May 29

Aparna Raj for DC Council, Ward 1

By Our Revolution ALL, DC, Endorsement

Aparna Raj for DC Council, Ward 1

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aparna Raj for DC Council in Ward 1.

Aparna is a community organizer, union member, tenant advocate, and the daughter of immigrants who has spent years fighting alongside working people in Washington, DC. Her campaign is grounded in a simple belief: government should work for ordinary people — not wealthy insiders, corporate developers, or special interests. She understands the challenges facing working families because she’s been organizing around them for years.

As a tenant organizer, Aparna has helped residents take on negligent landlords, fight unsafe housing conditions, and win real improvements for tenants. She has advocated for stronger tenant protections and served on the ANC 1A Housing Justice and Zoning Committee, working to ensure housing policy serves residents instead of developer profits.

As a union member, she served on her bargaining committee to win better pay and benefits for workers. She has fought to raise the tipped minimum wage and stood with workers organizing for dignity and economic justice across the city.

Those experiences have shaped a bold vision for Ward 1 and for Washington, DC.

Aparna is campaigning to expand affordable housing and strengthen rent control protections so that working families, seniors, and longtime residents can remain in the communities they helped build. She supports expanding childcare access and moving toward universal free childcare so that no family is forced to choose between financial stability and caring for their children. She is committed to defending immigrants, federal workers, LGBTQ+ communities, and DC’s right to self-government against attacks from right-wing politicians and powerful interests.

At a moment when working people are being priced out of their neighborhoods and corporate influence too often dominates politics, Aparna represents the kind of leadership our movement needs.

Her campaign is powered by grassroots supporters, not corporate donors. She understands that meaningful change comes from organized people coming together to fight for their communities. That’s the same principle Our Revolution was founded on when millions of Bernie supporters came together to build a political home for the progressive movement.

We don’t just need better policies. We need leaders who will organize with their communities, challenge entrenched power, and build lasting change from the ground up.

That’s why electing progressives to city councils, school boards, state legislatures, and local offices is so important. These are the leaders who shape people’s daily lives and who form the foundation of a stronger progressive movement nationwide. Building power locally is how we win nationally.

Aparna Raj is exactly the kind of movement leader Our Revolution was created to support.

She has spent years fighting for tenants, workers, immigrants, and families. She’s running a people-powered campaign rooted in community organizing and economic justice. And she’s ready to bring that same commitment to Ward 1 on the DC Council.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aparna Raj for DC Council.

Join us in supporting her campaign and helping build a government that puts people before profits.

May 01

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Janeese Lewis George for DC Mayor

By Our Revolution ALL, DC, Endorsement

Janeese Lewis George for DC Mayor

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Janeese Lewis George for Mayor of Washington, D.C. because she isn’t just talking about change — she has spent her career fighting for it.

A Ward 4 Councilmember and labor ally, Janeese made history as the first self-described democratic socialist elected to the D.C. Council in decades. She ran — and won — on a grassroots, small-donor campaign that centered working people.

Now, Janeese is running a people-first campaign for Mayor focused on affordability, equity, and building a city that works for everyone — not just the wealthy few.

Her platform directly takes on the crises facing working families:

Universal Childcare: Expanding subsidies so every D.C. family can afford care
Social Housing: Investing in publicly owned, mixed-income housing to tackle skyrocketing rents
Workers & Families First: Fighting for good jobs, strong labor protections, and economic justice
Immigrant Justice: Ending cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration enforcement
Community Safety: Investing in prevention, public services, and accountability — not failed status quo approaches
Affordable City for All: Tackling the cost of housing, childcare, transportation, and small business survival

This is a comprehensive agenda rooted in the idea that government should serve people — not corporations and big money interests.

Janeese is challenging a political establishment that has held power in D.C. for decades — and she’s doing it the same way she’s always led: by organizing. She is offering a clear alternative to politics as usual — one that uplifts working people, renters, families, and communities too often left behind.

Janeese represents the next generation of leaders carrying that movement forward at the local level — where real change can take root.

When we organize, we win.

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