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'''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]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Kirker|first=Katie|title='Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City|url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9153-go-big-or-go-home-dianne-morales-runs-mayor-new-york-city|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=Gotham Gazette|language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
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Morales is [[Afro–Latin Americans|Afro-Latina]]; her parents are from [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://bklyner.com/dianne-morales-mayor-launch/|title=Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor|first=Zainab|last=Iqbal|date=November 20, 2020|work=Bklyner}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/3pEJgiZ|title=Dianne Morales officially kicks off mayoral campaign|first=Erin|last=Durkin|website=Politico|date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> She was born and raised in [[Bedford Stuyvesant]] in [[Brooklyn]], growing up on [[DeKalb Avenue]], and graduated from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/11/13/dianne-morales-says-her--lived-experience--is-what-s-needed-at-the-top-levels-of-city-hall|title=Dianne Morales Touts 'Lived Experience'|website=NY1|date=November 12, 2020|author= Gloria Pazmino}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/dianne-morales%E2%80%99-nyc-mayoral-campaign-theme-power-people|title=Dianne Morales’ NYC mayoral campaign theme: 'power to the people'|date=December 1, 2020|website=City & State NY|author=Jeff Coltin}}</ref> She is a single mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hispanicexecutive.com/dianne-morales-office-of-the-mayor-of-nyc/|title=Dianne Morales Creates the Community She Wants to See|date=November 9, 2020|website=Hispanic Executive|author=Billy Yost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the360mag.com/dianne-morales-interview/|title=Dianne Morales|date=August 17, 2020|website=360 MAGAZINE}}</ref> |
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She then went on to attend [[Stony Brook University]].<ref name="auto1"/> She earned a Master of Social Administration from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]], and a Master of Education Administration from [[Columbia University]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Dianne Morales: Learning from Missteps|url=https://bridgespan.org/insights/library/careers/dianne-morales-learning-missteps|access-date=2020-07-01|website=bridgespan.org}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=McCue|first=Kat|date=January 17, 2020|title=Dianne Morales Hosts Meet and Greet|url=https://belatina.com/meet-and-greet-dianne-morales-nyc-mayor/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=BeLatina|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/nyregion/mayor-race-nyc-election.html|title=5 Highlights of New York Mayor’s Race, as Spike Lee Weighs In|first1=Jeffery C.|last1=Mays|first2=Emma G.|last2=Fitzsimmons|date=December 7, 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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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.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9927-dianne-morales-launches-2021-campaign-mayor-of-new-york-city|title=Dianne Morales Officially Launches Campaign for Mayor of New York City|first=Samar|last=Khurshid|website=Gotham Gazette}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/dianne-morales-wants-be-new-york-citys-first-female-mayor|title=Dianne Morales wants to be New York City’s first female mayor|date=August 5, 2019|website=City & State NY|author=Jeff Coltin}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://humanservicescouncil.org/employee/dianne-morales/|title=Dianne Morales; Secretary; Executive Director and CEO, Phipps Neighborhoods |website=Human Services Council}}</ref> Morales was a founding member of Jumpstart, a national early childhood non-profit organization.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elciudadano.com/mundo/una-puertorriquena-busca-ser-alcaldesa-de-nueva-york/11/22/|title=Una puertorriqueña busca ser alcaldesa de Nueva York|date=November 22, 2020|website=El Ciudadano}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://eji.org/files/graham-media-kit-petitioner-amicus-summaries.pdf "Petitioner and Amicus Briefs Summaries; Sullivan v. Florida; Graham v. Florida"]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/major-2021-mayoral-contenders.html|title=The major 2021 mayoral contenders|date=December 31, 2020|website=City & State NY}}</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.norwoodnews.org/bronx-based-nonprofit-director-launches-mayoral-bid/|title=Bronx-Based Nonprofit Director Launches Mayoral Bid|date=August 29, 2019|work=Norwood News|author=David Cruz}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name=":1"/> Morales serves on the board of the NYC Human Services Council and the Community Schools Advisory Board.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Coltin|first=Jeff|date=2019-08-05|title=Dianne Morales wants to be New York City's first female mayor|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/dianne-morales-wants-be-new-york-citys-first-female-mayor|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-30|website=City and State New York}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> |
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In 2019, she announced her candidacy for the [[2021 New York City mayoral election]].<ref name=":3"/> In January 2020 she quit her job to campaign for mayor full time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/mayoral-candidate-dianne-morales-doesnt-want-to-return-1846012365|title=Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Doesn't Want to Return New York City Back to 'Normal'|website=The Root|author=Terrell Jermaine Starr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-mayors-race-feels-the-impact-of-the-coronavirus-11590682328|title=New York City Mayor’s Race Feels the Impact of the Coronavirus|first=Katie|last=Honan|date=May 28, 2020|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> It is her first political campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/brooklyn/news/2106663741237/brooklyn-native-dianne-morales-launches-campaign-for-mayor|title=Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor|website=News Break Brooklyn, NY}}</ref> Her campaign-announced priorities include reforming the [[New York City Housing Authority]], desegregating city schools, promoting equitable and affordable mass transit, creating [[green job]]s, building [[affordable housing]], a guaranteed [[minimum income]], rent cancellation, cutting the NYPD budget (defunding the police), an elected police oversight body, and reforming the police.