In The Media
“Then again, Bacelar isn’t your average candidate. She’s a Brazilian-American, quadrilingual blockchain enthusiast who counts Laurene Powell Jobs as a mentor—and was once a nationally ranked jump-roper.”
Nancy Pelosi’s worst nightmare is her progressive challenger, a female engineer, immigrant, and Stanford graduate. John Iadarola and Agatha Bacelar break it down on The Damage Report.
“On a surface level, it’s easy to see why people keep comparing her to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the East Coast: Bacelar is a 27-year-old, intelligent, Brazilian-born polyglot with a sincere smile that I’ve never even been able to fake in a job interview.”
“Porém, com tudo o que aprendi no âmbito social, descobri que os desafios mais complexos passam pelo universo da política. Se queria resolvê-los, eu precisava me lançar nela.”
“Hoje, o membro médio do Congresso é um homem, advogado, rico, de 58 anos. Apesar disso, tenho muita esperança. Os tempos estão mudando. Concorro para tornar o Congresso mais reflexivo e responsivo ao público.”
“I read the Satoshi white paper and saw its potential for starting a social justice movement. Blockchain was created for the people. To move power away from larger centralized, corrupt institutions. To give the power to people to have their own keys to their data, their money, and to be able to publicly audit information. In today’s world, all corruption occurs on private ledgers — banking, the finance industry or voting.”
If Your Dreams Do Not Scare You, They Are Not Big Enough
“Running for Congress and losing is not a loss.”
“Se eu vencer, serei a primeira brasileira eleita ao Congresso americano.”
Video: Universal Basic Income March
“I’m a supporter of UBI because I believe everyone is intrinsically valued just for being alive. You should have dignity and a basic standard of living, and we shouldn’t put qualifications on who deserves their basic needs to be met.”
“Meet Agatha Bacelar, the Latina Who Is Boldly Running for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in Congress”
SELF-PUBLISHED
When you know them, how could you not be for them? A Valentine’s Day letter on advocating for my undocumented loved ones.
A video series
The Agatha For Congress campaign embodies the hope for change that will energize voter turnout and drive younger, more diverse people to the polls—which is what this country and the Democratic Party need to succeed in 2020.
