Candidate for Virginia Governor in 2021 Virginia General Election.
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Mandate Indigenous sovereignty and racial impact studies prior to approving major environmental projects. Learn more
Update K-12 curricula to reflect the centrality of Black and Indigenous history and culture. Learn more
Build Black generational wealth through financial literacy programs, investment start-up grants, first-generation home ownership programs, and grants for Black entrepreneurship and businesses as a form of compensation for the racial inequities remaining from historically systemic racism and redlining. Learn more
Create community based, anti-violence initiatives serving Transgender individuals, particularly Black and Latinx women and nonbinary people while guarenteeing them safe and stable housing and job security. Learn more
Commit to preventing discrimination and violence against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Learn more
Enact legislation that protects against lending discrimination, healthcare discirmination, housing discrimination, gender intimidation and harassment. Learn more
Implement grants for LGBTQIA+ small business owners. Learn more
Protect LGBTQIA+ rights to equitable health care, housing and lending practices; fight employer discrimination against LGBTQ+ workers. Learn more
Implement racial equity in agriculture commission. Learn more
Provide a non-binary bathroom choice in all public schools and state-run government buildings. Learn more
Close juvenile detention centers and transition to youth restorative justice and rehabilitation programs. Learn more
Address the systemic societal issues that lead to gun violence such as over-policing, lack of resources, and access to mental health support which thereby leads to crime, rather than solely focusing on the symptoms of impoverished, disinvested, and underserved communities by levying anti-gun legislation. Learn more
Mandate county implementation of independent civilian review boards with subpoena power to increase police accountability. Boards will be free of former, retired, or current law enforcement officers. Learn more
Legalize marijuana and utilize tax revenue to invest in communities disproportionately impacted by punitive drug law enforcement. Learn more
Reallocate funding from police departments to reinvest in education, housing, sustainable energy, and community care programs. Learn more
Hold police accountable by immediately ending Qualified Immunity, require that law enforcement officers live in the communities they work in, and ban police unions as they perpetuate a culture of racism and violence. Learn more
Investigate root causes and establish inclusive initiatives and legislation to combat the profound, systemic racism present in Virginia’s schools, hospitals, businesses, and the public that exist in the form of discrimination, intimidation and inequalities. Learn more
Examine, pursue, and implement Reparations to Black Virginians for the state's history of violent enslavement in the form of direct payments to Black families in order to aid in economic mobility and further Black generational wealth. Learn more
End racist mass incarceration by identifying and eradicating the laws that create crime rates, such as ending cash bail and the immediate release of individuals with non-violent offenses, including those with drug charges. Learn more
Implement meaningful statewide annual raises for public educators; ensure competitive, professional salaries that foster the recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers. Learn more
Make Statewide the practice of equitably pooling county tax revenue to fund public education based on the number of students served by a school opposed to district personal property tax rates. Learn more
Implement a Family Choice Educational System that includes in-person, virtual, hybrid, self-paced, trades programs, and community hands-on learning options. Learn more
Fully fund all public schools to ensure equity across all geographical and racial lines. Learn more
Reallocate funds from private education subsidies to invest in public schools. Learn more
Establish flexible accountability evaluations allowing students of varied levels to demonstrate their understanding through alternatives to high stakes testing such as portfolios, hands on activities, and presentations. Learn more
Provide safe, state of the art learning environments to all students. Learn more
End the school to prison pipeline by replacing school resource officers with school counselors and community mentors while implementing a statewide school restorative justice program that ensures equitable disciplinary practices. Learn more
Protect the employment of workers in the fossil fuel industry by transitioning them to clean energy sectors. Learn more
Incentivize and subsidize transitions to clean energy and food composting programs. Learn more
Water must be recognized as a civil right, with access and protection to water ensured by the state. Learn more
Subsidize and transition to sustainable, renewable energy, ban harmful practices such as fracking statewide, dismantle existing fossil fuel infrastructure such as pipelines, and guarantee the restoration of environmental ecology moving forward. Learn more
Create statewide and support existing community gardens, food-bearing green spaces, community pantries, and community kitchens in marginalized neighborhoods and urban landscapes. Learn more
Mandate that state institutions purchase a percentage of their product from Virginia farmers and offer grants for supply chain infrastructure. Learn more
Introduce legislation to permanently protect forests, waterways and mountains from industry and private development. Learn more
Guarantee that Virginia is a 100% clean energy state by 2050. Learn more
Restore voting rights of individuals with a prior felony conviction. Learn more
Remove and prohibit all taxpayer-funded statues, racist symbols, and memorials to Confederate leaders. Learn more
Address food oppression through eliminating food deserts, making fresh food affordable, local food accessible across the commonwealth. Learn more
Ensure those incarcerated and detained receive quality PPE, testing and medical care. Learn more
Expand sentence commutation of at-risk imprisoned populations such as elderly, pregnant people, and those with compromised immune systems on a case by case basis, recognizing the history and effect of racial and class bias in judicial sentencing. Learn more
Increase preventative mental health and substance use support and establish mobile and stationary crisis services that include well trained mediators, counselors, and dispatchers under an expanded and strengthened Marcus Alert System. Learn more
Guarantee all Virginians, regardless of gender identity, race or immigration status, a universally available, quality public healthcare system. Learn more
Allow Virginia farmers to accept online SNAP benefits. Learn more
Increase availability of free clinics and income based facilities, and free medical transportation services. Learn more
End the for-profit nature of the healthcare system. Learn more
Protect and expand upon reproductive freedoms without government interference to include clear, safe access to abortion and provide supportive services and aid to all pregnant people regardless of choice. Learn more
Incentivize affordable housing options with state grants and repeal tax breaks to developers, in order to invest directly in affordable housing. Learn more
Nationalize vacant, corporate-owned, unaffordable units and place them under community control with rent-to-own programming, bolstering homeownership for marginalized communities. Learn more
Prevent unethical evictions by providing emergency funds to renters and enact rent control. Learn more
Fight gentrification by providing affordable housing in areas that have become inaccessible to Black and Latinx communities, and ensure aging Black community members are able to stay in their homes. Learn more
Defend our undocumented population by way of strengthening civil liberties and ending cooperation with ICE. Learn more
Provide immigrants safe access to care with protections to eliminate the risk and fear of Immigrations and Customs involvement. Learn more
Introduce local food infrastructure mini-grant programs for individuals. Learn more
Increase support, protection and compensation for front line workers. Learn more
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