Pennsylvania State Director

¡Saludos a todos desde Pennsylvania!

I am Beatriz Mallory, the new Pennsylvania State Director of Latinos for Clinton. In my work as CEO of my advertising agency, HispanAmérica, I spend my days building relationships between our clients and our community. I am proud to bring these capabilities to Latinos for Clinton, and to get Hillary elected as Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América.

Hillary’s roots run particularly deep here in PA. I’m writing this note merely 35 miles from the Rodham family’s cottage at Lake Winola, 17 miles north of Scranton. Every August, her father Hugh Rodham packed Hillary and the family into their Lincoln and drove from Chicago to the lake for two weeks. In between her afternoons reading on the dock, here is where Hillary learned to shoot a gun, to fish, to swim and to understand the true value of family, friends and community.

And PA loves Hillary. Her deep understanding of the tough, paycheck-to-paycheck life so many live here in what was coal country. Her profound commitment to children, their health and wellbeing, and their futures. Her fierce dedication to issues that matter so much here in northeast PA – a decent job at a decent wage, with healthcare benefits that enable parents to provide for and protect their families.

There simply is no better choice for Latinos in Pennsylvania. Hillary has an ambitious, yet attainable program for raising our community up to the level playing field – la “cancha común” – where we can succeed on equal terms. From fair immigration reform, to educational opportunity for all of us; from affordable housing to healthcare for all of us; Hillary proveerá una vida mejor para todos.

Finally, we need her guts, fearlessness, experience and good judgment to confront terrorism and bring a sensible end to the war in Iraq in which we are losing so many of our best – amigos, padres, hermanas, hijos. Sin duda, Hillary is the right woman for us, and for our times.

I have supported Hillary financially for 3 years now. But now, I’m rolling up my sleeves, contributing my time and effort, while continuing to click the “contribute now” links. As the all-important April 22nd primary approaches, we will need all the help we can get to put Hillary over the top in both votes and delegates. PA will go to Clinton, but only if we all pitch in to get out the 260,000 votes we know are here.

So I ask all of you, “los pennsylvanianos” as well as you out-of-staters, to join me in putting PA in Hillary’s column. Únete a la causa. Put your feet on our streets, your voice on our phones, and our links on your web pages and outbound emails. Don’t forget to keep clicking on the “Contribute Now” links, but please also give us the hands-on support we need. Email me anytime at beatriz.mallory@latinosforclinton.com, I’ll call you, and put you right to work.

Gracias, y ¡apóyanos en Pennsylvania!

Beatriz