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I have spent my career working to find solutions for students and families. I believe the only way to make actual positive change in the world is to ask questions, listen to each other, seek answers from factual sources, and engage in honest and open conversation with each other. I don't think we need to always agree to solve problems. In fact, some of the best solutions are discovered through respectful dialogue between individuals with different perspectives.

- Issues Matter - 

1. Public Education - 

- Expand funding for access to high quality preschool for all students

- Work with educators to generate developmentally appropriate curricula 

- Focus on the mastery of basic skills in reading, writing, and math for all elementary school students

- Design efficient assessment methods to provide useful information to teachers about student progress

- Support educators and their expertise in making decisions related to academic mastery and need for remediation / retention

- Provide School Resource Officers (SROs) for all schools

- Improve educator pay and benefit package

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2. Healthcare - 
- Acknowledge and support legislation that protects the physician-patient relationship related to all medical decisions.
- Clarify legislative language and expand protections related to medically necessary and appropriately determined procedures
- Pass legislation that provides exceptions to the current ban on reproductive care when the mother and/or infant are at fatal risk
- Increase funding for mental healthcare training, recruitment, and retention of high qualify practitioners
- Expand access to mental healthcare services and supports
- Promote inclusion of federal funding for medicaid and create intentional and focused plans of care for our elder community
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3. Safe Spaces - 
- Enact Red Flag laws to protect struggling individuals from accessing firearms 
- Teach communities about common warning signs of someone at risk of hurting themselves or others
-Ensure safety with firearms training and safe storage laws
- Keep guns OUT of schools
- Increase safety and accountability with mandatory background checks, registration and permitting of all firearm purchases
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CAMPAIGN UPDATES

 

  • Saturday, May 4th at 10:00 AM - Come Walk with me!
    • ​Let's talk about what is important to you!
    • Camp Jordan
  • Saturday, May 4th @ 11:00 AM - Moms Demand Action
    • the Edney Building, Market St.
  • Tuesday, May 14th @ 6:00 PM - Hub Night
    • Come out and help us spread the word about our campaign!
    • Hamilton County Democratic Headquarters
      • 1089 Bailey Avenue​
      • Chattanooga, TN 37404
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