several critical states, the New American Majority is currently an electoral majority. Together, those states can flip the balance of politics in U.S.

6. New Mexico

7. Texas

8. “Populist Progressive”“Anti-Government” Wealthy people should pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than middle or low income Americans. Everyone in America should pay the same percentage of their income in taxes no matter what they earn. The federal government needs to take a more active role in creating jobs. It is the role of businesses and companies to create jobs, not the federal government. Government's main role is to actively work to provide economic opportunities to people and provide protections for the most vulnerable among us. Government should do everything it can to avoid interfering with people and businesses prospering on their own. We need more regulations on large corporations, Wall Street and the insurance industry. We need to let the economy work and not burden businesses with more government regulation. Economic Debates

9. What if We’d Invested in New American Majority for Past 8 Years?  Different National Policy Discourse  Different Quality of Life Within the States

10. Multiracial Coalition Can Decide Electoral Outcomes But No One Group Alone Can Move a Different Policy Agenda Texan Hispanics and POC as a Share of Total Electorate

11. Low Voter Turnout Isn’t Inevitable CA Hispanics vote at higher rates than White Texans TEXASCALIFORNIA

12. April 7, 2012 Welfare Limits Left Poor Adrift as Recession Hit By JASON DePARLE Some recipients of aid under the Clinton-era Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program have taken desperate measures to make ends meet. Policy Impact of Failure to Invest

13. April 8, 2012 At Texas Schools, Making Do on a Shoestring By Manny Fernandez HUTTO, Tex. — School buses passed by 16-year-old Aubrey Sandifer as he walked home one recent afternoon in this rural town northeast of Austin. What Would Texas Be Like?