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/528544-nyc-mayoral-contender-challenges-new-york-times-for-defining|title=NYC mayoral contender challenges New York Times for defining candidacy by marijuana use|first=Jordan|last=Williams|date=December 3, 2020|website=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2020/10/10/nyc-elections-2021-whos-running-dianne-morales-nyc-mayor-who-is-running-for-mayor-nyc|title=She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor.|website=NY1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labyrinthmag.org/post/the-next-step-for-the-new-york-left-city-hall|title=The Next Step for the New York Left: City Hall|first=Aidan|last=Smith|date=September 29, 2020|website=Labyrinth}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/progressive-mayoral-candidate-dianne-morales-wants-to-rewrite-nyc-s-social-contract/ar-BB1aBOIc?li=BBnbcA1|title=Progressive mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants to rewrite NYC’s ‘social contract’|date=November 2, 2020|author=Shahrigian, Shant|website=The New York Daily News}}</ref> ''The New York Daily News'' described her as one of the most progressive candidates in the race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-coronavirus-nyc-mayoral-race-fundraising-20201124-l46kfhzv5bhejpxbryevyg752m-story.html|title=Fundraising during a pandemic? That’s what NYC mayoral candidates are trying to figure out|first=Michael Gartland, Shant|last=Shahrigian|date=November 24, 2020|website=The New York Daily News}}</ref> Her goal it to become New York City's first Afro-Latina mayor, and first female mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bkreader.com/2020/11/20/dianne-morales-officially-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign-2/|title=Dianne Morales Officially Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign|date=November 20, 2020|website=BK Reader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9153-go-big-or-go-home-dianne-morales-runs-mayor-new-york-city|title='Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City|first=Katie|last=Kirker|website=Gotham Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/brooklyn/news/2079942289642/she-helped-house-new-yorkers-now-dianne-morales-is-running-for-mayor|title=She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor|website=News Break Brooklyn, NY}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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She lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant with her two children and her parents.<ref name="auto"/> |
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Revision as of 03:09, 13 January 2021
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Born | June 21, 1967 |
Alma mater | Stony Brook University (BA) Harvard University (MA) Columbia University (MEd) |
Political party | Democratic |
Website | Campaign |
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]
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.[4][5] She is a single mother.[6][7]
She then went on to attend Stony Brook University.[2] She 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][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]
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 NYPD 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 it to become New York City's first Afro-Latina mayor, and first female mayor.[27][28][29]
Personal life
She lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant with her two children and her parents.[4]
References
- ^ a b Kirker, Katie. "'Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Iqbal, Zainab (November 20, 2020). "Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor". Bklyner.
- ^ a b Durkin, Erin (November 19, 2020). "Dianne Morales officially kicks off mayoral campaign". Politico.
- ^ a b Gloria Pazmino (November 12, 2020). "Dianne Morales Touts 'Lived Experience'". NY1.
- ^ Jeff Coltin (December 1, 2020). "Dianne Morales' NYC mayoral campaign theme: 'power to the people'". City & State NY.
- ^ Billy Yost (November 9, 2020). "Dianne Morales Creates the Community She Wants to See". Hispanic Executive.
- ^ "Dianne Morales". 360 MAGAZINE. August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Dianne Morales: Learning from Missteps". bridgespan.org. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ McCue, Kat (January 17, 2020). "Dianne Morales Hosts Meet and Greet". BeLatina. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Khurshid, Samar. "Dianne Morales Officially Launches Campaign for Mayor of New York City". Gotham Gazette.
- ^ a b Jeff Coltin (August 5, 2019). "Dianne Morales wants to be New York City's first female mayor". City & State NY.
- ^ a b c "Dianne Morales; Secretary; Executive Director and CEO, Phipps Neighborhoods". Human Services Council.
- ^ "Una puertorriqueña busca ser alcaldesa de Nueva York". El Ciudadano. November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Petitioner and Amicus Briefs Summaries; Sullivan v. Florida; Graham v. Florida"
- ^ "The major 2021 mayoral contenders". City & State NY. December 31, 2020.
- ^ David Cruz (August 29, 2019). "Bronx-Based Nonprofit Director Launches Mayoral Bid". Norwood News.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Terrell Jermaine Starr. "Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Doesn't Want to Return New York City Back to 'Normal'". The Root.
- ^ Honan, Katie (May 28, 2020). "New York City Mayor's Race Feels the Impact of the Coronavirus". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Brooklyn Native Dianne Morales Launches Campaign For Mayor". News Break Brooklyn, NY.
- ^ Williams, Jordan (December 3, 2020). "NYC mayoral contender challenges New York Times for defining candidacy by marijuana use". The Hill.
- ^ "She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor". NY1.
- ^ Smith, Aidan (September 29, 2020). "The Next Step for the New York Left: City Hall". Labyrinth.
- ^ Shahrigian, Shant (November 2, 2020). "Progressive mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants to rewrite NYC's 'social contract'". The New York Daily News.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dianne Morales Officially Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign". BK Reader. November 20, 2020.
- ^ Kirker, Katie. "'Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City". Gotham Gazette.
- ^ "She Helped House New Yorkers. Now Dianne Morales Is Running for Mayor". News Break Brooklyn, NY.