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Loetta Speaks about Mental Health - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
LOETTA: An issue that is very important to me is mental health. I went to school in Williamsburg, Virginia. While I was there, I experienced a lot of suicides. Another African-American female actually took her life. It was the first suicide I've ever had to deal with, and to know that she didn't feel comfortable speaking to us or just other people that were in the community and discussing it, was very difficult to handle for me. It's one of the big problems, and I think in the African-American community […]
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Neisha Speaks about Immigration - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
NEISHA: I am really passionate about immigration. I'm an immigrant. I moved to the U.S. when I was 11 with my sister, my brother, and my mom. Immigrants, especially Caribbean Americans, they get permanent residency, but often that final stuff to become a citizen is a little bit harder because it's so expensive. My mom had three of us. She couldn't afford to do it for all of us. Knowing that Hillary is committed to expanding fee waivers and educating immigrants about these opportunities really resonates with me. I cosign […]
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Oliver Speaks about LGBT Rights - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
OLIVER: An issue I'm passionate about is LGBT rights. As a member of that community, I don't want to see my rights stripped away. There's a tendency for people not to understand what it's like for Trans people living in America or for gay people living in America. There's been a long history of having LGBT rights infringed upon. For instance, they just gained the right to marry. I want to make sure that is retained and isn't overturned or overruled and that we continue to advance rights of Trans […]
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Shar Speaks about Gun Violence Prevention - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
SHAR: About two weeks into the campaign I got the most devastating news in my life. My cousin Jacara Spokes was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend. He not only shot and killed her, but he shot and killed her friend Maurice Partlow, and critically injured her son Jerice Hamilton. This change in circumstances caused me to become very passionate about Hillary Clinton's plan for gun violence. She's working very hard to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. If this plan had been in place, he would […]
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Eric Speaks about Criminal Justice Reform -Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
ERIC: An issue that concerns me a lot is criminal justice reform. I feel like a lot of people in prison look like me. I think that someone who commits a non-violent crime shouldn't be sentenced to more time than someone who does something violent. Allow people to come in and do their time and be able to get back into the community and, you know, get jobs and, you know, get an education, and bring families back together. Anybody who works hard and plays by the rules should be […]
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Esosa Speaks about Lead Poisoning as a Public Health Threat - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
ESOSA: An issue I care deeply about is lead poisoning in this country. I am, myself, a product of progressive policy. My parents were immigrants. When we first got to this country, we were living in apartments that were not the best and that had "safe"…what we considered at the time to be safe levels but now that we know that there are no safe levels of lead, and any small amount can lead to select poisoning, I want to make sure that no other child in this country has […]
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Konstantin Speaks about Racial Justice - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
KONSTANTIN: I’ve had those individual experiences of racism. With someone hurling out a racial epithet, where I’ve been profiled by the police. What is more troubling for me is as a parent how racism –systemic racism—can affect them. The way that our young men of color are disciplined, much more extreme, higher rates than their white counterparts. One thing that’s exciting about HRC is first, she just called out that we have a problem with systemic racism in this country. When you look at some of her policy on propositions […]
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Zerlina Speaks about Strengthening Bonds of Trust - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
ZERLINA: So one issue I'm really passionate about is police brutality. Police have been killing black people going all the way back to slavery. It seems like it's happening more frequently because we're seeing video images of it but I, somebody who grew up in New Jersey in the tristate area, black men have been killed by the police my entire life. It's really, really hard to watch people that could be my father, my brother, my cousin be killed on camera by the police. We can't go another day […]
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Amanda Speaks about Voting Rights - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
AMANDA: I’m really passionate about voter rights and voter protection rights. Whether you’re young or old or a minority or from a low-income community, everybody should have access to voting. As President, Hillary Clinton is going to do a couple of different things to make sure everybody across the board has access to voting. As soon as you turn 18, you are going to be automatically registered to vote. Which is so crucial, so important. And she is going to implement that early voting be across all 50 states nationwide […]
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Marlon Speaks about Education - Oct. 14, 2016
October 14, 2016
MARLON: Education is extremely important to me. My mom was a teacher for 35 years. She taught in a inner-city school. They didn't have much money to afford pens, pencils, paper, and so she went out and bought a lot of those resources herself. I went to school about eight miles down the road, suburban area. We had pens, pencils, paper, and computers. We don't have that access to a quality education. It can change that trajectory. We need to invest in making sure we can have that type of […]