About Us
The organizations that form the State Power Caucus are the leading civic engagement and power building entities in their respective states and are committed to building multiracial alignment in order to win on the issues impacting our communities.
We are a formation of twenty-four organizations, primarily people of color led, from eighteen states. Our affiliated State Power Organizations (SPO) are aligned with a common purpose of advancing economic, racial, environmental, and social justice.
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Our Approach
We aim to forge strategic collaborations and alignment at the state and national level, based on the belief that state-based power-building efforts are the fundamental building blocks for national progressive power-building. States are the foundation stones of our particular form of democracy, through which our government and governance is run.They are also very different from one another, and require informed assessment and home-grown strategies. We cannot create effective state strategies from remote locations, using standardized prescriptions. We believe that our formation has the right approach to building the kind of power needed to counter reactionary forces that are blocking progressive policies, turn the current political tide to empower local communities, and regain the initiative in the epic battle to improve the lives of our people.
Our Team
Executive Director
Margie Del Castillo
Margie (she/her) is a nationally recognized leader in the fight for reproductive justice and has advocated for over a decade for immigrant & reproductive rights, with a particular focus on building grassroots people power. She brings that experience to her new role as Executive Director of SPC, where she leads the organizational and resource development efforts that aim to strengthen & support state power organizations while working on national alignment of forces that supports stated based power building. Margie resides in Virginia with her family.
Caucus Coordinator
Casey Jong
Casey (she/they) has been involved in various political efforts in their communities, most recently for worker and housing justice during the pandemic. Prior to their current role, Casey was with the Social Transformation Project, where she played a key part in strengthening SPC’s systems and infrastructure. She brings all of this experience to her position at SPC, where she support the members and programs of the caucus. They are a west coast-born and midwest-raised Korean-American, now based in Brooklyn, NY.
Leadership Team
Margie Del Castillo
Executive Director
State Power Caucus
Andrea Mercado
Executive Director
Florida Rising
Mary Le Nguyen
Executive Director
Washington CAN
Jon Liss
Executive Director
New Virginia Majority
