Kahllid Al-Alim
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Community Organizer, Leader, and South LA Dad running for LAUSD School Board District 1. This account is being used for campaign purposes #1462059 .
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It is OFFICIAL! On Tuesday, I completed my filing status with the city, and I am a certified candidate for LAUSD School Board District 1!
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Hello everyone, My name is Kahllid Al-Alim, and I am excited to run for LAUSD School Board in Board District 1. I was born and raised in South LA and attended LAUSD schools. I have been a parent in Board District 1 for 20 years. My kids have attended Crenshaw and Dorsey.
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My name is Kahllid Al-Alim, and I am
running to be your LAUSD Board Member in District 1. I was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, and I attended LAUSD schools. I have two children who graduated from LAUSD and two who currently attend school in LAUSD. 🧵
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I am thrilled to announce that I have been endorsed by UTLA! The union represents 35,000 teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors and HHS providers in LAUSD. It is humbling to see so many Community leaders–and now UTLA–believing in my candidacy.
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I'm beyond honored to share the first of many endorsements I've received from esteemed local leaders!
Dr. Melina Abdullah is someone I greatly admire and someone who is always fighting for the greater good. Thank you for your support, Melina! It means so much to me and my team!
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I enjoyed attending the BSAP Winter Wonderland family day on Saturday. I got to connect with the community and share how our campaign wants to ensure that the Black Student Achievement Plan stays strong and fully funded.
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This past Saturday, I enjoyed hanging out at Taste of Soul LA! I connected with community members, union workers, and the BLM LA booth, spreading our message of protecting our community’s public schools and making sure the district’s resources are spent on our students.
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We must interrupt the School to Prison Pipeline in our schools. We must make sure kids get the support they need and we must hold LAUSD accountable to our community. I believe all of this will help us to create the young leaders of the future.
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I have been doing this work for 20 years and I am confident that I have the skills, leadership, experience, and motivation to serve as your School Board Member. I think it’s time to put a Black dad on the School Board!
Peace,
Kahllid
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We are happy to announce that Kahllid has received the endorsement of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO! The County Fed!
The County Fed joins UTLA as another strong union/set of workers that supports Kahllid.
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Humbled to receive another amazing endorsement! Arlene Inouye is a longtime leader in UTLA and the broader labor movement. She is also a leading figure in the fight for Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Thank you for your support Arlene!
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We have “Kahllid for School Board” yard signs! We love that these yard signs remind people that Kahllid is the TEACHERS’ CHOICE and that Kahllid is both a Parent and a Community Organizer.
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What better way to start a week than with a HUGE endorsement announcement! Proud to have the support of Gina Viola, an advocate for marginalized folks in LA and a mom who understands the importance of keeping students safe and giving them every opportunity they need to succeed
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I am beyond honored to have received an endorsement from UTLA for my campaign for LAUSD School Board, District 1.
UTLA comprises 35,000 teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors and HHS providers.
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I had a great time attending Taste of Soul LA this weekend and meeting community members to tell them about our campaign to transform public education in LAUSD!
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UTLA has said I’m the Teachers’ Choice for LAUSD School Board, District 1. It’s humbling to have this four-page spread mailed out to voters in BD1.
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4 years ago I was in a six part docuseries, produced by Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson, called "Finding Justice" on BET, Episode 4, "Criminalization of Kids"
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Kahllid’s interview with the LA Times shows that he’s head and shoulders above the other candidates. Look what he said about Superintendent Carvalho, charters and privatization, and his priorities for Black and other marginalized students. 🧵
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I am running a grassroots campaign for LAUSD Board District 1. Some of my opponents will receive millions of dollars from the privatization industry. Please consider making as generous a donation as possible so I can get the word out about my campaign to every voter in BD1.
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Curious about what schools are in LAUSD Board District 1? Take a look at this handy map! District 1 encompasses many different kinds of schools and different parts of our city that require a deep level of care and commitment. As School Board member in District 1,
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This Tuesday, February 20, from 6:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m., Dr. Melina Abdullah and Joseph Williams, two of the most important national movement leaders and members of BLM-LA, invite you to a campaign fundraising event to help get Kahllid elected for LAUSD School Board District 1! 🧵
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I believe that our public schools are the foundation for community development and revitalization.
