Amy Vilela
Amy Vilela is a member of the Las Vegas branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. In her 2018 run for Congress, Keenan Korth was listed as "campaign manager" for Amy Vilela.[1]
Healthcare-Now!
Amy Vilela is on the Healthcare-Now! Board of Directors as of Oct 13, 2023.[2]
"Holiday Solidarity"
Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America presents "Holiday Solidarity" with Amy Vilela and Richard Segerblom.
Bernie surrogates
Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America February 16 2020·
🌹Another day of canvass launches for GOTC is underway at the #LeftistGarage! Remember, we’re doing this EVERYDAY until the caucus next Saturday. Check out our shifts: lvdsa.org/events or see our GOTC event on our FB events pages! ❤️🗳
Today we had plenty of comrades from Phoenix, LA, and Iowa joining us! Along with Bernie national surrogates Amy Vilela and Cori Bush and Educators for Bernie national surrogate Eric Blanc!
Bernie 2020 Health Care Constituency Director
Bernie 2020 Health Care Constituency Director and Surrogates to Hold Medicare for All Tour in New Hampshire.
The tour will feature Michael Lighty, Paula Jean Swearengin, Amy Vilela and Dr. Michael Dowe November 15, 2019
- MANCHESTER -- Bernie 2020 Health Care Constituency Director Michael Lighty will host a Medicare for All tour in New Hampshire next week featuring surrogates Paula Jean Swearengin and Amy Vilela and community activist Dr. Michael Dowe. The tour will take place on National Rural Health Care Day to highlight how Medicare for All benefits people in rural areas of the United States.[3]
Cori Bush with Amy Vilela and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Cori Bush Tweeted from SXSW Conference & Festivals held March 8-17, 2019:[4] March 11 2019: "It was great to have this moment together @sxsw with my lovely sisters @amy4thepeople Amy Vilela and @AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! But it wasn’t the same without @paulajean2020 Paula Jean Swearengin, we missed you! #KnockDownTheHouse"
Aggressive Progressives
Amy Vilela appeared on a show "Aggressive Progressives" at The Young Turks hosted by Jimmy Dore with Steve Oh. The inaugural show was dated August 28, 2016.[5] Guests/hosts included Stefane Zamorano, Ron Placone, Malcolm Fleschner, Graham Elwood, Abby Martin, Mike Prysner, Max Blumenthal, Amy Vilela, James Cromwell, Pramila Mallick, Judah Friedlander, Randy Abreu, Jordan Chariton, Dave Dayen, Michael Lighty, David Hildebrand, Norman Soloman, Denis Kucinich, Nomiki Konst, Krystal Ball, Graham Elwood, Michael Wood, Michael Tracey, Greg Palast, Kshama Sawant, and Cenk Uygur.[6],[7],[8],[9]
American Health Care Act press conference
The day after the U.S. House Trumpcare vote, Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus came home to Las Vegas. She had plenty to say about the rushed health care vote, and so did a few of her constituents. This was not the usual Friday in Downtown Las Vegas.
Rep. Titus held a press conference at her Las Vegas office Friday to break down what she witnessed in D.C. the previous day. She began with a simple explanation of why she voted against the American Health Care Act (AHCA, aka Trumpcare).
She then handed the microphone over to constituents who are at risk of losing health care. Amy Vilela, whose daughter died at Centennial Hills Hospital due to the hospital’s denial of care, had a very clear message on AHCA: “This bill is inhumane.” I later asked her why she feels so strongly. “My fear is more families will have to feel the unimaginable pain we endured.”
At least 390,000 Nevadans stand to lose coverage if AHCA were to become law. For Vilela, “This is based on greed.” She expressed doubt that it’s meant to help consumers at all. “This bill, when you read it, is helping insurance companies increase their profit margins. They get to go back and remove any additional costs for covering people with pre-existing conditions.”
Justine Harrison is an aviation attorney in private practice. During the press conference, Harrison said she would have to shut down her business if AHCA were to become law.[10]
Running for Congress
In 2018 Amy Vilela ran for U.S. House, 4th District.
Amy Vilela’s bid to unseat incumbent Democrat Ruben Kihuen seemed like a long shot last summer; Kihuen won his 2016 primary race by about 14 points, and the general election, in a purple district, by 4 points. But in December, Kihuen announced he wouldn’t run again, after a lobbyist and a former staff member accused him of sexual harassment. Vilela, 43, with the backing of progressive groups, became the frontrunner in what is now a crowded Democratic field. Her platform is detailed and robustly progressive. On foreign policy, for example, Vilela calls for “replacing the war on terror with a Marshall Plan for the Middle East.”
Medicare for All has become a rallying point for progressives. For Vilela, it’s a crusade. In 2016, her oldest daughter, Shalynne, died from a pulmonary embolism after she couldn’t provide proof of insurance during a trip to the emergency room. Politically radicalized by that tragedy, last summer she decided to challenge Kihuen, who supported the Affordable Care Act but not Medicare for All. In her campaign kickoff video, she denounced the “barbaric, profit-driven” U.S. healthcare system.
This emphasis makes her stand out in the Democratic field. One of her strongest opponents is Steven Horsford, who held the seat before Kihuen. Horsford has been vague about his position on Medicare for All, offering that he isn’t “one who’s going to come out and say I’m for or against” it, but that he is “for healthcare for all of us.”
