Education

• Offer a wider variety of community college classes and trade school programs to in-state students.

• Streamline course credit acceptance across the state college and university system to minimize costs to families.

• Reduce barriers to families with special needs children in public schools, allowing access to comprehensive services sooner.

• Universal Pre-K programs available to all 3 and 4 year old children.

Jobs

• Improve pay for Virginia teachers and support staff; to pay levels above the mid-Atlantic state average.

• Work to transition military personnel and their families, from active duty roles to veteran roles in our district.

• Raise the state minimum wage to better support all Virginia families.

• Assist families struggling with care-giving costs for children and/or seniors while also improving options for families that need flexible care schedules.

• Promote affordable housing initiatives.

Health

• Make sure that pre-existing conditions are protected for all Virginians.

• Cap the cost of key prescription drugs to make sure no one goes without the treatment they need.

• Improve access to quality and affordable mental healthcare; including addiction programs.

• Expand access to emergency beds for acute mental health crisis patients.

• Implement commonsense gun safety solutions that reduce gun violence across our communities.

Civic Engagement & Civil Rights

• Protect the LGTBQ+ community by banning housing discrimination, ending conversion therapy, and putting in place workplace protections.

• Move the commonwealth forward with new criminal justice reform legislation.

• Advocate for women’s right to improved healthcare access and protect all reproductive rights.

• Environmental policies that increase use of renewable energies, improve air quality, bolster protections and water quality to the tributaries of the Chesapeake.