I am a proud union member of SEIU 721 and have always stood shoulder-to-shoulder with educators.
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I have been on the front lines of fights to stop the closing of Black Schools AND fought for Community Schools and the creation of the Black Student Achievement Plan. As a father of five and now a grandfather of two, I am concerned about the state of public education
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We are exactly ONE MONTH away from the primary on March 5! Ballots will be arriving any day now.
We had another great weekend of canvassing voters. We meet more people every weekend excited to vote for Kahllid for LAUSD School Board District 1.
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I will do everything in my power to bring that level of care and commitment to our students and families. Tell your friends and family about my campaign and have them visit our website at
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Are you new to TEAM KAHLLID? Here are FIVE FUN FACTS about Kahllid that will inspire you to join the movement we are building to strengthen public education and make Black Lives Matter in schools!
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Kahllid Al-Alim will officially be on the ballot for LAUSD School Board BD1. Other candidates pay people to collect signatures to get on the ballot. We had 100 people volunteer their time to support our effort. Thank you to all my volunteers.
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On Saturday, we held a Campaign Kickoff Event for my run for LAUSD School Board, Board District 1. We celebrated the 100 volunteers who helped me gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. We raised about $10,000 at the event.
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Abbott Elementary Season 3 premieres tonight, and Kahllid sees similarities between his candidacy for the LAUSD School Board and Quinta Brunson’s brilliant show. We thank Quinta Brunson for writing a love letter to teachers! Let us know if you watch Abbott!
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What an EXCITING time! I am beyond grateful for my incredible team of volunteers helping me make Kahllid 4 School Board a reality!
We had a busy weekend. We picked up our petitions with our dear friend, Karla Griego, running in the District 5 race.
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What an honor to be invited to speak on a panel in Board District 1 after a screening of Ava Duvernay’s new, powerful film, Origin. The film reminds us we must work to transform the foundations of our society.
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Honored to announce another endorsement!! Maynard Brown is a longtime Crenshaw High School educator and union leader. Maynard and Kahllid worked together at Crenshaw for more than a decade, protecting the school from Reconstitutions and Privatization...
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We asked Kahllid what inspired him to run for the LAUSD School Board. Here is what he said. More videos are coming soon! Make your vote count on March 5 by voting Kahllid for LAUSD School Board District 1.
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Kahllid has been endorsed by ACCE!!! The Alliance of Californias for Community Empowerment for LAUSD School Board District 1.
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It was so exciting to take an oath to honor the integrity of the campaign process, sign my signature, and receive my Petition Pick-Up Notification so we can gather signatures and inform the community about our student-centered, people-powered campaign!
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If you want to get involved with Team Kahllid and our incredible team of volunteers, please message us!
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Throughout the month, Kahllid will highlight influential Black figures who have shaped his life as a community organizer, parent, and future school board member. 🧵
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AND building culturally relevant Community School models of education that engaged parents, community and serviced Black and Brown youth. I greatly appreciate his support!
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Need a reason to tell your friends and family to support my campaign? Here's 4:
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We must double down on our investment in the Community Schools model.
Please learn more about our people-powered campaign by visiting the link in our bio!
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I wish all students, educators, and family members a Happy New Year. I wish you all success and joy in the second semester. I look forward to continuing to build this movement to transform LAUSD alongside you all!
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UTLA and the community of BD1 are ready for bold changes to LAUSD. As a father, alumni, advocate, and organizer who has been building this movement for 20 years in BD1, let’s keep building this movement to provide Black and Brown students everything they deserve
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Kahllid is proud to run a grassroots campaign. He does not receive any money from lobbyists, Super PACs, or entities that will harm our community in BD1.
He has pledged not to accept money from the oil and gas industries. This is the school board candidate our people deserve.
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As your Board Member in District 1, I will prioritize small class sizes and community schools.
