Today Black women activists, civic and community leaders, and
elected officials penned an open letter to Democratic National Committee
Chair Tom Perez calling for a meeting to discuss the state of Black
women and the Party.
Dear Chairman Tom Perez:
Black women have consistently shown up for
Democrats as a loyal voting bloc, demonstrating time and again that we
are crucial to the protection of progressive policies such as economic
security, affordable healthcare and criminal justice reform.
We have voted and organized our communities
with little support or investment from the Democratic Party for voter
mobilization efforts. We have shown how Black women lead, yet the
Party's leadership from Washington to the state parties have few or no
Black women in leadership. More and more, Black women are running for
office and winning elections — with scant support from Democratic Party
infrastructure.
Well, like civil rights activist Fannie Lou
Hamer, who testified at the 1964 Democratic convention demanding Blacks
have a seat and voice within the Party, we are "sick and tired of being
sick and tired."
Click here to read the letter in its entirety.
Source: NBC News
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