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Community Voices Heard Power Endorses Mondaire Jones for Congress
Grassroots Organization Fighting for Racial, Social, & Economic Justice backs Mondaire Jones for Congress in NY-17
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — Community Voices Heard Power today endorsed NY-17 Democratic Congressional Candidate Mondaire Jones, citing Mondaire’s lifelong commitment to racial and economic justice and equity in its endorsement.
"Community Voices Heard Power is proud to endorse Mondaire Jones’ candidacy for New York's 17th Congressional District. Mondaire's background and platform prove he understands the plight and needs of working class people of color. His faith, values, and courage make him more than qualified to represent me and this community in DC. We look forward to building power together." - Pastor Shaun E. Jones, Community Voices Heard Power Member
“I am honored to be endorsed by Community Voices Heard Power, an organization that values the power of individual people and uses grassroots organizing to stand up for New York State’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities,” said NY-17 Democratic Congressional Candidate Mondaire Jones. “Growing up in Section 8 housing and on food stamps, I know the struggles faced by low-income communities of color and will always fight on their behalf when I’m in Congress. Community Voices Heard Power won’t stop working until New York State is a just and equitable place for everyone and I’m proud to stand alongside CVH Power in this fight.”
Mondaire Jones has also been endorsed by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Sec. Julián Castro, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Deb Haaland, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. David Cicilline, the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Equality PAC, NY Working Families Party, United Auto Workers, Hispanic Democrats of Westchester, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, The LGBT Victory Fund, The Collective PAC, and more than 40 elected officials and community leaders in Rockland and Westchester Counties. He recently announced that his campaign had raised over $827,000 by the end of the first quarter of 2020. Unlike many of his opponents, Jones is not accepting corporate PAC money in his campaign and has also signed the No Fossil Fuel Pledge. When elected, Mondaire will make U.S. history as the first openly gay, black member of Congress.
About Mondaire: Mondaire Jones is a 33-year-old former litigator in the Westchester County Law Department and former Department of Justice staffer during the Obama Administration. A resident of South Nyack, he is running to represent New York's 17th Congressional District. A product of East Ramapo public schools, Mondaire was raised in Section 8 housing and on food stamps in the Village of Spring Valley by a single mother who worked multiple jobs to provide for their family. He later graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. He is a co-founder of the nonprofit Rising Leaders, Inc. and has previously served on the NAACP’s National Board of Directors and on the board of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Mondaire is a progressive running to fight for bold solutions to our biggest problems: a Green New Deal, tuition-free public college and student debt forgiveness, Medicare for All, and a full restoration of the SALT deduction for families in Westchester and Rockland.
