John,

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a day that marked the official end to chattel slavery in the South. Black Americans are still fighting for human rights and human dignity, while facing a new far-right backlash against affirmative action and reparations programs.

I’m proud to work alongside two Black champions for racial justice in Congress: Representatives Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.

Jamaal Bowman and I have supported Cori Bush’s groundbreaking policies, including her Reparations Now Resolution to recognize the federal government’s responsibility to provide reparations for enslaving and inflicting harm on people of African descent. Cori and I have also co-sponsored Jamaal’s bills to fund Black history education and to condemn the racist “great replacement theory” that inspired an anti-Black massacre in Buffalo, New York just two years ago.

Cori and Jamaal understand that the fight for Black lives and the fight for Palestinian liberation are interconnected, and they’ve been leading the push in Congress for a permanent ceasefire.

Now, Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush are facing anti-ceasefire primary challengers who are taking millions from pro-Trump Republican billionaires. Their re-elections are coming up soon: Jamaal’s is next Tuesday, June 25th, and Cori’s is on August 6th. Their campaigns are powered by grassroots donations rather than corporate PAC money, and they need our support.

In honor of Juneteenth and the fight for Black liberation, please split a donation between Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush today so they can stay in Congress demanding human rights and equity for Black people and Palestinians.

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While most Americans struggle to pay rent and groceries, the majority of our colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a record-breaking Pentagon budget, which would spend nearly a trillion U.S. taxpayer dollars on our military industrial complex.

Instead of voting to spend billions and trillions on war, Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush are pushing to invest in our communities’ needs like housing, healthcare, public education, and utility services. They’re fighting for marginalized communities who’ve been neglected by our government for too long.

Cori and Jamaal are rooted in love for all people, recognizing that every life is sacred and no one is disposable.

Back in October, Cori heeded the call from the grassroots to introduce a Congressional resolution demanding a ceasefire and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Since then, she and Jamaal have joined activists leading student protests, hunger strikes, and vigils to stop the genocide of Palestinians.

Because Cori and Jamaal dare to criticize the Israeli government’s apartheid and ethnic cleansing, the anti-Palestinian group AIPAC is trying to oust them from Congress.

Funded mainly by pro-Trump billionaires, AIPAC and its network of PACs spent $40 million in 2022’s midterm elections in an attempt to take down Black and brown progressives in working class communities.

This year AIPAC may spend $40 million in just Jamaal and Cori’s elections, making these the most expensive Congressional primary races ever.

This interference in Democratic primaries by right-wing donors is a racist attack on our democracy, drowning out the voices of marginalized voters. Already, big money in politics blocks Black, brown, and working class people from running for office. Cori and Jamaal want to make our government work for all of us—not just the privileged few.

Please donate whatever you can today to help Reps. Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman withstand unprecedented millions from far-right billionaires. Their elections are coming up soon and we need them to stay in Congress fighting for our collective liberation.

Thank you for helping to build a world that recognizes the sanctity of all life, no matter faith or ethnicity or background.

In solidarity,

Rashida