Jamaal Bowman

When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has…

— Jamaal Bowman

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

I see myself as a person who is pushing back and fighting against oppression in all its forms, centering racial and economic…

— Jamaal Bowman

We must hire more social workers and counselors in our schools than police officers.

— Jamaal Bowman

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

Our response to crises cannot be adding more and more police funding.

— Jamaal Bowman

We need a transformation to our energy system that not only reflects our climate reality. We need an energy system that is…

— Jamaal Bowman

We must empower educators to provide the best learning environment possible for students.

— Jamaal Bowman

Nothing will ever bring back George Floyd, or any of the thousands of others we have lost to racist police violence.

— Jamaal Bowman

You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but…

— Jamaal Bowman

I'm trying my best not to raise my children with fear of the police.

— Jamaal Bowman

All my kids do is make fun of me.

— Jamaal Bowman

We need a real, honest, and national conversation about racism in America, because the status quo is a crisis for too many…

— Jamaal Bowman

Our democracy is falling apart - we can't just let that happen.

— Jamaal Bowman

No Republican vote in favor of an infrastructure package should supersede our mission: to build an America that works for the people,…

— Jamaal Bowman

I've been arrested for 'stealing' my own car, only to be released.

— Jamaal Bowman

We need to ask ourselves what kind of systems and structures we want in place - not only for people to survive,…

— Jamaal Bowman

I support defunding the police - particularly the militarization of our police force and reallocating those resources toward public health. And not…

— Jamaal Bowman

I was suspended and discarded. I was told to go to hell by administrators. I was placed in classes far beneath my…

— Jamaal Bowman

As we deal with a devastating climate crisis caused by decades of unchecked corporate greed, we need to center our children and…

— Jamaal Bowman

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

Our strength as a democracy relies on voter confidence.

— Jamaal Bowman

We have to break the cycle of structural racism, and build a truly just society for all of us.

— Jamaal Bowman

In using the English language to create an entirely new art form, the pioneers of Hip Hop created a vessel that grew…

— Jamaal Bowman

Teachers are the lifeblood of our communities and the ones who nurture the future of our world.

— Jamaal Bowman