Happy Black History Month, John!
Wednesday marked the beginning of Black History Month in the U.S. — 28 days of celebrating Black excellence and acknowledging that Black history is American history.
Throughout our nation's history, we have never fully delivered on the promises of democracy. The legacies of slavery and Jim Crow have carried on through voter suppression, unequal economic policies, police violence, defunded education, housing discrimination, community disinvestments, and more.
But since even before our country's founding, Black leaders have been fighting for change, for a better America for all of us. We honor their legacies and work today — and support Black leaders who are still turning the tides of our country. Leaders like Summer.
Last month, Summer became the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. Until last November, Pennsylvania, one of the original 13 colonies, had not elected a Black woman to the House of Representatives or Senate. While this achievement was long overdue, Summer is determined to make sure she won’t be the last or only Black Congresswoman from PA.
In Congress, Summer's using her position on the powerful Oversight Committee to fight back against GOP white supremacist super-villains like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, and Lauren Boebert — uniting us against our common enemy: corporations and the wealthy elite who stoke division while they fund Republicans to pick our pockets.
Summer knows firsthand what it's like to grow up in a community overlooked by politicians and targeted by corporations who put profits over people. We know racial justice is more than just one issue — it is guaranteeing union jobs, supporting environmental justice, ending the school-to-prison pipeline, passing universal health care, overhauling racist voter suppression laws, investing in our schools, passing common sense gun reform, ending the Black maternal mortality crisis, and securing reproductive rights.
Today, let's join together to support the first Black Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, and the many who will come after her. Will you chip in $5 or more to power Summer's work and grow this bold movement for change?
In solidarity,
Team Summer
