I would never try to fill John Lewis's shoes. I can only be myself - my authentic self. — Jamaal Bowman Authentic self Copy Share Image
We must hire more social workers and counselors in our schools than police officers. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Congress has the authority to authorize spending and investment to historically neglected and marginalized communities. — Jamaal Bowman Authority Copy Share Image
We need to invest in our people and a livable planet if we want to build an economy that works for everyone. — Jamaal Bowman Economics Copy Share Image
To reimagine our country, we must first rebuild our infrastructure with community priorities at the center. — Jamaal Bowman Community Copy Share Image
Alex, AOC, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, she was a mentor from afar, even before I got to Congress. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Nothing will ever bring back George Floyd, or any of the thousands of others we have lost to racist police violence. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
It's important for Muslims and non-Muslims to stand together against hate in all of its forms, particularly against Islamophobia because quite often… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We need to ask ourselves what kind of systems and structures we want in place - not only for people to survive,… — Jamaal Bowman Architecture Copy Share Image
Congressman Engel had a reputation quite frankly for being absent from the community, being disengaged and not being a leader or fighter… — Jamaal Bowman Community Copy Share Image
I am endorsing Joe Biden. He has to be our president. Donald Trump is a racist and a fascist, and we have… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Being a candidate who doesn't take corporate PAC money forced me to be accountable to the people I serve and to meet… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
A true infrastructure investment must include transforming our economy to handle the climate crisis, supporting care workers, reforming SSI, making child care… — Jamaal Bowman Child care Copy Share Image
We need to end qualified immunity at the federal level, where police can violate a person's civil rights with impunity, which we've… — Jamaal Bowman Civil rights Copy Share Image
Violence begets violence, and hate begets hate. Both hate and violence beget a society that harms, and makes impossible the healing necessary… — Jamaal Bowman Full potential Copy Share Image
Yes, we need a substantial investment in our hard infrastructure like roads and bridges. But roads and bridges can't serve people if… — Jamaal Bowman Child care Copy Share Image
Losing your home is one of the most destabilizing, inhumane things a person can experience. — Jamaal Bowman Experience Copy Share Image
Racist infrastructure has damaged districts like mine for generations. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We can have a political system that works for the people and allows for the economy to thrive. It doesn't have to… — Jamaal Bowman Economics Copy Share Image
The barriers to careers in STEM that people of color and traditionally underrepresented groups face need to be broken down. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
As long as energy is treated as a commodity, not a right, poor people, workers, and communities of color will suffer. — Jamaal Bowman Climate Copy Share Image
Roads and bridges can't serve us if they're continually eroded by a worsening climate crisis. — Jamaal Bowman Bridges Copy Share Image
What we badly need in this country is a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like what we've seen in other nations that… — Jamaal Bowman Country Copy Share Image
Defund the police does not mean abolish the police. It means a dramatic reduction in the number of police in our poor… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed and enabled a doctrine of obstructionism that's prevented Americans from seeing the help and progress… — Jamaal Bowman Help Copy Share Image
I deeply love the students that I serve. I tried to do anything in my power to give them additional resources and… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has… — Jamaal Bowman American history Copy Share Image
The care economy impacts all of us: our children, elderly loved ones, family members with disabilities, child care workers, home health aides,… — Jamaal Bowman Care Copy Share Image
Our crumbling infrastructure disproportionately harms Black, brown, Indigenous, and low-income communities. The negative health impacts arising from fossil fuel use, industrial pollution,… — Jamaal Bowman Crumbling infrastructure Copy Share Image
Many elected Republicans know that ensuring that people of color can vote freely would spell bad news for them and their agenda,… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
If you care about social and racial justice, innovation, and humanity, become a teacher. There are amazing kids who have unlimited potential… — Jamaal Bowman Amazing Copy Share Image
I was suspended and discarded. I was told to go to hell by administrators. I was placed in classes far beneath my… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
I ran for office because I believe personally that the cycle of poverty is systemic, is rooted in racial injustice, and is… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
If you look throughout American history, it has been protests and mass movements and the people rising up that has moved to… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We must work together to unlearn the biases that make our foundation week, and rebuild a foundation of collective care, love, and… — Jamaal Bowman Cooperation Copy Share Image
I see myself as a person who is pushing back and fighting against oppression in all its forms, centering racial and economic… — Jamaal Bowman Economic injustice Copy Share Image
As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip… — Jamaal Bowman Black americans Copy Share Image
Democracy, as a governing system, is built on the foundational concept that when you cast your ballot, that ballot ensures your voice,… — Jamaal Bowman Ballot Copy Share Image
Caregiving is almost always provided by women, and especially Black and brown women. This work has historically been made invisible, which creates… — Jamaal Bowman Caregivers Copy Share Image
