Dear John,
It’s the first week of Black History Month, and we’re thinking about the history-making work of Black women DAs across the country.
One of these women is Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney. Her work to change the criminal justice system in Chicago and its suburbs has already begun changing the lives of thousands of people, including so many Black families targeted and broken by the war on drugs.
Kim Foxx is changing the course of Black history in Cook County, but she’s facing a tough re-election race, with 3 opponents and attacks from the police and media. You can help us re-elect her-- will you make a $1 donation (or whatever you can give!) to support us as we fight for Kim Foxx?
Foxx was elected in 2016, and in her four years, she has:1
But Kim Foxx's historic impact extends beyond the ways she's changing lives in Cook County.
Since her election, a wave of progressive prosecutors nationwide have followed her lead, many of them Black women. Rachel Rollins in Boston, MA. Diana Becton in Contra Costa County, CA. Satana Deberry in Durham, NC. And more!
This wave is historic in a country where 95% of elected prosecutors are white and only 1% are women of color.2
These women not only are more representative of the communities they serve, they also often have experienced firsthand the devastating impacts that prosecutors can have on families and communities. They know the justice system has been broken in so many ways since its foundation, and are working to address that at its roots every day
If Kim Foxx is re-elected, she'll have 4 more years to transform the justice system and will continue inspiring more Black women prosecutors to do the same. But police and her opponents won't make this race easy-- donate $1 now to support Kim Foxx's re-election!
John, thank you for supporting the transformative work of Black women prosecutors this month, and every month. Happy Black History Month from all of us.
Until justice is real,
Arisha, Jenni, Drew, Charles, Calyssa, Candice, Audrey, Cristel, Scotty, Daniel and the Color Of Change PAC team
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