Shahid for Change in the News
Shahid’s run for Congress has gotten an increasing amount of media attention. Here’s some of the highlights. You can see the complete list, and learn more about the campaign, at www.shahidforchange.us.
It’s All Political: the SF Chronicle podcast
“I love this city too much to see us represented by a relatively moderate — on some issues, even conservative — voice in Washington…. If you were able to remix Bernie Sanders, the ACLU, and the movement for Black Lives, I’d be what you’d get.”
Bay Area Reporter’s Political Notebook
“Burning Man attendees known him as a DJ for the Gender Bender camp. Privacy and free speech activists likely have gotten to know him through his work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.
Marriage equality advocates might remember him as part of the legal team that defended Jason West for breaking New York’s marriage laws when he wed same-sex couples in 2004 as the then-mayor of New Paltz.
“Five years later after we lost the civil case, we won marriage equality in the state of New York. When we filed the case, no Democrat supported marriage equality except for Gavin Newsom.””
Redacted Tonight
”Is Congress ripe for a renaissance?” on Broke-Ass Stuart
“There is no simple way to describe Shahid Buttar.
He’s the son of Muslim refugees, a civil rights lawyer, an activist, a grassroots organizer, a DJ, a spoken word artist, a writer, a musician and music producer, among other things. Running as a candidate for San Francisco’s 12th District is just one of many things the 43-year-old is doing with his life, but at the moment it is the most important.”
Interview with Tim Black
“San Francisco could use some Shahid!”
Interview with Naomi Wolf on Daily Clout
“I plan to work to end the failed and racist war on drugs, and begin to dismantle the prison-industrial-slavery complex.”
Boing Boing
“San Francisco is America’s most progressive city. We deserve to be represented by someone who actively champions our community’s inclusive values, rather than a corporate establishment placing profit before people. I’ve been fighting that establishment for nearly 20 years in the courts, in the policy sphere, in the media, and in the streets.”
