A people-first vision for today
Abolish I.C.E.
I am proud to stand with our migrant communities in face of I.C.E. violence. There was a time where we lived without I.C.E. and there will be a time where we will live without I.C.E. again. With escalated I.C.E. terror and the ongoing war on migrant families, we need leaders who will proactively fight to abolish this illegitimate agency and prosecute agents who have terrorized entire communities. Not another dime should go to I.C.E. To make the system work for us, I will write/support legislation that:
- Immediately abolishes I.C.E. and makes a legal pathway for criminal charges against I.C.E. agents who have terrorized our community
- Grants immediate citizenship to undocumented families and loved ones in our communities
- Immediately ends the inhumane blockade on the Cuban people and ends sanctions on Venezuela
- Increases funding for public school Title III and ESL programs
Affordability
for all
The system is becoming harder and harder to survive. Rent has soared to unaffordable rates. Pharmaceutical companies and insurance agencies are getting richer off of our sickness while families are paying hundreds for health insurance and thousands in medical debt. The costs to feed our families, afford education, and live are becoming harder to afford and are moving further out of reach. To make the system work for us, I will write/support legislation that:
- Guarantees free healthcare for all of us (no more copays, no more predatory insurance rates, no more paying for insulin, no more stress)
- Caps rent to less than 10% of income (example: if you make $35,000 you’ll only pay $290 a month in rent)
- Guarantees free Pre-K for all children
- Raises the federal minimum wage to $25/hour
- Invests in free, green public transit
- Expands social security and benefits for seniors
end our
wars
Our foreign policy is destructive and chaotic, and the conflicts we’ve created around the world are simply unjustified. We will only know peace at home once we are committed to real peace abroad. It’s time to pull the plug on the war machine, build peace, and work for the common good of all people. To make the system work for us, I will write/support legislation that:
- Immediately ends support for the genocide in Palestine and divests from the state of Israel
- Requires a yearly 2% reduction in military spending to be transferred to fund public housing, transit, public schools, and medical research
- Brings American troops back home from the Middle East and invests funds to end the veterans suicide and homelessness crises
- Raises the refugee admissions cap
- Funds reparations for the redevelopment of Gaza and the West Bank
fund
education
As a school board member, I’ve seen firsthand the issues faced by underfunded schools. Despite the United States being the richest nation in modern history, our elected leaders have significantly underfunded public education by billions of dollars. The United States operates around 800 equipped military bases around the world and always has money for war at the same time that some of our schools here at home are forced to layoff staff and end school programs due to budget constraints. To make the system work for us, I will write/support legislation that:
- Raises salaries for teachers, guidance counselors, and school staff nationally
- Implements a billionaire’s tax to fund public schools and guarantee tuition-free college
- Empowers and supports teachers unions
- Provides separate funding to cover school building repairs, construction, and maintenance
SAVE OUR
PLANET
The current climate crisis is one of the clearest examples of how our current system prioritizes profit over people. We must act now to save our planet and to rescue our future. We need a system that works for our communities and the climate, not for the billionaires in power who poison our water ways, pollute our air, and destroy the land. As our representative in congress, I will write/support legislation that:
- Majorly increases protections for our planet, including waterways, natural parks, and landmarks
- Transitions our infrastructure to clean, sustainable, renewable energy
- Guarantees clean water for all people
- Implements a federal carbon tax on major corporations like Amazon to protect our community
RESTORE
NATIVE LAND
The entirety of this campaign, this mission of peace, would all be in vain without prioritizing the rights and prosperity of Native communities. From climate justice, to the fight for fully funded schools, every step forward must be centered around the empowerment of Indigenous communities. As our representative in congress, I will write/support legislation that:
- Pays reparations to Native nations for past and current injustices
- Recognizes the self-determination of all Indigenous communities and empowers Native nations to lead the path forward to the restoration of Native land
- Recognizes all treaties made with Native nations
- Invests federal resources to end the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis