Meet Seventeen Voices of the Year honoree Olivia Julianna! 0liviajulianna advocates for reproductive justice in her home state of Texas, one of the most anti-abortion states in the country.
. When she learned that anti-choice organization Texas Right to Life implemented a tip line to report those who “aid and abet” abortion, she called on her TikTok followers to send fake tips and inundate the site until it crashed. The controversial website was taken down and hasn’t been back up since., she oversees the nonprofit’s political partnerships and organizes campaign events with candidates on the local and federal levels.
Looking ahead to 2024, my goal is to work with candidates running for every level of local office you can imagine, whether it be the school board, county clerk, mayor, or country judge. You will not flip a state from the top down. You have to flip a state from the bottom up. We need local candidates fighting to make change on a county and city level, and that's what I'll spend the next two years doing.
I’m also proud of being in Austin with Zo Qadri, who ran for City Council District 9. In the entire state of Texas, his campaign team was the youngest. No one expected him to do as well in the primary as he did. He won more votes than any other candidate because he uplifted the voices of young organizers. Those two moments, in particular, were very prideful because I saw young people and people of color at the forefront of two elections that did so well.
I try to remain true to who I am and remember where I came from. I grew up very low-income and in a single-parent household throughout high school. Up until last year, I didn't have a bank account. I didn't have a single dollar to my name. I'm not in that situation anymore, but there are people all across the country who are. I'm working to help them get out of that situation. It's not about me, it's about them. That's the bottom line at the end of the day.
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