From being a classroom teacher to becoming a principal and founding a public middle school in the Bronx, Jamaal has devoted his life to public education. He has been a leader in the opt-out movement, speaking out against the weaponization of standardized testing. He led community organizing efforts against the school-to-prison pipeline.

He has been outspoken about chronic underfunding of our public schools. Public education is the infrastructure of democracy, and too many Democrats have been silent or complicit in the privatization of education and the high-stakes testing movement, ignoring the human impacts.

Jamaal is resigning from his position as a middle school principal to fully commit to his campaign. Because he is putting it all on the line for this race, we need to have his back to help make sure he wins.

Will you chip in right now to help Jamaal reach his goal of raising $8,500 before midnight tonight?

Jamaal has been campaigning while working full time as a principal of a school in a low-income district. Now that he can fully commit to campaigning, everything is going to kick into high gear as he fights for a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and free public college.

Jamaal’s opponent — Eliot Engel — has a war chest of corporate PAC and lobbyist money to draw from. But Jamaal has a powerful coalition of working people like you on his side. We need a fierce, loving educator like Jamaal Bowman in Congress to put public education at the center of our politics. That’s why it’s so important that Jamaal reaches his end-of-year fundraising goal of $8,500.

Make your best gift today to help Jamaal raise $8,500 before he runs out of time.

Onward,

Zephyr Teachout