Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“Are you all ready to make a ruckus? Are you all ready to
fight for our rights?” a fierce women yells into the crowd, “Everyone deserves
justice, and everyone deserves equal protection and prosperity in our country.”
At New York City’s third annual Women’s March, RepresentativeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a powerful message of social justice and
equality. During her speech, Ocasio-Cortez drew comparisons between the Women’s
March and the Civil Rights Movement, emphasizing the importance of
intersectional advocacy. She uses language very reminiscent of third wave feminism,
expressing that or fights for economic, social, environmental and racial were
all interconnected.
“Justice is not a concept we read about in a book,”
Ocasio-Cortez said. “Justice is about the water we drink. Justice is about the
air we breathe. Justice is about how easy it is to vote. Justice is about how
much ladies get paid.”
Throughout her career, Ocasio-Cortez has proven herself to
be very committed in improving the lives of low-income people as well as communities
of immigrants and people of color. She has a socialist way of viewing our
government and its role and has never once be ashamed to speak out. She is
often discredited for her aspirations, but she chooses to see America in a way
that it can be fixed rather than as something to give up on. Her politics are
refreshing, her message positive and her impact historical.
At age 29, Ocasio-Cortez was the youngest women ever elected in to congress. Since then she has consistently made history with her politics and activism.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez graduated from Boston University College of Arts & Sciences in 2011. She volunteered as an organizer for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign and worked in former Senator Ted Kennedy's foreign affairs and immigration office. She also founded Brook Avenue Press, a children's book publisher. All of these experiences led the Congresswoman to organize Latinx youth in the Bronx and across the United States. Ocasio-Cortez eventually began work as an Educational Director with the National Hispanic Institute. In this role she helped Americans, DREAMers and undocumented youth in community leadership and college readiness.
Alexandria Cortez is an awesome example of a real women warrior. I love how you shared her quotes from the women's marches. Reading them showed me she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes and also practices it through the organizations you mentioned. Being the youngest woman elected to congress makes her inspirational to me. Good choice!
ReplyDeleteThe youngest woman to be elected into congress?! That’s amazing!! I’m glad you did a blog post on this woman or else I never would have known about her contributions to women and society. I’m very pleased with the inspirational quotes that came from her as well. She made a lot of great contributions to immigrants and low income people as well. Good post!
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