One Arizona presents Resilience in the Desert, a chronicle of the community power grown in the 10 years since SB1070 was signed into law.
Our Mission
One Arizona works to improve the lives of Arizonans, especially people of color and young people, by building a culture of civic participation.
History
One Arizona was formed in 2010 as a direct response to the growing disenfranchisement of voters and to the attack on our Latino community in the form of SB1070. Since then, One Arizona has grown to include 28 organizations representing diverse communities across Arizona, working side by side to build a culture of civic engagement and democratic participation and registering over half a million voters, and counting. In 2018 alone, we registered 190,000 people to vote and in 2020, despite the global pandemic, we registered 185,000 more voters. By working together, we've created deep and lasting change in the state we call home.
Voting
1.3 million Arizonans are eligible to vote, but aren't registered. Many of them are young and Latinx, African American, Native American or Asian American. Let’s register to vote and make a difference.
Immigration
One Arizona was born out of the struggle against SB1070, and we continue to fight for justice and dignity, pushing back against discriminatory and racist policies that separate families and tear loved ones apart.
My parents immigrated from Mexico in 1995, they came to the U.S. hoping for a better life but also for bigger and better opportunities for their future children. In the current political world, there is a negative connotation on people of color and in particular undocumented folks. As a community organizer I am a part of a MOVEMENT to change and establish new laws and opportunities for those people who don’t have a voice or the people that don’t have “the right” to vote.
Vote on behalf of us teenagers who cannot vote yet. Vote on behalf of us who cannot vote because we are immigrants. Vote for someone who can bring instate tuition for all students, regardless of immigration status, so that I can accomplish my dream of completing a higher education. We need elected officials who place resources and education for young people, first
For it all matters, the time has come, where the importance of democracy has to be powerful. Where we should be consistent of what we want and for who we want it for. For our future,our kids, our families.