Waleed Shahid

Waleed Shahid (born 1990 or 1991) is a political activist and strategist best known as the communications director and spokesperson for the Justice Democrats, where he held leadership roles on campaigns to elect progressive candidates such as Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, and others. He is also a co-writer of the Green New Deal, a proposed economic stimulus program. He is currently the deputy communications director for economic justice in the Mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani.