Sulma Arias
@ariassulma.bsky.social
Executive Director, People's Action / Institute. Organizer, Immigrant and a Salvadoran-Kansan! Thoughts and messages are my own.
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Sulma Arias
@ariassulma.bsky.social
· Jun 30
🔥"WE ARE THE ORGANIZING REVIVAL!" 👏 THANK YOU EVERYONE from @faithinaction.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social @gamalielnetwork.bsky.social @pplsaction.bsky.social @kairoscenter.org @bendthearc.bsky.social @ggjalliance.bsky.social and MORE at our first Faith and Organizing Summit. 👉 TOGETHER WE CAN!
🔥 drpenieljoseph.bsky.social makes a powerful case in npquarterly.bsky.social why and howwe must rise to restore dignity for all in a Third Reconstruction of this nation. Read and share, I will share my thoughts in this series later this month! 👉 nonprofitquarterly.org/why-the-stru...
Why the Struggle for a Third Reconstruction Remains the Struggle for Our Times - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
At a time of racial justice backlash, a call for a full-throated multiracial democracy may seem audacious—it’s also a necessary movement to preserve US democracy at all.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🔥 drpenieljoseph.bsky.social makes a powerful case in npquarterly.bsky.social why and howwe must rise to restore dignity for all in a Third Reconstruction of this nation. Read and share, I will share my thoughts in this series later this month! 👉 nonprofitquarterly.org/why-the-stru...
Denise Collazo motivates us all to support the kind of change we want to see in the world. Read her call to action in this thoughtful article. Thank you, Denise!
www.peakgrantmaking.org/insights/embrace-philanthropic-capital/
www.peakgrantmaking.org/insights/embrace-philanthropic-capital/
To Achieve the Change We Need, We Must Embrace the Full Potential of Philanthropic Capital
Every strategic conversation we have with our community could end with an invitation to invest.
www.peakgrantmaking.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Denise Collazo motivates us all to support the kind of change we want to see in the world. Read her call to action in this thoughtful article. Thank you, Denise!
www.peakgrantmaking.org/insights/embrace-philanthropic-capital/
www.peakgrantmaking.org/insights/embrace-philanthropic-capital/
Reposted by Sulma Arias
Sulma Arias: Many people are scared about having their neighbors, family members, even themselves disappeared...This bill gives massive new funding to ICE and other parts of the government involved in Trump's abduction machine as part of their agenda.
July 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sulma Arias: Many people are scared about having their neighbors, family members, even themselves disappeared...This bill gives massive new funding to ICE and other parts of the government involved in Trump's abduction machine as part of their agenda.
👉 The grassroots environmental justice movement is building world-changing power. We're proving that the answers lie within our communities. Watch our new video and join us! vimeo.com/1072365583 #GrassrootsPowerNow
The Fund: Network Collaboration
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July 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
👉 The grassroots environmental justice movement is building world-changing power. We're proving that the answers lie within our communities. Watch our new video and join us! vimeo.com/1072365583 #GrassrootsPowerNow
Honored to be profiled by Ben Gose in chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for People's Action's work to build a stronger movement for social justice through an #organizingrevival. 👉Read at www.philanthropy.com/article/sulm...
July 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Honored to be profiled by Ben Gose in chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for People's Action's work to build a stronger movement for social justice through an #organizingrevival. 👉Read at www.philanthropy.com/article/sulm...
📢 Every one of us will soon have our own story to tell about a hospital that closed or a loved one who died, fell sick, went hungry, or was forced onto the street to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires. 👉 Read what we can do together at ourfuture.org/20250706/org...
Organizing to Confront Cruelty | OurFuture.org by People's Action
Every one of us will soon have our own story to tell about a hospital that closed or a loved one who died, fell sick, went hungry, or was forced onto the street to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for...
ourfuture.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📢 Every one of us will soon have our own story to tell about a hospital that closed or a loved one who died, fell sick, went hungry, or was forced onto the street to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires. 👉 Read what we can do together at ourfuture.org/20250706/org...
