words matter- The issues our platform is built on

Don’t let Harrisburg deny our kids a future

Ensure that our children have a safe, equitable, rigorous and fully funded public education

Recruit, train, and deploy a diverse pool of teachers 

 Grow the tax base by recruiting and supporting LOCAL business with funding, grants, and zoning 

Promote a fair playing field with taxation of internet companies

Healthcare is a right not a privilege

Affordable, physical and mental health care for every Pennsylvanian

Tackle disparities in healthcare delivery

 No matter where you are born, who you love, the God you pray to or if you pray at all, your rights must be protected

Protect voting rights and fight voter suppression efforts

Promote civil liberties for all Pennsylvanians

Combating the spread of hate groups by strengthening government response, protecting our houses of worship and immigrant communities

 Provide property tax relief

Stop tax breaks for big businesses and land developers 

Deliver real tax relief to seniors

Go after internet giants that don’t pay local taxes

Close the Delaware loophole that allows large corporations in Pennsylvania to avoid paying corporate net income taxes on profits earned in Pennsylvania

 Eliminate discrimination in housing, employment and medical services
Protect LGBTQ youth in schools
Ensure economic justice and help LGBTQ businesses thrive
Preserve marriage equality and equal access to services
Expand the definition of a hate crime in PA to include the targeting of individuals based on sexual orientation, gender or gender identity

 Pennsylvanians should not work for lower wages than surrounding states
If you work for a living, you should make a living wage
$15 minimum wage
Extend benefits to and expand benefits for full and part-time workers

 Protect reproductive freedom
Ensure wage equality
Support universal Pre-K and full day Kindergarten
Strengthen anti-harassment laws and eliminate the use of NDAs to protect predators

 Increase state support for roads, SEPTA, traffic safety, storm water and waste water systems
Our elderly, those living with disabilities, and children must be able to safely cross the street 

 Background checks for all sales, ban automatic weapons, restrict 3D printed guns
Restore local rights and hold the NRA accountable 

Expand early voting, automatic registration, vote by mail, and the mailing of voting reminders

Restore voting rights for incarcerated citizens convicted of non-voting-related crimes

Reform the redistricting process with an independent citizens commission and transparency

Establish a co-sponsor threshold for legislation that would trigger a guaranteed floor vote

Subsidies for public media to hold government accountable and guarantee transparency

Reform campaign finance laws

 We need a justice system that ensures the safety, security, and dignity of all citizens, be they free or incarcerated
Promote trauma-informed community policing with innovative research-based solutions
Dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline
Implement restorative justice, alternative sentencing, eliminate cash bail, and reduce disproportionate minority contact

  Empower our local organizers and elected officials in advancing sustainable practices including fighting for grants and infrastructure financing programs.  Strengthen state oversight by increasing funding and staffing of the Department of Environmental Protection inspectors and watchdogs. Increase fines on polluters. I will call for a moratorium on industry practices that are meaningfully detrimental to our air, water or soil. Invest in new technology, green businesses, research and the education of tomorrow’s environmental scientists. Provide the care and justice needed by those that are negatively impacted by our environmental decisions.  

Pass the Hate Crimes Legislation Package

Create systems that allow victims and witnesses to have a straight-forward and language-accessible way to report incidents and one in which victims are supported

Fund these initiatives so law enforcement has the resources they need to identify and investigate crimes committed by those that espouse hateful extremist views against ethnic, religious, immigrant, sexual orientation, and gender identity groups as well as those living with disability

Fund security measures to protect houses of worship and community centers to make them safe places to worship and gather.