Elect Black Women PAC Endorses Imani Oakley for Congress in NJ-10

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Elect Black Women PAC, an organization dedicated to supporting qualified, powerful Black women candidates at every level of government, announced today their endorsement of Imani Oakley for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District.

“I am so honored and humbled by all of the endorsements for this race that I’ve received – we are truly building a movement for change here in NJ-10 – but this endorsement feels particularly personal,” said Oakley. “When I look at Elect Black Women’s work, and I see their commitment to building the political power of women like me – women who are most impacted by the racial inequity, violence, and injustice built into every facet of our country, and who have been so long left out of our national project – and it fills me with hope.”

Oakley is a political organizer and a proud graduate of Howard University School of Law — the oldest HBCU law school in the United States. She  is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District on a platform that includes environmental justice, reproductive freedom, investment in public schools, Medicare for All, comprehensive immigration reform, and international human rights.

The endorsement of Elect Black Women PAC adds to the progressive coalition growing around Oakley’s campaign, which includes endorsements from Brand New Congress, Catch Fire, the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, West Orange Young Democrats, Building Bridges For America, Roadmap for Progress, FutureGen PAC, four local Sunrise Movement hubs, Black Lives Matter activist Zellie Imani, Mt. Rainier Vice Mayor Scott Cecil, Maplewood Mayor Dean Dafis, Muslim community leader and civil rights advocate Selaedin Maksut, Palestinian-American community leader and advocate Wassim Kanaan, and former progressive presidential candidate Marianne Williamson.

“Every single issue that I fight for disproportionately affects women and disproportionately affects people of color, with Black women sitting at the heart of this intersection and taking the brunt of so many of these injustices,” Oakley said. “As Congresswoman, I will fight to right these injustices and create a healthier, more just NJ-10.”