We can no longer accept overcrowded classrooms. Our children deserve small class sizes. As a parent advocate, I have worked to bring the Community School model to our schools.
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As your Board Member in District 1, I will prioritize fully staffed schools and students' mental health.
We need full-time counselors, nurses, librarians, psychiatric social workers, campus aides, college counselors, attendance counselors, and elective teachers.
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The criminalization of our kids is something that creates generational trauma and it further erodes the community's trust in those who are supposed to protect us. Random searches and harassment at the hands of school police does nothing more than fill our kids with fear
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I believe in strong neighborhood public schools. Families deserve excellent public schools in our neighborhoods. I will fight to ensure our schools have everything they need so we no longer feel pressure to bus our kids hours away to find a great school.
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and it helps to increase the school to prison pipeline. Preventing future generations of kids from being criminalized the moment they enter school is why I fight, it's why I've been in the movement for so long, and it's why I'm running for School Board.
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If you want to engage our parents and communities, end the school-to-prison pipeline, and secure resources for every child, donate to Kahllid for LAUSD School Board District 1 by clicking the link in our bio!
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I have fought for strong public education in the community for over 20 years. I am a proud member of SEIU 721, and along with educators, I have fought privatization, co-locations, and reconstitutions.
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I will fight to ensure that resources are distributed equitably and that our schools are fully staffed to meet the academic and mental health needs of our children.
Please learn more about our people-powered campaign by visiting the link in our bio!
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We WILL win this seat and strengthen public education for ALL students!
If you want to volunteer and help us collect signatures, please DM us!
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We had more than a dozen Team Kahllid volunteers hit the streets in District 1 and help us collect signatures to get my name on the ballot. We have a big team of grassroots volunteers helping make our vision a reality.
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This past weekend, we asked some of our canvassers, “WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR KAHLLID?” Here is what they said…
If you want to join the movement to transform LAUSD, message us and sign up to canvass!
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I love standing with union members, and I want to ensure that I help transform not only LAUSD but Board District 1 specifically. If you want to join our movement to strengthen public education in BD1, please click the link in our bio! Thank you!
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Tell your friends and family about my campaign and share my message and vision for LAUSD District 1. And tell them to donate if they can!
I am thrilled to announce that I have been endorsed by UTLA! The union represents 35,000 teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors and HHS providers in LAUSD. It is humbling to see so many Community leaders–and now UTLA–believing in my candidacy.
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“On this day of Black History Month, I am inspired by Fannie Lou Hamer. A major leader in the Civil Rights Movement and a voting rights activist, her work with the SNCC has inspired me to work with young people to shape the future of public education.”
- Kahllid
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If Kahllid’s team hasn’t knocked on your door in Board District 1 yet, here’s a glimpse.
While many candidates pay people to gather signatures and canvass, Kahllid hits the streets with his incredible team and talks about the issues with the community!
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I'm running to make sure all students have their needs met and have the brightest futures possible, even in the face of so many obstacles. Los Angeles is a city filled with immigrants who make this city what it is. They make it run and they make it beautiful. Their children must
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If you would like to volunteer with Team Kahllid, please message us or fill out the form on our website.
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These are my Priorities for the Common Good of Students and All Angelenos. If you look around at the schools of Los Angeles, you'll see a student body in desperate need of advocates. We're living in a time of unprecedented homelessness, climate catastrophe, and rampant inequality
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I am excited to continue building this movement with all of you as an LAUSD School Board Member.
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Dr. Angela James is an academic and longtime organizer and leader in South LA. She has worked with me for nearly a decade. Her children attended public schools in BD1—Dorsey and GALA. She knows that I am the right choice to represent BD1 on the School Board of LAUSD...
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I wanted to tell UTLA chapter chairs how excited I am to connect with them, to share my platform, to get to know members at their site.
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I look forward to sharing more details about my vision plan in the coming weeks.
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Learn more about Kahllid 4 School Board by clicking the link in our bio!
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A large part of my platform is recognizing wrongdoings, addressing them, and having the space to change. I hope you can see my humanity, just as I demonstrate that I see in everyone else’s.
