FutureGen PAC Endorses Imani Oakley For Congress

Montclair, NJ — FutureGen PAC, the national environmental justice group which supported Ed Markey, Cori Bush, Marie Newman, and Pramila Jayapal, endorsed Imani Oakley’s campaign for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District Tuesday.

“I am honored to be endorsed by FutureGen PAC,” Oakley said. “Our movement for change in the 10th district is part and parcel of the global fight for environmental justice. I am so proud that FutureGen PAC stands with our movement for clean air, clean water, and a liveable planet.”

Oakley — a political organizer who has worked hard to combat systemic injustice in all its forms — is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District on a proudly progressive platform that includes support for the Green New Deal and environmental justice. Her policies include ensuring a just green transition, rapid decarbonization of the economy, and massive federal investment in green unionized jobs for all.

The incumbent, Rep. Payne Jr., has drawn criticism for taking money from some of the worst polluters in the fossil fuel industry, such as ExxonMobil, Plains All American Pipeline, and Enbridge — despite currently sitting as the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Hazardous Materials, and Pipelines — and for having one of the highest absentee rates of any Congressperson.

Oakley and her campaign thanked FutureGen PAC for their support and promised that combating climate change would be central to her campaign.

This endorsement adds to the progressive coalition growing around Oakley’s campaign, including from Brand New Congress, Catch Fire, West Orange Young Democrats, Building Bridges For America, Roadmap for Progress, Black Lives Matter activist Zellie Imani, Mt. Rainier Vice Mayor Scott Cecil, Maplewood Mayor Dean Dafis, Muslim community leader and civil rights advocate Selaedin Maksut, and former progressive presidential candidate Marianne Williamson.

“Our campaign has always been about being proudly progressive and proudly for New Jersey’s working people,” Oakley said. “The coalition around our campaign is made up of those who share those values. And together, we will defeat the entrenched political power of the fossil fuel industry and take back our communities.”