A budget should reflect our values. This one reflects cruelty.
The Senate just passed a budget that:
❌ Slashes Medicaid & food aid
❌ Gives tax breaks to billionaires
❌ Triples immigrant detention funding
Tell your reps to #stopthecuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
The Senate just passed a budget that:
❌ Slashes Medicaid & food aid
❌ Gives tax breaks to billionaires
❌ Triples immigrant detention funding
Tell your reps to #stopthecuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A budget should reflect our values. This one reflects cruelty.
The Senate just passed a budget that:
❌ Slashes Medicaid & food aid
❌ Gives tax breaks to billionaires
❌ Triples immigrant detention funding
Tell your reps to #stopthecuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
The Senate just passed a budget that:
❌ Slashes Medicaid & food aid
❌ Gives tax breaks to billionaires
❌ Triples immigrant detention funding
Tell your reps to #stopthecuts: ppls.ac/stopthecuts
😡 The Senate voted to pass Trump's awful budget, which cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich. This is wrong. WHAT CAN WE DO? 👉 Tell Congress to DO THE RIGHT THING and VOTE NO on this betrayal of American families. Join us! ppls.ac/pb
July 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
😡 The Senate voted to pass Trump's awful budget, which cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich. This is wrong. WHAT CAN WE DO? 👉 Tell Congress to DO THE RIGHT THING and VOTE NO on this betrayal of American families. Join us! ppls.ac/pb
🔥"WE ARE THE ORGANIZING REVIVAL!" 👏 THANK YOU EVERYONE from @faithinaction.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social @gamalielnetwork.bsky.social @pplsaction.bsky.social @kairoscenter.org @bendthearc.bsky.social @ggjalliance.bsky.social and MORE at our first Faith and Organizing Summit. 👉 TOGETHER WE CAN!
June 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🔥"WE ARE THE ORGANIZING REVIVAL!" 👏 THANK YOU EVERYONE from @faithinaction.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social @gamalielnetwork.bsky.social @pplsaction.bsky.social @kairoscenter.org @bendthearc.bsky.social @ggjalliance.bsky.social and MORE at our first Faith and Organizing Summit. 👉 TOGETHER WE CAN!
📢 Trump's inhumane attacks on immigrants and campaign to destroy our social safety net have the same goal: grant unlimited power and resources to the ultrarich, at everyone else's expense. 👉 Read my latest thoughts on this at couriernewsroom.com/news/sulma-a...
Sulma Arias: How Corporate Greed Fuels Trump's Assault on Immigrants and Medicaid
Make no mistake: corporations are calling the shots here.
couriernewsroom.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢 Trump's inhumane attacks on immigrants and campaign to destroy our social safety net have the same goal: grant unlimited power and resources to the ultrarich, at everyone else's expense. 👉 Read my latest thoughts on this at couriernewsroom.com/news/sulma-a...
📣 THANK YOU @groundgamela.bsky.social @seiu1021.bsky.social and everyone who is speaking out against the militarized attacks on peaceful protesters in Los Angeles. No human being is illegal. We are strong, and we stand together.
June 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 THANK YOU @groundgamela.bsky.social @seiu1021.bsky.social and everyone who is speaking out against the militarized attacks on peaceful protesters in Los Angeles. No human being is illegal. We are strong, and we stand together.
🔥 CONGRATULATIONS to Sandra Lobo and everyone at the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) on your HISTORIC win! Your vision for the Kingsbridge Armory will be transformative in your community for many years to come.
June 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🔥 CONGRATULATIONS to Sandra Lobo and everyone at the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) on your HISTORIC win! Your vision for the Kingsbridge Armory will be transformative in your community for many years to come.
