When it comes to the millions of Californians under attack by the President, we are on the frontlines, standing arm in arm together — Black and White, Asian and Latino, gay and straight, Muslim, Christian and Jewish.

Ready to fight back, ready to resist.

But as the nation looks to us, let’s not forget to look in the mirror because we can’t be truly progressive unless we are making progress together. Progressive is more than just a promise or a platitude. Progressive is a dream delivered.

Many of us are already empowered to speak, to learn and to prosper, but too many in our state are still left out or left behind.

Our Democratic Party must listen to the left out and forgotten — those: forced to work for substandard wages; required to send their kids to inadequate schools; fighting for job training and job creation; fighting for affordable housing, a cleaner environment and green jobs.

We are here to fight for the soul of our party and our most cherished values.

There are some who have never been in the trenches, in the fight for social and economic justice. These Davos Democrats fly over the homes of Californians left behind — have never been in their living rooms.

What will make us stronger as a party is to spend more time fighting, not just for the people who drive Teslas, but for the people who ride the bus, like my mom. We earn our stripes by standing up for people struggling to get the gas money to take their used car to work.

From National City to the North Coast, millions of Californians are struggling. Along the coast, housing costs are making middle-class families poor and forcing the poor out altogether. In the inland valley, too many cannot find decent jobs — or any jobs at all.

The Davos Democrats talk about reform. But while they talk, the gap between rich and poor grows wider. The achievement gap between poor, working-class kids and rich kids grows larger. Even the life expectancy gap becomes greater.

Standing up to Trump takes more than just talk — or Tweets. It takes action.

We know the answers; let’s have the courage to deliver them.

First, every child in this state must have access to early childhood education. Every single child. Every kid deserves a great public school. The struggle for educational equity is the most important civil rights battle of our generation. I refuse to accept the notion that poor children can’t learn. That we, as Progressives, can fail them.

The single most important investment we can make in creating high-wage jobs and closing the income gap is sending more students to college and providing access to life-long learning.

The next governor must dramatically expand our system of higher education and eliminate the barrier of up-front costs for every poor and working-class family.

Health care is a right — not a privilege. The Affordable Care Act is bringing life-saving and life-changing care to 3.7 million Californians. We must first refuse to let this progress be undone — and then continue the fight for a sustainable health care system that offers quality and affordable care to every single California resident.

Our broken housing market has become a new form of redlining — separating the rich from the poor, deepening our economic divide and keeping families out of the middle class.

The next governor must do more than make a million promises — we need to focus on building millions of homes that working and middle class families can afford.

Our regulations are broken, making it too hard to start a small business while failing to hold powerful corporations accountable. We waive CEQA to build stadiums, but make poor families wait years for decent housing.

Let’s have the courage to stand with those who need our help — not those who can demand it through political connections and fat checkbooks.

If we want to fight Trump, we must start by bringing millions of Californians out of the shadows — legal shadows, economic shadows, educational shadows.

There is a dream we share as Californians. One that has touched many of us — and inspired us all.

It’s a state where no voice is dismissed and no dream is denied.

If we want to end the nightmare of Donald Trump, we must begin by renewing our faith and commitment to ourselves and to each other — to our very own California Dream.