Currently holds the office of Minneapolis City Council - Ward 9 until December 31, 2025.
Candidate for Minneapolis City Council - Ward 9 in 2023 Minnesota General Election.
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Get StartedIt is clear that a police-only model will not work to effectively and efficiently keep the most impacted communities safe. We must be bold and build a community safety system that addresses the root causes of violence and prevents the circumstances that make violence more likely to occur. We must build public safety infrastructure that uplifts our communities and keeps them safe. Learn more
Support a city ordinance that will fight for small business owners so they do not have to close down their businesses. Learn more
We must restructure our local economy to reflect our environmental goals and begin putting our environmental and community health above profits. Using city land and infrastructure, we can foster a new green workforce. This includes union and cooperative jobs, local food production, public transportation, clean energy production, community healthcare, and environmental cleanup & regeneration. Learn more
Fight to prevent gentrification and give power back to small business owners. Learn more
Every person deserves to be housed, and our city government has a critical role to play in ensuring that right. In order to address housing insecurity, it is my fundamental belief that we need to address the ecosystem of the individual person (addiction, mental health, employment, economic hardship and disparities). Learn more
Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs: Increase staff in the office to ensure all immigrant communities are represented. Mosque and Community Support: Work with local leaders to ensure places of worship are safe from the ongoing violence enacted onto them. Learn more
Reject any Countering-Violent-Extremism (CVE) funding that has been used to incarcerate and discriminate against Muslims and the East-African community. Our City needs to immediately STOP collaborating with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) and must fight to keep all families together. Learn more
Block the sale of city-owned land for developments that would gentrify our community and pass advance notice of sale of commercial property. Learn more
Work with the community to start the process beyond the $15 minimum wage. Learn more
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