Claudia De la Cruz

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Claudia De la Cruz
Born1980/1981(age 42–43)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Columbia University
Union Theological Seminary
Political party Party for Socialism and Liberation

Claudia De la Cruz (born 1980/1981) [1] is an American community organizer and activist. She is the Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee for President of the United States in the 2024 election. [2]

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Early life and education

De la Cruz was born in the South Bronx to immigrants from the Dominican Republic. [1] [2] [3] She attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1997. [1] A visit to Cuba at the age of 17 inspired her opposition to imperialism. [4]

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where de la Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in forensic psychology John Jay College of Criminal Justice - New Building (48269596871).jpg
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where de la Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in forensic psychology

In 2001, De la Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in forensic psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. [1] In 2007, she earned a master's degree in social work from Columbia University, and a master's degree in divinity from Union Theological Seminary. [1]

Career and activism

At the City University of New York, De la Cruz coordinated a teen group to study resistance movements and march against the 2003 Iraq War. [1] [4] In 2004, she founded Da Urban Butterflies (DUB), a Washington Heights-based leadership group for teens and young women of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. The "Butterflies" name honored the three Dominican Mirabal sisters who were killed in November 1960 for opposing the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. [1]

De la Cruz attended and later served as pastor of Santo Romero de Las Américas church, a UCC congregation in New York City. [1] [5] She saw that church as important to her "social and political formation"; she "wanted to do community organizing from a faith-based perspective". [1]

Between 2007 and 2012, De la Cruz was an adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York, where she taught on "The History of Latinos/as in the United States" and "Race and Ethnicity." [6] [ better source needed ]

De la Cruz co-edited Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War with Manolo De Los Santos and Vijay Prashad in 2020, a collection of essays on sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States. [7]

De la Cruz served as co-executive director of The People's Forum, an activist organization in New York City which she co-founded. [3] [4] [8] [9] With the People's Forum, she has participated in numerous pro-Palestinian protests, including a "Shut Down Wall Street" event during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. [2] [8] [10] [11]

Logo for the 2024 presidential campaign for the Party for Socialism and Liberation ClaudiaKarina-Logo.svg
Logo for the 2024 presidential campaign for the Party for Socialism and Liberation

2024 presidential campaign

De la Cruz announced her presidential campaign on September 7, 2023. She and running mate Karina Garcia are the presidential ticket for the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a Marxist–Leninist party, in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. [2] [4] Their socialist policy program includes a pledge to support reparations for Black Americans, institute a single-payer healthcare system, end all U.S aid to Israel, forgive all student loan debt, fully recognize Native American sovereignty and honor treaty rights, cut the U.S. military budget by 90%, seize the 100 largest corporations, expand public transportation, and use taxation to eliminate billionaires. [12] [13]

On February 29, 2024, De la Cruz participated in a presidential candidates debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman, and Libertarian Party candidates Chase Oliver and Lars Mapstead. [14] [15]

In March 2024, the South Carolina Workers Party (formerly the Labor Party) voted to place De la Cruz and Garcia on the state ballot for President and Vice President. [16]

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