Young People’s
Platform.
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Commit to fighting for college affordability
Fight for Minimum Wage Increases which reflect cost of living in the communities they represent
Support and expand robust job opportunities with livable wages for young people
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Defending community members from deportation
Increase equity and access to public services regardless of citizenship status
Commitment to celebrating and expanding our global community
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A move away from suburban car dependent housing models, and a move toward building housing that fosters and develops a community. This includes split level housing, housing with parking, access to transportation, gyms, and childcare centers.
Increase the number of affordable and market-rate housing
Fight for adopting rent stabilization and rent control that is tied to minimum wage
Community centered housing plan
house the homeless youth and housing insecure
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Acknowledging climate change as an imminent existential threat and taking efforts to implement solutions for reduction and conservation in a way that centers, respects, and includes marginalized communities.
Commit to reducing your constituencies’ carbon footprint to 60% by 2030
Commit to preserving & expanding your open spaces in contingency
Work to enact conservation policies within the powers of your office
Fight For Clean Drinking Water
Expand dependable, fast, affordable, carbon-neutral, renewable energy-powered public transportation
Reject fossil fuel contributions
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Increasing accessibility to mental health care and responsive health care
Increase implicit bias training
Commitment to reproductive justice and education
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Increase civic engagement and accessibility, specifically for young people
Expand Voting Access
Commit to creating and fostering accessible public community centers for young people to gather, interact, and engage in the community
Campaign finance reform, public funding of elections and small donor matching
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Commit to harm-reduction criminal justice reform
Re-invest in public services
Expand The Conversation Beyond Police Violence