🔥 "We are the people, and this is our planet." THANK YOU to Keviea Guiden and Geneva Jones from Citizen Action of Wisconsin, sunrisemvmt.bsky.social and popdemoc.bsky.social for coming to DC to testify to the harms to our environment Trump's budget will cause. 👉 SAY NO TO CUTS!
June 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🔥 "We are the people, and this is our planet." THANK YOU to Keviea Guiden and Geneva Jones from Citizen Action of Wisconsin, sunrisemvmt.bsky.social and popdemoc.bsky.social for coming to DC to testify to the harms to our environment Trump's budget will cause. 👉 SAY NO TO CUTS!
📣 We have rights in this country because courageous people opened the path for us. So now it is our time to fight to defend and expand these rights! READ MORE from my latest column, in English and EN ESPAÑOL here: 👉 ourfuture.org/20250601/it-...
It Is Our Time to Fight for Democracy's Promise | OurFuture.org by People's Action
Because courageous ones before us laid a path, we now have rights. It is now our turn to fight to defend and expand them. Nothing fills my heart more than when ordinary people speak up for the ones...
ourfuture.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
📣 We have rights in this country because courageous people opened the path for us. So now it is our time to fight to defend and expand these rights! READ MORE from my latest column, in English and EN ESPAÑOL here: 👉 ourfuture.org/20250601/it-...
🔥 CONGRATULATIONS Amy, Anthony Tony and everyone from @hoosieraction.bsky.social on your BIG WIN as harm reduction becomes law in Indiana! Care Not Cuffs - this law will save lives, thanks to you! 👏
May 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
🔥 CONGRATULATIONS Amy, Anthony Tony and everyone from @hoosieraction.bsky.social on your BIG WIN as harm reduction becomes law in Indiana! Care Not Cuffs - this law will save lives, thanks to you! 👏
🔥 "Solidarity is our strongest weapon." Wise advice from @repsummerlee.bsky.social to@pplsaction.bsky.social @popdemocaction.bsky.social @vocal-us.bsky.social and allies on how we can STOP cuts to Medicaid, housing and food. We are STRONG together! #organizingrevival 👉 READ MORE at ppls.ac/field
Into the Field: Solidarity Is Our Strongest Weapon - People's Action
Every month People’s Action shares the latest victories,campaigns and events from our member groups I love you, because you show up. You show up for each other, in the rain and in the dark of night, a...
ppls.ac
May 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🔥 "Solidarity is our strongest weapon." Wise advice from @repsummerlee.bsky.social to@pplsaction.bsky.social @popdemocaction.bsky.social @vocal-us.bsky.social and allies on how we can STOP cuts to Medicaid, housing and food. We are STRONG together! #organizingrevival 👉 READ MORE at ppls.ac/field
🔥THANK YOU to all the members of @cvhpower.bsky.social @citizenactionny.bsky.social @vocal-ny.bsky.social and all our friends from @popdemoc.bsky.social and RTTC who came to say HELL NO to housing cuts to fund tax breaks for billionaires! Stay tuned for more good trouble...
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🔥THANK YOU to all the members of @cvhpower.bsky.social @citizenactionny.bsky.social @vocal-ny.bsky.social and all our friends from @popdemoc.bsky.social and RTTC who came to say HELL NO to housing cuts to fund tax breaks for billionaires! Stay tuned for more good trouble...
🔥JOIN ME TOMORROW, 5/8 from 11-12 EDT with @topefolarin.bsky.social from @ips-dc.org with @petercerto.bsky.social to talk about how we can ORGANIZE to defend rural America, right now, and win! 👉 REGISTER NOW: ips-dc.org/event/reachi...
Effective Strategies to Reach the Heartland - Institute for Policy Studies
A webinar with Sulma Arias, Executive Director of People's Action, and Peter Certo, Communications Director of the Institute for Policy Studies and editor of its op-ed service, OtherWords. Moderated b...
ips-dc.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🔥JOIN ME TOMORROW, 5/8 from 11-12 EDT with @topefolarin.bsky.social from @ips-dc.org with @petercerto.bsky.social to talk about how we can ORGANIZE to defend rural America, right now, and win! 👉 REGISTER NOW: ips-dc.org/event/reachi...
