Candidate for Virginia House of Delegates - District 49 in 2021 Virginia Primary Election.
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Get StartedEnsure all Virginians’ reproductive rights, right to an abortion, and access/funding for health clinics providing sexual healthcare, abortions, emergency contraception, gender identity support, etc. Learn more
Prioritize small businesses for loans, funding and essential resources over developers and large corporations. Learn more
Combat anti-Blackness and Indigenous erasure at all levels of education using a multifaceted approach, including culturally responsive therapy, mutual aid, and direct action. Learn more
Eliminate high-stakes testing requirements for K-12 and public colleges Regulate the textbook industry monopoly by enacting anti-trust laws. Learn more
Guarantee free public trade school and public college to all Virginians Introduce legislation for Virginia Universal Pre-K. Learn more
Create stronger LGBTQ+, disability, and religious protections for students across all backgrounds Divest from charter schools to fully-funded public schools, and prevent future privatization using state funds. Learn more
Dismantle the following systemic pipelines: school-to-prison, school-to-Child Protective Services, and school-to-deportation. Learn more
Invest in school-community gardening programs, as well as small business and worker co-op grant programs for K-12 Develop in- school community health centers to assist public school families struggling to provide healthcare for their children. Learn more
Establish mandatory trauma-informed policies to address racism, Eurocentric narratives, and white supremacy in schools. Learn more
Establish a historically accurate, culturally-responsive K-12 curriculum, including intentional curriculum centering marginalized and oppressed communities (BIPOC, trans/queer, disabled, and neurodivergent) Remove all police from Virginia public schools and prohibit future contracting ability. Learn more
Introduce legislation for universal school meals that includes students, teachers and support staff and eliminate existing school lunch debt Ban discriminatory dress code policies that disproportionately affect students of color and religious minorities, support Virginia Delegate McQuinn’s Crown Act legislation. Learn more
Pass an immediate ban on fracking and all new fossil fuel infrastructure. Learn more
Build green infrastructure in undeserved communities and expand clean public transit. Learn more
Demand that workers and unions be at the forefront of every discussion regarding a Green New Deal. Learn more
Regulate large factory farm plants that violate community health or animal welfare guidelines and pollute surrounding air and water sources with biohazardous waste. Learn more
Break up Dominion and Amazon monopolies on solar power farming and move towards community-owned utilities and renewable energy sources. Learn more
Ensure that 40% or more of the new jobs and energy from the Green New Deal are directed to Black and Brown communities most impacted by the climate crisis. Learn more
Advocate for workers to have a seat on energy committees so the rights of rank and file union members are respected and incorporated into all policy decisions. Learn more
Ensure a just transition for workers currently employed in energy jobs, including the creation of a pension fund that would ensure five years pay for those workers who lost their jobs. Learn more
Fund community gardens with land protection status to ensure developers/corporations can’t monopolize local green spaces. Learn more
Tax fossil fuel companies that pollute our planet, and eliminate all state subsidies. Learn more
Ensure a new set of state standards that calls for a full transition to 100% renewables by 2036. Learn more
Immediately cancel all medical debt for Virginians. Learn more
Guarantee healthcare to all Virginians through a single-payer system. Learn more
Guarantee healthcare at the state level to cover all Virginian’s during and after the pandemic. Learn more
Enact a Virginia Homes Guarantee to declare housing as a human right Ban subsidies for all corporate landlords and luxury real estate developers that exploit “artificial housing shortage” in the Commonwealth. Learn more
End the greed and profiteering of luxury developer monopolies in Virginia, and fight back against exploitation of renters by corporate landlords Invest hundreds of millions of dollars into guaranteed public housing under Virginia jurisdiction. Learn more
Introduce “right of refusal” legislation, allowing tenants to be first in line to purchase their buildings if the owner seeks to sell Enact a local tenant Bill of Rights and universal rent control Fully tax profitable corporations like Amazon, and redirect those funds into public housing. Learn more
Open hotels and vacant developer buildings to house our community members experiencing homelessness, with a just transition to secure housing post-pandemic. Learn more
Eliminate food deserts and combat poverty through grocery delivery initiatives. Learn more
Protect and guarantee basic economic and human rights of all undocumented Virginians, including healthcare, housing, education, right to unionization, and to live without fear of police or ICE retaliation Enact Undocumented Worker Bill of Rights (modeled after a Virginia Workers’ Bill of Rights) Pass legislation to protect Virginia’s 16,000 seasonal migrant farmworkers. Learn more
Release immigrants detained at ICA-Farmville where migrants (some of whom are pregnant or with young children) are unable to social distance, have no healthcare or COVID-19 testing, and are not provided basic needs like food, sanitary needs, or personal protective equipment. Learn more
End Amazon-Palantir contract and all future contracting abilities as condition of HQ2 development Ban use and sale of facial recognition technology for Virginia law enforcement Pass Virginia “right to counsel” and legal defense for immigrants and religious minorities unconstitutionally detained or harassed by law enforcement. Learn more
Enact a moratorium on any new immigrant detention facilities and shut down ICA-Farmville and Carolina County Detention Center Ban unlawful surveillance in Black/Latinx/Muslim communities, and combat white supremacy in all of its systemic forms Protect the religious liberties and constitutional rights to religious freedom for all incarcerated Virginians. Learn more
Tax Amazon and demand a return of all subsidies given by the General Assembly, with new revenue to be allocated to COVID-19 relief. Learn more
Support recruitment initiatives to hire more Black, Brown and Indigenous teachers. Learn more
Repeal right-to-work, which prevents unions from building workplace and collective bargaining power for workers Center the Black and Brown labor movement in our struggle for collective worker justice Mandate that only companies with a union shop receive state contracts. Learn more
Enact strong antitrust laws to prohibit illegal corporate mergers that create industry monopolies Divest all corporate subsidies into small businesses and unionized worker-owned cooperatives. Learn more
Raise teacher salaries to at least $60,000/year. Learn more
Demand immediate unionization for contract and gig workers Pass legislation guaranteeing the right to a pension for all workers, regardless of field Establish independent farmer cooperatives across the Commonwealth. Learn more
Mandate minimum 12-week paid care leave for all. Learn more
Halt any state-level cooperation with Amazon until they agree to 1. allow workplace unionization, 2. cut all ties with Palantir and law enforcement, 3. full taxation in Virginia. Learn more
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