Diop Harris is a community leader, policy advocate, and former Congressional staffer running for U.S. Congress to fight for every resident of our piece of Southwest Michigan.

 

For as long as he can remember, Diop has believed that leadership means creating opportunity for others. At Battle Creek Central High School, he took on leadership roles to create real opportunities for overlooked students to learn and grow. He also became a youth grantmaker with both the Battle Creek Community Foundation and the Mott Foundation, working to expand service learning in schools and promote economic prosperity in communities across Michigan.

 

Diop went on to study public policy at Michigan State University, where he learned how to bring advocates, policymakers, and the private sector together to ensure that policy always reflects the people’s voice. After graduation, he moved to Washington, D.C. to continue advocating for families like his own.

 

In D.C., Diop fought for a fair immigration system, expanded access to rural broadband for communities like those in MI-04, and took on Wall Street’s wealth extraction from working people. As an organizer, he worked on electoral campaigns to empower communities to perform their civic duty and make their voices heard in the halls of power. Later, as a Congressional staffer, he connected constituents to vital public services, and led efforts to organize workers to unionize on Capitol Hill – because Diop knows that unionized labor is good for business and good for workers.

 

Throughout his career, Diop has worked to bring people together, especially when they disagree. Whether building coalitions in Washington or working alongside neighbors back home, Diop has proven that finding common ground is still possible even in divided times. He understands that Southwest Michigan is home to people of all political stripes, and that true progress requires standing up for what you believe, respecting others by listening, and working toward solutions rather than telling people how to feel. 

 

Now, Diop is back home in Michigan and running for Congress to give Southwest Michigan a fighter in Washington. Not only does he know this community, he has been serving it for years. It’s time to elect one of us to fight for all of us.