[1]Ayanna Pressley



I feel so inordinately blessed to be the beneficiary of Congressman John
Lewis’s 80 years of kindness, integrity and good trouble. What a blessing
to have a man of such conviction become an elder before he became our
ancestor. To walk the halls of Congress with him, to break bread with him,
to stand on that bridge with him.

In the hardest moments, just seeing John Lewis would encourage you. At a
time of such unprecedented hurt and such an inflection moment for our
nation and moment of racial reckoning it is painful to lose a voice of
moral clarity. In the backdrop of our continued fight for civil rights and
a moment of national reckoning, the loss is even more profound.

Congressman Lewis did not rest on legacy. Every moment of his life was
committed to the struggle, the pursuit of long promised justice and
equality, the power of the ballot box. A 23 year old man who spoke at the
March on Washington, survived police brutality, spilled his blood on that
bridge, sat solemnly at lunch counter after lunch counter. History would
have written him a hero for his early contributions alone. But he stayed
focused and committed to the fight every single day. He reminds us there
is no eligibility age and no expiration date when it comes to the work of
justice.

His life has been an example that we will be led by the young and
courageous who put their body on the line and strike out against
injustice. The Civil Rights movement isn’t over. We are still in it. And
the organizers in the streets today pay homage to the path Congressman
Lewis walked before them.

[ [link removed] ]The House passed HR 4 in December 2019, but it is still in the Senate.
Will you honor Congressman Lewis’s life by calling your Senators right now
and tell them to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act that Congressman
John Lewis fought for?

[ [link removed] ]Call Your Senators

The platitudes do not do this great man justice. But in Work and in deed,
we will carry on his legacy, we will pick up the mantle and press forward
in his name.

In solidarity,

Ayanna Pressley


 


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