📣 Today in 1975, Chicago housewife and @pplsaction.bsky.social cofounder Gale Cincotta testified to Congress about banks' refusal to lend in low-income neighborhoods. This led to two federal laws, #HMDA and #CRA, to end bank redlining. We must protect these laws and our communities - #getthecrooks!
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 Today in 1975, Chicago housewife and @pplsaction.bsky.social cofounder Gale Cincotta testified to Congress about banks' refusal to lend in low-income neighborhoods. This led to two federal laws, #HMDA and #CRA, to end bank redlining. We must protect these laws and our communities - #getthecrooks!
📣 It's May Day, when working people everywhere celebrate. This year, we need to show no one will divide us: we will defend our right to create a home with a brighter future for every one of us. You are not alone. Together, we will win. 👉 Visit maydaystrong.org to find an event near you!
May 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
📣 It's May Day, when working people everywhere celebrate. This year, we need to show no one will divide us: we will defend our right to create a home with a brighter future for every one of us. You are not alone. Together, we will win. 👉 Visit maydaystrong.org to find an event near you!
@rbreich.bsky.social is right: Trump is a disaster for working people. Prices rise while our economy shrinks. Who pays the price? We do. Who can stop this tyrant from driving our country into ruin? We can. 🔗 ppls.ac/pb to lift your voice and join our national team www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxtr...
100 Days of Chaos and Greed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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April 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social is right: Trump is a disaster for working people. Prices rise while our economy shrinks. Who pays the price? We do. Who can stop this tyrant from driving our country into ruin? We can. 🔗 ppls.ac/pb to lift your voice and join our national team www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxtr...
🔥 THANK YOU @citizenactionny.bsky.social and Community Voices Heard for letting U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler know the ways the Trump tax cuts for billionaires he supports will affect every one of our families!
April 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🔥 THANK YOU @citizenactionny.bsky.social and Community Voices Heard for letting U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler know the ways the Trump tax cuts for billionaires he supports will affect every one of our families!
👉 The illegal kidnapping of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a crime and a warning to us all. If we allow dictators to deny any person's rights, they will deny them to us all. THANK YOU #vanhollen.senate.gov for traveling to #elsalvador🇸🇻 , we must all do our part to to stop this abuse while we still can!
April 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👉 The illegal kidnapping of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a crime and a warning to us all. If we allow dictators to deny any person's rights, they will deny them to us all. THANK YOU #vanhollen.senate.gov for traveling to #elsalvador🇸🇻 , we must all do our part to to stop this abuse while we still can!
💰 It's Tax Day! Join @citizenactionny.bsky.social as they demand that our tax dollars support our communities, and the ultra-rich pay their fair share. In Peekskill at noon and at 5:30 p.m. in Syracuse. 👉 Get all the details at cit.ac/taxdayactions
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April 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
💰 It's Tax Day! Join @citizenactionny.bsky.social as they demand that our tax dollars support our communities, and the ultra-rich pay their fair share. In Peekskill at noon and at 5:30 p.m. in Syracuse. 👉 Get all the details at cit.ac/taxdayactions
🔥 Jose Vasquez of @commondefense.bsky.social is right: "We are not going to sit by and let two billionaires tell us how our tax dollars are going to get used." Trump and Musk want to fire 83,000 VA staff, which will cut care for millions of veterans like him. 👉 Thank you for your leadership Jose!
April 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🔥 Jose Vasquez of @commondefense.bsky.social is right: "We are not going to sit by and let two billionaires tell us how our tax dollars are going to get used." Trump and Musk want to fire 83,000 VA staff, which will cut care for millions of veterans like him. 👉 Thank you for your leadership Jose!