Endorsed by Brand New Congress, Justice Democrats, National Nurses United, Our Revolution.[11]
Campaign Staff
- Campaign Manager: Keenan Korth founder & former President - Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America, Board Member - Nevada for Healthcare-NOW!, and founder & Board Member for the Las Vegas branch of the Progressive Democrats of America.[12]
- Field Director: Jocelyn Sida (former NV State Director - Mi Familia Vota, former Field Director - Wendy Carillo for Congress)
- Fundraising Director: Shannon Thomas (former Fundraising & Speechwriting Director - Justice Democrats)
- General Consultant: Robert Becker, Tanzeem Group LLC. (former Bernie Sanders Deputy National Field Director, Iowa/Michigan/NY/California State Director)
- Finance Consultant: Ronni Council, Alchemy Associates LLC. (Native Las Vegan, former Bernie Sanders National Delegate)
- Digital Consultants: Moumita Ahmed & Ethan Fox, Tanzeem Group LLC. (Social Media for Justice Democrats, The People for Bernie, Millennials for Revolution.)
Campaign volunteers
Amy Vilela March 3, 2018 ·
With Veronica Heredia, Jozette Figueredo and Shay Elyse.
Lam connection
Amy Vilela with Carmen Jade Lam.
Comrades
DSA member
Amy Vilela is a member of Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America.
Peoples Summit report back
Hermon Farahi, June 29 2017;
Hosting the LV #PPLSummit Activist Review, in collaboration with the Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America, Draft Bernie Nevada for a People's Party & Nevada for Healthcare-Now! — with Keenan Korth, Amy Vilela, Tisia Stemp Kristofer DiPaolo and Manuel Arizala.[13]
Closed Facebook group
San Antonio Democratic Socialists of America closed Facebook group members, as of April 7, 2017, included Amy Vilela.[14]
Justice Democrats
Amy Vilela was endorsed by Justice Democrats for 2018.
Indivisible
In 2018 Indivisible endorsed Amy Vilela.
Single Payer Leadership Meeting Agenda
Las Vegas, NV Sep. 30 – Oct. 1, 2017. The Longhorn Room, Binion’s Gambling Hall 128 Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV.
- 10:00AM-10:05AM Call to Order: Jean Ross, National Nurses United
- 10:05AM-10:15AM Introducing Nevada for Healthcare-NOW! & Allies: Tisia Stemp and Keenan Korth
- 10:15AM-10:30AM Welcome to Nevada: Congresswoman Dina Titus (Nevada’s 1st District)
- 10:30AM-10:45AM Goals & structure of the Leadership Meeting: Benjamin Day, Healthcare-NOW
- 10:45AM-11:45AM Keynote Speakers: Dr. Paul Song and Amy Vilela
- 11:45AM-12:45PM Panel: Organizing Across Issues & Organizations During This “Movement Moment”: Moderator: Eileen Eady, Nevada for Healthcare-NOW!; Rose Roach, Minnesota Nurses Association; Martese Chism, National Nurses United; Erika Washington, Make It Work. Nevada4thePeople; Deborah Harris, Women’s March on Washington.
- 2:30PM-2:50PM Speaker: Preparing for Opposition… from our Enemies and our Friends: Michael Lighty, National Nurses United.
- 3:30PM-4:30PM Panel: Developing Effective Medium-Term Campaigns After the Era of Resistance: Benjamin Day, Healthcare-NOW!; Ben Palmquist, NESRI; Libby Devlin, NNU/NNOC; Donna Smith, PDA.
- 5:10PM-6:00PM Plenary: Lessons from Roundtable Discussions & Open Mic: Lenny Potash, Labor United for Universal Healthcare; Ursula Rozum, Campaign for NY Health; Amirah Sequiera, National Nurses United
- Sunday, October 1 – 10AM-12PM Noon
- 10:00AM-10:15AM Responding to Pushback from Legislators: Dr. Bill Honigman and Dr. Roona Ray
- PDA Arizona State Coordinator Dan O'Neal moderated a discussion.[15]
2018 Single-Payer Strategy Conference
Healthcare-Now! Agenda: 2018 Single-Payer Strategy Conference Friday, June 22 – Sunday, June 24 Minneapolis, Radisson Blu Minneapolis Downtown.
Agenda for Saturday, June 23
- Panel: Medicare for All as a Political Campaign Theme – Facilitator: Donna DeWitt, former President South Carolina AFL-CIO; Amy Vilela, candidate for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District; Randy Bryce, candidate for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District. Respondent: MN State Senator John Marty.
TOP
In 2019 Amy Vilela and Sofia Sepulveda were working with the Texas Organizing Project.
References
- ↑ Progressive Democrats of America, accessed June 11 2018
- ↑ Advisory Board (accessed October 12, 2023)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ https://archive.fo/VGCeW Cori Bush Tweet accessed March 11 2019
- ↑ AGGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVES Episode 1: Hillary Clinton And The Progressive Voters (accessed June 10, 2024)
- ↑ Aggressive Progressives (accessed June 10, 2024)
- ↑ Aggressive Progressives Archive 1 (accessed June 10, 2024)
- ↑ Aggressive Progressives Archive 2 (accessed June 10, 2024)
- ↑ Aggressive Progressives Archive 3 (accessed June 10, 2024)
- ↑ [http://nevadaforward.com/2017/05/05/dina-titus-trumpcare-presser/Nevada Forward, REP. DINA TITUS AND FRIENDS CONDEMN TRUMPCARE DAY AFTER SURPRISE U.S. HOUSE VOTE ANDREW DAVEY MAY 5, 2017]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Progressive Democrats of America, accessed June 11 2018
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [https://www.healthcare-now.org/strategy-conference/2017-las-vegas/agenda/Healtcre Now!Single Payer Leadership Meeting Agenda Las Vegas, NV Sep. 30 – Oct. 1, 2017]