Elise Joshi
@EliseJoshi
23 y/o labor-climate organizer. Bike and BART commuter. Board Member+Formerly ED @genzforchange. Cal ‘23. 🇪🇨🇮🇳
Today is my last day as Executive Director of Gen-Z for Change. I'm teary eyed as I reflect on all our campaigns, from labor to reproductive rights to climate to palestine. Here's some of that work🧵:)
Bumping this!
Zohran's campaign is a product of NY-DSA. A candidate backed by mass movements / organization keeps them principled and grounded on the needs of their constituents. Gen-Z candidates should have strong ties to local orgs and labor. It's not enough to just be young!
Made a video about how we're forced to use cars and the entire comment section is full of people saying they wish they could walk, bike, bus, train where they live but they have no choice other than driving.
If a wealthy professional athlete needs to come out of retirement to afford to see a doctor, how is our health care system impacting millions of working-class Americans? We need Medicare for All.
“They chained me to the ground," a Nicaraguan migrant seeking U.S. asylum told WLRN in a phone call from inside Alligator Alcatraz. "I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”
'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards. Our @WLRN report.wlrn.org/immigration/20…
Nearly two-thirds of young Americans view socialism favorably, according to a 2025 YouGov/CATO poll. That's up from 51% in 2019.
Once again asking you all to follow the incredible @RepSummerLee for all of the reasons stated below and also bc she's great at making TikToks about the climate crisis lol
.@RepSummerLee is one of the best members of Congress and deserves WAY more attention! Her voting record is impeccable, she's so kind, she's deeply rooted in her district as is her staff, and she's funneled billions of $ for climate, health, and infrastructure to her district.
Movement leaders must be good at handling criticism. Effective organizing requires diversity of thought and tactics, but the ability to reflect, take ownership of a mistake, and learn from it is crucial to being a strong, trusted movement leader.
god bless tyler the creator for saving us from this summer of boring music
Updated our Dem Left Tracker! Top 10: 1. Tlaib 2. Lee (PA) 3. AOC 4. Omar 5. Ramirez 6. Casar 7. García (IL) 8. Jayapal 9. Pressley 10. Simon Bottom 10: 203. Costa 204. Pappas 205. Gillen 206. Lee (NV) 207. Gonzalez 208. Gray 209. Cuellar 210. Golden 211. Perez 212. Davis (NC)
I know the 2024 Dem pitch for Gaza was 10% less genocide but Trump’s been in office 6 mo’s, and accelerated the genocide for four, and the two most powerful Dems, Schumer and Jeffries haven’t issued a single criticism of Trump’s Gaza policy. Neither has Harris, Biden or Obama.
I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us. fatehformayor.com/donate
There’s no putting the “AI” genie back in the bottle. Instead of denying this and expecting abstinence from a technological revolution from regular people at the retail level while every corporation & government adopts it in various ways…
People talk about votes against Iron Dome funding as if they’re votes to go in and dismantle the Iron Dome or ban interceptors to Israel. If Israel wants defensive munitions they can - I know this is crazy - pay for them like basically every country in the world does.
My friends @shaabiranks, @elgindy_ & others have already explained at length why the iron dome is essential to Israel’s shield of impunity. What I find insane is that one could call what Israel is doing in Gaza a genocide and still vote to fund their military in the same breath.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it. What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to…
Mamdani has been asked more times about a phrase he hasn't said than Cuomo has been asked about the women he sexually harassed.
Ayooo
America has the most corrupt political system in the Western world.
this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than fellow trans people
First ban that goes up to age 21. This has my support.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, or a veteran, or that I identified who I was. They ignored everything I said, and they just they broke my window and they dragged me out. I let them know that I was a veteran and I wasn't doing anything…
EXPOSED: A new dossier from @wawog_now reveals material and ideological ties between Israel and journalists, editors, and executives of The New York Times. Whether serving in the IOF or taking money from pro-Israel consultancies, the staff at the Times is compromised.
Being a young politician isn't an excuse to not have deep relationships with the area you wish to serve. Your endorsements, social media content, volunteer base, etc should all reflect your love for and knowledge of your constituents and their dreams.