An Evening in Support of Greg Casar for TX-35 - now virtual!

Date: Monday, December 20th, 2021

Time: 6:00PM-7:00PM

Location: RSVP to receive Zoom link

**The event is now on Zoom due to increasing COVID-19 rates**

Questions? Email finance@casarforcongress.org.

We hope you can join us to learn more about how to get involved in Greg's grassroots campaign for TX-35 and his vision for Medicare for All, affordable housing, good jobs, immigration reform, and a living wage for all!

About Greg:

Gregorio “Greg” Casar is an Austin City Council Member and movement organizer, serving in his third term. The proud son of Mexican immigrants, he is the youngest person ever elected to the Austin City Council. Prior to serving on Council, he organized alongside immigrant workers at Workers Defense Project.

As a Council Member, Casar championed the paid-sick-days laws that passed in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, implementing what the Austin-American Statesman called the “most progressive labor policy for the entire state and possibly the American South.” He also successfully raised wages for the City’s lowest-paid employees from $7.25/hour to $15/hour with access to health care benefits.

Casar worked with Planned Parenthood to stop the State Legislature from closing the city-supported clinic in East Austin. Other successful efforts led by Casar include clearing the decades-long backlog of sexual assault evidence kits and expanding shelter for survivors of family violence. Casar also fought to keep immigrant families from being separated by leading much of the statewide campaign against Texas Senate Bill 4—the infamous “Show Me Your Papers” law.

Casar focuses on keeping families in their homes and supporting housing that is more affordable, including leading the largest affordable housing elections in Texas history. Casar personally organized with tenants to block evictions and has helped mobile home communities purchase their own property to prevent out-of-state corporations from displacing families. He has brought affordable housing options to East Austin so that families who are being pushed out can stay.

Casar authored the “Freedom City” policies which reduced discretionary misdemeanor arrests in San Antonio, Austin, and San Marcos, and ended all arrests and fines for personal marijuana possession.

In 2020, Casar successfully led police reform efforts and redirected City budget resources away from mass incarceration and toward increased services that address substance abuse, housing for the homeless, mental health, and other programs that stop harm and violence. He helped fund services for working people by closing inexcusable tax loopholes for the wealthiest.

Find out more at www.casarforcongress.com