BlackVoices.com's Jawn Murray recently posted a nice article on DFNYC-endorsed candidate Kevin Powell, running for Congress in NY's 10th district.

Education and the economy and ending the war in and getting universal healthcare for all Americans, are some of the key issues (I) will be fighting for.

First and foremost, as a product of the ghetto, a product of public schools, a product of government help to go to college, I know how critical an education was to my life. I do a lot of work with young people, with youth, in New York City , and around the country, and that is the number one thing that has got many of us stuck. Limited education, limited skills, means limited life opportunities, and more than likely a life of being stuck in poverty, in misery, and many of the vicious cycles that keep us down, like early pregnancies, drug and alcohol abuse, and trips back and forth to prison...

God has blessed me to be the rare political candidate who really has legit community organizing credentials and a pop culture and entertainment background, and we are using everything I've learned from both sides to win this election.

Read more HERE...