John,

I’m proud to protest for human rights alongside fellow democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. As a New York State Assemblymember, Zohran introduced first-in-the-nation legislation to stop NY charities from funding Israeli war crimes, and last November he led a hunger strike in front of the White House demanding a permanent ceasefire.

Now Zohran is running for mayor of New York City, with a bold vision including fast and free buses, freezing rent for more than two million rent stabilized tenants, and universal free childcare for every young resident.

Zohran and I are both committed to helping working families thrive, including pushing back against corporate grocery stores’ price gouging. He recently proposed a plan to start nonprofit city-owned grocery stores that sell groceries at much more affordable prices, saying: “The job of city government isn’t to tinker around the edges while one in four children across our city go hungry.”

That’s the kind of energy we need at all levels of government, and because the mayor of NYC represents more people than the vast majority of U.S. senators do, this position plays a huge role in national politics. Zohran has already started a door-to-door canvassing operation in preparation for the June 2025 Democratic primary election. He doesn’t take any money from corporate PACs and needs grassroots donations to help show strong early support for his visionary campaign.

Please split a donation today between my and Zohran Mamdani’s campaigns to save lives at home and abroad—before his next big fundraising deadline in early January.

Note: People can donate up to $2,100 to Zohran’s campaign, and if you’re a New York City resident, the first $250 of your donation to Zohran will be matched 8 times thanks to the city’s public campaign finance program.

Throughout his career Zohran has fought for the working class, including hunger striking alongside taxi drivers to achieve more than $450 million in transformative debt relief, winning over $100 million in the state budget for increased subway service and a successful fare-free bus pilot, and organizing New Yorkers to defeat a proposed dirty power plant.

As Zohran said, “This campaign is for every person who believes in the dignity of their neighbors and that the government's job is to actually make our lives better.” We deserve a government that works for the people, not just billionaires.

Meanwhile, NYC’s current mayor has praised Trump, sent police to attack pro-Palestine student protesters, and will face a trial in the spring after being indicted for corruption. And a potential NYC mayoral candidate is currently working with Trump’s lawyer to defend Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu from the International Criminal Court’s charges of war crimes. In response to this news, Zohran said: “We need a mayor focused on the cost of living crisis, not defending a genocide.”

In this time when dehumanization endangers our communities and lawmakers are trying to criminalize protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights, we need more elected leaders who will stand up for our rights and see everyone as worthy of life and of dignity.  

Please split a donation today between my and Zohran’s bold campaigns for transformative changes to help everyday families not only survive, but thrive.

If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, split evenly between Rashida Tlaib and Zohran for NYC.

Thank you for continuing to build a better world for all people.

In solidarity,

Rashida