RAZE


“Our nation is asking to hear your voice because November is coming and so is your choice. Do not throw away your shot.”
— Lin-Manuel Miranda
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KABF was excited to give a fifth grant to Rural Arizona Engagement (RAZE), an Arizona nonprofit. It was founded by two committed activists, Pablo Correa and Natali Fierros Bock, who understand that voters in southern rural Arizona need to feel empowered.
 
Correa and Fierros Bock shared with KABF in 2019, when we gave our first grant, that rural Arizonans have often felt that they don’t matter. Both government and nonprofit resources never seem to reach them. RAZE’s mission is to fill that void.
 
As RAZE states on its website:
 
Rural Arizona Engagement’s (RAZE) vision is to build an active and sustainable, progressive voting bloc in rural Arizona that cultivates pragmatic, progressive leadership committed to advancing progressive values and policies for the well-being of its communities and residents. Independent of metro-area influences.

RAZE fulfills their mission through a number of programs including:
  • Educating rural youth to be civic leaders,
  • Making it easier to register to vote,
  • Making it easier to understand who and what you’re voting for.
 
RAZE’s work is rooted in the belief that informed and involved people can advocate for the changes they want to see and have a voice in the political processes that directly impact their lives.
 
For more information, visit www.raze.org.