EMILYs List Honors Jewish American Heritage Month

For Immediate Release
May 2, 2022

EMILYs List Honors Jewish American Heritage Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, released the following statement in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month: 
 
“EMILYs List is thrilled to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month. We recognize the incredible contributions of the Jewish community in the United States, and we must also acknowledge the anti-semitism they face as well. We stand against the hate and bigotry endured for too long by the Jewish community, and are proud to have endorsed many of the nation’s preeminent Jewish American leaders in our mission to elect Democratic pro-choice women. We remain committed to supporting the fight against anti-semitism and advancing justice in communities across the United States.” 

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state, and national offices. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.