{"id":162455,"date":"2020-09-09T10:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=162455"},"modified":"2020-09-09T18:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:56:56","slug":"karla-amador-why-i-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/news\/karla-amador-why-i-vote","title":{"rendered":"Karla Amador: Why I Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
As part of our Gear Up to Vote<\/a> effort, we asked our employees, members and partner organizations to share what motivates them to vote. This Why I Vote perspective reflects the opinion of Karla Amador, co-founder of the 52 Hike Challenge<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

Voting to me is important because I get to take a stand for what I believe in and have my voice heard. In the past, I have organized phone calls to my constituents in helping to get a bill passed. I have informed friends, family and people in my community about measures they may not fully understand. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I also feel extremely passionate about protecting our public lands and want to do what I can to conserve these places.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I know sometimes it’s easy to get discouraged and feel like one voice doesn’t matter, but in the grand scheme of things, it does. … Think about what could happen if every ballot was counted? I know that as a Latin American woman, I feel privileged to vote and be the example for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of our Gear Up to Vote effort, we asked our employees, members and partner organizations to share what motivates them to vote. This Why I Vote perspective reflects the opinion of Karla Amador, co-founder of the 52 Hike Challenge.\u00a0 Voting to me is important because I get to take a stand for what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14208,"featured_media":162457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[685],"tags":[2029,1749,2033],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-162455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-election-2020","tag-opinion","tag-why-i-vote"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/news\/karla-amador-why-i-vote","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Karla Amador: Why I Vote","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/news\/karla-amador-why-i-vote","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/news\/karla-amador-why-i-vote"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Karla.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Karla.jpg?fit=2576%2C3872"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Grothjan"}],"creator":["Sarah Grothjan"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["election 2020","opinion","why i vote"],"dateCreated":"2020-09-09T17:24:50Z","datePublished":"2020-09-09T17:24:50Z","dateModified":"2020-09-10T01:56:56Z"},"rendered":"