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John, long before I was one of the highest-ranking Black women in Congress and running a historic campaign for U.S. Senate, I was the little girl that you see in this picture:
I've faced some incredible hardships in my life. Growing up in the segregated South, I couldn't drink from the same water fountain as my white peers. And as a teenager with no access to the reproductive health care I needed in the U.S., I had to travel from my home in California to Mexico to receive a back-alley abortion in the middle of the night.
But these are the experiences that fueled my fight for justice early on. So when there were no Black cheerleaders at my high school, I worked with the NAACP and earned my spot as the school’s first Black cheerleader.
I went on to become the first Black woman elected to the State Senate from Northern California. And in Congress, I've championed the voices of marginalized communities – from fighting injustices against people of color to addressing LGBTQ+ inequality to combating violence against women.
Now, I'm running to become just the third Black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, where there are no Black women serving today – but we have an uphill climb ahead of us:
The Washington Post is reporting that I'm at a serious fundraising disadvantage compared to others in this race, which is shaping up to be the most expensive Senate primary in history.
But I know that with your grassroots support, we can pull ahead and win. That's why I'm personally asking, John: Will you split $10 or more between my campaign and The Collective PAC to power our progressive movement to victory and build a country that works for all of us?
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Thank you for reading my story, and for being part of our progressive movement.
– Barbara Lee
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power to create the policies necessary to progress our communities forward. Since our inception in 2016, we have helped 110 candidates win general elections at the local, state and federal levels. We strive to support the next wave of
progressive and unapologetic Black candidates who will usher in a sea of change in our political system while helping America fulfill its promise of democracy by creating a government that will truly be for the people and of the people.
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