“This Election Will No Longer Be About Us Without Us

Jess Brooks
Intersectional and Crossectional
1 min readMar 20, 2016

“MPowerChange.org is launching an unprecedented grassroots campaign designed to uplift the voices of American Muslims and show the ways in which we affect and are affected by politics and policies.Muslim communities have always been a part of this country, even before it was called the United States of America. Indeed, there has never been an America without Muslims and Islam. And while much of the conversation around Muslims today focuses on violence and Islamophobia, we continue to influence society on all levels: We’re organizing our communities, advocating for justice and building political power.”

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Jess Brooks
Intersectional and Crossectional

A collection blog of all the things I am reading and thinking about; OR, my attempt to answer my internal FAQs.