We need a real, honest, and national conversation about racism in America, because the status quo is a crisis for too many… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
We have to break the cycle of structural racism, and build a truly just society for all of us. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
My background is: I'm a Black man in America, victim of police brutality, victim of institutional racism, working-class from working-class roots. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
The story of the American Jewish community is one of resilience and transformation. While often facing antisemitism and discrimination, the Jewish community… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
I talk about the politics of love over the politics of fear... Fear is rooted in institutional racism. It's this fear of… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Racist infrastructure has damaged districts like mine for generations. — 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
