Eva Putzova, an accidental American born and raised in Slovakia, served on the Flagstaff City Council and ran for Congress in 2020. She co-founded Catch Fire Movement, an organization dedicated to building progressive leadership and democracy from the bottom up. Catch Fire Movement is home of Keep Flagstaff Together and the Flagstaff Living Wage Collaboration.
Locally, she is known as the architect of the Flagstaff Minimum Wage Citizen Initiative, which voters successfully passed in 2016. She also authored the Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights, first introduced as a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 by Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Jesús "Chuy" Garcia, and Marie Newman.
Eva continues to “meddle” in politics because she believes we need more serious people with political courage who are unbossed and unbought to stand up for working-class folks and human rights.
J'aime Morgaine is no stranger to advocating for rural America. Hailing from rural Arizona, her community faces unique challenges concerning water access, and is well aware of the special interests that seek to continue exploiting rural Arizona's water in spite of this. Initially getting involved by running as a candidate in Arizona's 30th Legislative District, she ran on a platform of revising outdated water rights laws, promoting funding for education, and improving healthcare quality in rural areas. Now, J'aime is serving on the advisory board of Rural Liberation to help us fulfill our mission.