The Buck | The Book | The Ballot
It’s time for us to truly work together to develop policies that fix issues of today and prepare us for tomorrow!
01
Transform Education Systems
- Support state implementation of student centered funding
- Update assessment innovation program for greater flexibility
- Maximize departments that are underutilized
- Reform qualifications of independent student classification for college financial aid
- Address the shortfall in career services to college students
- Address the fundamentally flawed funding system for education in low-income communities
- Allow more flexibility for parental decision on auxiliary services
- Promote skill trade certification for every high school graduate through apprenticeship and internship
- Support instate tuition for DACA students
- Allow Parents to choose the best educational setting for their children (School Choice)
02
Promote Small Business Growth
- Increase R&D Investment in new technologies that grow underserved communities
- Modify the classification for identifying micro small businesses
- Support the reform & innovation of financial services
- Promote more pathways to entrepreneurship programs
- Support innovation in STEAM (Science Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)
03
Voting & Reparations
- Support universal voting education for youth and adults to include the roles of elected officials
- Support collaboration of leaders and community to develop and implement measures of redress, repair and restitution for the descendants of Chattel Slavery in Georgia
- Increase citizen engagement in multi-agency planning and implementation
04
Senior Citizens & People with Disabilities
- Support affordable housing, home repairs, savings on health care needs, access to food, access to supportive services affordable legal guidance
05
Access to Great Healthcare
- Allow doctors to treat patients according to their expertise
- Hybrid private/public system that moves beyond the marketplace model
- Support expanding Medicaid
- Support measures to untie healthcare employment
- Support full practice authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to the full extent of their education and training
- Support the reduction in prescription drugs cost
- Support expansion of telehealth
- Advocate for reduction of food desert
- Support a clear and concise policy to address COVID-19
06
Housing & Government Efficiency
- Support pathways to homeownership
- Promote tax savings accounts for down payment assistance, co-op housing
- Ensure fairness for renters in living conditions and rental payments
07
Fair and Robust Justice System
- Enhance programs to reduce recidivism, incentivizing employers
- Emphasize rehabilitation in the justice system through intervention, job training, and therapy
- Reform mandatory minimums, emphasize equal sentencing
- Ensure the restoration of the right to vote for ex-felons
- Address the blatant systemic racism in the justice system
- Decriminalize Marijuana
- Support increase in mental and substance abuse treatment programs
- Support programs for children of incarcerated parents
- Support more community members appointed to Community Supervision Board with voting privileges
08
Foster Global Stewardship
- Push for better fair trade deals with nations
- Promote more international relations which share common goals
- Sanction or limit interaction and cooperation with nations that continually abuse and violate human rights
09
Veteran Services
- Support resources for veteran service organizations
- Support the ability of veterans and their families to receive entitled benefits
10
Address Environmental Concerns
- Introduce a smooth economic transition process to curb the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gases to adequately address the climate crisis
- Ramp up engagement in investment in carbon neutral efforts
- Promote more community sustainable efforts like recycling, solar power, and other renewable energies