EMILYs List Wishes the Muslim Community Eid Mubarak

For Immediate Release

July 20, 2021

EMILYs List Wishes the Muslim Community Eid Mubarak

Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, recognized the celebration of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday commemorating the end of the holy pilgrimage of Hajj and giving charity. Emily Cain, executive director of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“EMILYs List extends well wishes to the Muslim community in celebration of Eid al-Adha. We recognize the sacrifices made and honor the support given by Muslims to our communities, particularly Muslim women in elected office who are standing up against hatred while advocating for legislation and policies that better their communities. These brave women remind us every day why it is so vital to the well-being of our democracy to have elected officials who represent the diversity of our country.”

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, 158 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40 percent 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.