Dianne Morales

Dianne Morales (born June 21, 1967) is an American non-profit executive and political candidate. In 2019, she announced her candidacy for the 2021 New York City mayoral election.[1]

Dianne Morales
Born (1967-06-21) June 21, 1967
Brooklyn, New York
Alma materStony Brook University (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
Columbia University (MEd)
Political partyDemocratic
WebsiteCampaign

Early life and education

Morales is Afro-Latina; her parents are from Puerto Rico.[2][3] She was born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, growing up on DeKalb Avenue, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan in New York City.[4][5] She is a single mother.[6][7]

She then went on to attend Stony Brook University.[2] Morales earned a Master of Social Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Master of Education Administration from Columbia University.[8][9][10]

Career

While working at the New York City Department of Education, Morales helped open the Office of Youth Development and School-Community Services under Chancellor Joel Klein, and served as its Chief of Operations from 2002 to 2004.[11][12] From 2004 to 2005, Morales served as a director of The Teaching Commission, a national task force that focuses on improving teaching quality in American schools.[13] Morales was a founding member of Jumpstart, a national early childhood non-profit organization.[11][14] From 2005 to 2009, Morales served as executive director of The Door, a youth development organization that serves over 11,000 young people every year.[15][16]

Since 2010 Morales had been the executive director and chief executive officer of Phipps Neighborhoods in the South Bronx, a Bronx social services organization that fights poverty.[17][3][12][13] Morales serves on the board of the NYC Human Services Council and the Community Schools Advisory Board.[18][13]

Mayoral campaign

In 2019, she announced her candidacy for the 2021 New York City mayoral election.[1] In January 2020 she quit her job to campaign for mayor full time.[19][20] It is her first political campaign.[21] Her campaign-announced priorities include reforming the New York City Housing Authority, desegregating city schools, promoting equitable and affordable mass transit, creating green jobs, building affordable housing, a guaranteed minimum income, rent cancellation, cutting the New York Police Department budget (defunding the police), an elected police oversight body, and reforming the police.[22][23][24][11] She also is looking to create a "community first responders department" to respond to non-criminal issues such as homelessness and mental health that are currently handled by the police.[25] The New York Daily News described her as one of the most progressive candidates in the race.[26] Her goal is to become New York City's first Afro-Latina mayor, and first female mayor.[27][28][29] As of mid-January 2021, she had raised more than $336,000 from donors, spent over $208,000 on her campaign, and had about $127,000 left.[30]

Personal life

She lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant with her two children and her parents.[4]

References
  1. Kirker, Katie. "'Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. Iqbal, Zainab (November 20, 2020). "Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor". Bklyner.
  3. Durkin, Erin (November 19, 2020). "Dianne Morales officially kicks off mayoral campaign". Politico.
  4. Gloria Pazmino (November 12, 2020). "Dianne Morales Touts 'Lived Experience'". NY1.
  5. Jeff Coltin (December 1, 2020). "Dianne Morales' NYC mayoral campaign theme: 'power to the people'". City & State NY.
  6. Billy Yost (November 9, 2020). "Dianne Morales Creates the Community She Wants to See". Hispanic Executive.
  7. "Dianne Morales". 360 MAGAZINE. August 17, 2020.
  8. "Dianne Morales: Learning from Missteps". bridgespan.org. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  9. McCue, Kat (January 17, 2020). "Dianne Morales Hosts Meet and Greet". BeLatina. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  10. Mays, Jeffery C.; Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (December 7, 2020). "5 Highlights of New York Mayor's Race, as Spike Lee Weighs In". The New York Times.
  11. Khurshid, Samar. "Dianne Morales Officially Launches Campaign for Mayor of New York City". Gotham Gazette.
  12. Jeff Coltin (August 5, 2019). "Dianne Morales wants to be New York City's first female mayor". City & State NY.
  13. "Dianne Morales; Secretary; Executive Director and CEO, Phipps Neighborhoods". Human Services Council.
  14. "Una puertorriqueña busca ser alcaldesa de Nueva York". El Ciudadano. November 22, 2020.
  15. ""Petitioner and Amicus Briefs Summaries; Sullivan v. Florida; Graham v. Florida"" (PDF).
  16. "The major 2021 mayoral contenders". City & State NY. December 31, 2020.
  17. David Cruz (August 29, 2019). "Bronx-Based Nonprofit Director Launches Mayoral Bid". Norwood News.
  18. Coltin, Jeff (2019-08-05). "Dianne Morales wants to be New York City's first female mayor". City and State New York. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  19. Terrell Jermaine Starr. "Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Doesn't Want to Return New York City Back to 'Normal'". The Root.
  20. Honan, Katie (May 28, 2020). "New York City Mayor's Race Feels the Impact of the Coronavirus". The Wall Street Journal.
  21. "Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor". News Break Brooklyn, NY.
  22. Williams, Jordan (December 3, 2020). "NYC mayoral contender challenges New York Times for defining candidacy by marijuana use". The Hill.
  23. "She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor". NY1.
  24. Smith, Aidan (September 29, 2020). "The Next Step for the New York Left: City Hall". Labyrinth.
  25. Shahrigian, Shant (November 2, 2020). "Progressive mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants to rewrite NYC's 'social contract'". The New York Daily News.
  26. Shahrigian, Michael Gartland, Shant (November 24, 2020). "Fundraising during a pandemic? That's what NYC mayoral candidates are trying to figure out". The New York Daily News.
  27. "Dianne Morales Officially Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign". BK Reader. November 20, 2020.
  28. Kirker, Katie. "'Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City". Gotham Gazette.
  29. "She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor". News Break Brooklyn, NY.
  30. "Major Financial Disparities in City's Large Mayoral Field". City Limits. January 18, 2021.
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