Farmer | Fighter | Independent Democrat
SOCIAL JUSTICE
FOR ALL PEOPLE. FIGHTING AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY, PATRIARCHY, TRANSPHOBIA, HOMOPHOBIA, ABLEISM, AND ALL BIGOTRY.
End mass incarceration.
Fight police brutality and corruption. Stop stop-and-frisk tactics.
Oppose white supremacy & fascism, whenever and wherever they appear.
Stand up for women's rights, including pay equity, reproductive rights, and against sexual violence.
Stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and gender non-conforming people. They are our siblings, parents, and children. They should not be legally fired, or denied housing, or otherwise discriminated against or victimized simply because of who they are.
Fight for the rights of people with disabilities, which are under constant threat from lawmakers (both heartless conservatives and apathetic liberals), particularly with respect to housing, accessibility of public spaces, and Medicaid funding.
Universal healthcare. It's time.
Make the minimum wage a living wage.
Engage with sovereign Native American peoples (both recognized and unrecognized as such) to improve the lives of indigenous people across this land which is rightfully theirs. Respect their sovereignty and their right to self-determination. (And no more pipelines!)
End the failed "war on drugs" — an inhumane disaster — and start treating drug addiction as a disease, not a crime.
Increase funding for public housing and homelessness services. Restore funding for the lapsed Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.
Treat immigrants and refugees with dignity and respect.
Fight sex trafficking and sexual abuse in all of its horrible forms.
Forgive Puerto Rico's debt, repeal the Jones Act, and finally provide adequate financial and technical support for recovery from Hurricane Maria, so desperately needed.
Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. These critical programs are under constant threat from Republican lawmakers and must be defended.