Why I'm Running

Why I'm Running

  • Healthcare Access & Medicaid Expansion

    Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Expanding healthcare saves lives, creates jobs, and strengthens communities.

    • I will advocate for Medicaid expansion to cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured Alabamians. Alabama is 1 of 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid. 

    • Fight to keep rural hospitals open and properly funded

    • Ensure access to mental health services and preventative care

    Healthcare Access & Medicaid Expansion
  • Maternal Health & Reproductive Care

    Alabama’s maternal mortality crisis is unacceptable, especially for Black women.

    • Address Alabama’s maternal mortality rate, one of the highest in the nation

    • Prioritize maternal health, where Black women are dying at disproportionately high rates. No woman should die giving life.

    • Protect access to reproductive and prenatal care, including OB-GYN services

    • Support maternal health programs, doulas, midwives, and postpartum care

    • Advocate for policies that keep OB-GYNs practicing in Alabama

    Economic Development & Small Business Growth
  • Economic Development & Small Business Growth

    Alabama’s economy should work for everybody, not just corporations.

    • Support small businesses with access to state grants, low-interest loans, and technical assistance

    • Advocate for equitable distribution of economic development dollars, especially in historically neglected communities

    Economic Development & Small Business Growth
  • Voting Rights & Democracy Protection

    Democracy should be accessible, not obstructed. Your vote should be protected, respected, and easy to cast.

    • Advocate for an Alabama Voting Rights Act 

    • Push for early voting (Alabama is one of only three states without it)

    • Support no-excuse absentee voting

    • Oppose voter suppression tactics and unfair redistricting

    • Expand voter education and voter protection efforts

    Voting Rights & Democracy Protection
  • Environmental Justice & Clean Water

    Where you live should not determine how safe your water or air is. Clean water and clean air are basic human rights.

    • Address environmental racism in Black and low-income communities

    • Ensure access to clean drinking water and infrastructure investment

    • Hold polluters accountable

    • Support community-led environmental monitoring and transparency

    • Protect land, waterways, and public health

    Environmental Justice & Clean Water
  • Criminal Justice Reform & Public Safety

    Safety and justice must go hand in hand. Justice should heal communities, not harm them.

    • End mass incarceration and modern-day systems exploitation 

    • Support sentencing reform and alternatives to incarceration

    • Invest in reentry programs, job training, and mental health support

    • Shift resources toward prevention, not punishment

    Criminal Justice Reform & Public Safety

Education & Youth Investment

 
 

Our children deserve opportunity, not underfunded systems. Education is the foundation of economic freedom.

  • Fully fund public schools

  • Support teachers and education workers earning a fair, sustainable salary

  • Invest in after-school programs, mentorship, and youth leadership

  • Reduce the school-to-prison pipeline