[1]Pramila Jayapal

John,

On this day 158 years ago, slavery was finally ended in America. It was on
June 19th, 1865 that Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news
that enslaved people were now free.

Today is a stark reminder of our collective history. We've fought hard for
our progress toward justice, and there's still so much work that needs to
be done.

While I am deeply proud that our Democratic majorities made Juneteenth a
federal holiday in 2021 and President Biden instituted the Justice40
initiative to invest in historically underserved communities, it is not
enough. Congress and our country still have a long way to go to make
equality real and address nearly a century of oppressive Jim Crow laws in
America.

In Congress, and in my everyday commitment to serving the American people,
I constantly discuss the pressing issues that have plagued our communities
for far too long. Issues such as:

* America's for-profit health care system leaves Black Americans much
more likely to be uninsured than white Americans. 
* America's deeply, deeply unequal economy. 
* America's housing system with devastating generational trauma,
exclusionary redlining, and discriminatory financial practices that
shut out people of color and fuel racial injustice. 
* Ecological racism faced in countless neighborhoods that are
perpetually flooded with toxic dump sites and lack of access to clean
air, safe drinking water, and public lands. 
* America's education system institutionalized discrimination to the
extent that the schoolhouse to jailhouse pipeline begins as early as
kindergarten. 
* And our justice system is patently unjust.

Every single system is connected — all discriminatory and intertwined,
threads of injustice that come together to hold people back.

That is why I am dedicated to doing the much needed work to fight for
immediate and urgent legislative solutions to address each and every
issue. That means we need Medicare for All, the PRO Act, a livable wage,
the Housing is a Human Right Act, the College for All Act, a Green New
Deal and so much more.

Now is not the time for incremental change — that's not what I came to
Congress to do. I came here to set things straight and fight for what
matters and what we deserve. This Juneteenth and each day moving forward,
I pledge to you that I will fight for real change, in solidarity with the
Black community and with all of us who believe in a better world.

Thank you for doing this work with me: with urgency, with generosity, with
the belief that we can change things if we remain dedicated to our
collective vision.

Thank you,

Pramila

 


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