I support defunding the police - particularly the militarization of our police force and reallocating those resources toward public health. And not… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Whoever becomes Education Secretary has to have a love and passion for public schools. Not charter schools, not vouchers, but public schools. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Ending the school-to-prison pipeline is not a small task and requires detangling the myth of white superiority from our entire education system. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Appreciating teachers means transforming the way we think about education and the way we design curriculums. It means protecting the rights of… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My second year of teaching I was chosen to be a crisis intervention teacher. Our school was a kindergarten through fourth grade… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
The Green New Deal for Public Schools represents the level of school infrastructure investment that is urgent and necessary to heal the… — 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 been oppressive… — Jamaal Bowman 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 have tried… — Jamaal Bowman 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 injustice very… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We must hire more social workers and counselors in our schools than police officers. — 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 be either. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Our response to crises cannot be adding more and more police funding. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We need a transformation to our energy system that not only reflects our climate reality. We need an energy system that is of, by,… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We must empower educators to provide the best learning environment possible for students. — 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
You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but we was… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
I'm trying my best not to raise my children with fear of the police. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
