After a few years off, I’m running for co-chair of Portland DSA again in the upcoming leadership election. And I’ve got an agenda - inspired by Zohran Mamdani’s Family Agenda for NYC, Portland DSA is going to fight for a Family Agenda for Portland
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The city and county are bracing for massive cuts. Once again, we find ourselves pitting critical programs against each other and fighting for scraps while rich developers continue to line their pockets. It doesn’t have to be this way. Tax the rich, fund families!
We can have fully funded childcare and quality K-12 education. We can have safe streets, free transit, public utilities, good jobs, and social housing. We can support new parents. We can radically transform society to serve the many, not the few. But we have a fight ahead of us
DSA now has members in city council and the state legislature who can fight for a Family Agenda. We can find ways to use the revenue streams we already have, and to raise new revenue. We won’t accept more austerity. I want to raise my daughter in a city where kids can thrive
As Trump and Musk raid and dismantle critical services at the federal level, state and local govt must step up to take care of its people. And the left can’t just be AGAINST Trump - we have to articulate what we’re fighting FOR. Portland DSA will be fighting for families
Fighting for families also means fighting to keep families together - no deportations. Fighting to protect LGBTQ youth. Fighting to stop the billions of our tax dollars that fund the massacre of babies and families in Palestine.
I look forward to rolling out a full proposal for a Family Agenda for Portland over the coming months. Portland DSA will be having a rally in mid March- stay tuned for more info 🌹
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