A wave of Black women are running for the California Legislature, resulting from years cultivating leaders and more confidence among voters.
Get news and commentary on the California issues you care about in one email.Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas listens to another lawmaker speaking on the first day of session in the California Senate on Jan. 3, 2024.
As Californians cast their ballots for the March primary, more voters across the state will be able to choose a Black woman to represent them.– in districts without a Black majority. At least 24 are running for the Legislature, and 10 are being backed by the Legislative Black Caucus. To put this in perspective, there have only been 21 Black caucus members in California history.
At the same time, Black organizations, leaders and networks, as well as movements for social change, have fostered a new wave of Black women stepping up as community leaders. Groups like theSimultaneously, a growing number of Black women in the labor movement and in racial justice movements have been driven to carry that leadership into elected office.
More and more, they see that the answer lies in leaders who have dedicated themselves to exactly these changes: Black women.Voters know that Black women see the crisis of homelessness not as an aesthetic or hygienic crisis on our streets, but as a crisis of our humanity and our ability to see the uncles, cousins and children who are in dire need of lifting up.
Voters see candidates who have been working for years to unite Black and brown neighborhoods to fight poverty, and they trust those candidates. They trust us to work hard, build bridges and fight for a more inclusive, just and humane society.With voters’ confidence in our leadership, Black women in California will not only be bringing our chairs, we will be setting the table for a stronger state and brighter future for all.We've recently sent you an authentication link.
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