⁃Kahllid Al-Alim
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“On this day of Black History Month, I am inspired by Shirley Chisholm.”
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This past weekend, we knocked on nearly 1000 doors, talking with voters about Kahllid. We had 25 volunteers go door to door to speak to the community. We got to know our future constituents' concerns and hopes for students and families in BD1.
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We are proud to have the endorsement of over 800,000 workers in Los Angeles County who understand that Kahllid 4 School Board will bring inspiring change to LAUSD.
Kahllid’s platform for LA Schools and his community can be found by clicking the link in our bio.
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I am excited to share my vision for LA Schools with you all. As your School Board Member in District 1, I will prioritize these goals to ensure that all our students and families can thrive inside and outside the classroom.
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and our students are affected by all of these things. Did you know that a significant portion of LAUSD students are either housing insecure or unhoused? My goal is to help students and parents navigate these issues by fighting for the common good.
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be taken care of and given access to all our schools has to offer. The days of students from certain socio-economic backgrounds being the only ones with access to a good education will soon be over and I hope to be the one to start moving us towards that future.
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We would like to take the time to wish all students, parents, teachers, and staff in LAUSD a happy 3 week holiday break! Congratulations on making it through the semester. We wish you the brightest 2024 and we can’t wait to get back to work for you all in the new school year!
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“She was the first Black woman in Congress and was the first Black woman to seek the nomination for president of the Democratic Party in 1972. Her strength and determination have been driving forces in my campaign.”
⁃Kahllid
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Some of our supporters received an email from UTLA’s newsletter, and we were so honored to see that Kahllid is their endorsed candidate for LAUSD Board District 1. 🧵
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Even in the rain, we are getting out and talking to voters about Community Schools, BSAP, Mental Health support, and halting privatization! Send us a message if you want to join our movement for our next door-knocking session!
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Most importantly, we had some of the most important Labor Leaders, Community Leaders, and Movement leaders in LA at my Kickoff Event. When I win this School Board seat, it will be a win for the people in BD1!
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to challenge the School to Prison Pipeline, to advocate for resources for our students and to advocate for the transformation of this school district. Thrilled to have her endorsement!
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Kahllid is thrilled to be recommended by the Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide. Knock LA recognizes Kahllid’s long-standing engagement as a community organizer. They stand with him on his issues of fighting privatization and securing resources for the most marginalized students.
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As one of the architects of BSAP, I consider it one of my proudest achievements and will do everything in my power to protect it.
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These hard-working and proud union members know that I am the candidate who will fight for them and for our students.
I was born and raised in Board District 1. My children went to Dorsey and Crenshaw.
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I’ve been fighting for BD1 kids for 20 years and alongside educators and the community, I’m ready to keep doing it as your School Board Member.
Please learn more about our vision and endorsements by clicking the link in our bio! This March, vote KAHLLID 4 SCHOOL BOARD!
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If you want a grassroots candidate who has been involved in local organizing with the community for 20 years, vote for KAHLLID 4 SCHOOL BOARD!
Please learn more about our people-powered campaign by visiting the link in our bio!
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One of the priorities of my campaign is to be community-oriented and center the voices of students in our Board District 1 schools. I’m proud to know Lakell White, a brilliant senior at Dorsey High School. 🧵
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We already had 5 facts about Kahllid. This post is about 5 FUN facts about Kahllid that we wanted to share with the constituents of BD1! BD1 is a special place for Kahllid. If you want to get involved in our movement, message us! 🧵
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The California Teachers Association recommends Kahllid for LAUSD School Board District 1. Alongside UTLA’s endorsement and the LA County Federation of Labor, Kahllid is now recommended by a state-wide union and a state-wide set of teachers. Kahllid truly is the Teachers’ Choice.
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I invite you to watch the entire piece, where I share some reflections, analysis, and an invitation.
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As the newsletter states, I have dedicated my life to fighting for educational justice, organizing for Community Schools, the Black Student Achievement Plan, and protecting our Public Schools from Corporate Takeovers.
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