Today is Equal Pay Day, John.

Nearly 6 in 10 minimum wage workers in Maryland are women – and as one of the six, trust that I’ve got a lot to say about this.

See, I worked more jobs by the time I turned 40 than most people will work in their lifetime. I drove forklifts, stocked shelves, and worked customer service. I know what it means to have good jobs in my community because I worked those jobs.

So when you tell me that Black women in Maryland make 68 cents for every dollar that a white man is paid, you won’t catch me by surprise.

Because I was born into injustice, forced to work within the same institutions that bound generations of Black women before me.

This isn’t just an election to me. It’s a fight for our mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, nieces, and aunties. It’s a declaration that we deserve equal pay for equal work.

So when I tell you that I’m fighting to rectify these injustices, I’m not making an empty Equal Pay Day promise. I’m taking this fight all the way to Congress until every Maryland woman gets every last dollar she deserves.

But I can’t win a fight this big by myself, so I’m tagging you in. John, I know what it feels like to stretch a dollar, so I won’t ask for much. But if you can pitch in $25, $20, or even $1 right now, it could be the dollar that secures this seat and makes real change for Maryland women. >>