The Marginalized

 

As a son of immigrants living in District 28 my entire life, I have seen the struggles of many diverse people, and will do everything I can to help a family or individual persevere, and be successful in life.

 

• I will fight for immigrant rights and ensure they are getting a fair and equittable chance to live a good life.
• Ensure that immigrant families are recieving assistance needed to help them thrive.
• Offer assistance to Dreamers when it comes to filling out paperwork, and helping them find oppertunities to create a better life.
• Assist with organizations that help support immigrants to make sure they have the resouces needed.
• Expand on the tuition waiver for Native Americans
• Provide a school for Native American students on tribal land
• Provide funding for studies on missing Native American women.
• Protect womans rights and the Nevada Equal Rights Amendment.
• Ensure woman are getting paid equally by stopping gender pay gaps.
• Ensure woman have paid time off for maternity leave & stengthen FMLA.
• Create legislation to provide womans feminine products in restooms at certain public places.
• I believe Black Lives Matter and know the fight for systemic equality persists. Black culture is responsible for so much of our way of life, and I believe we need to be more educated, informed, and aware of the challenges a black man or woman face on a daily basis.
• Fight proposals to stop teaching black history in schools
• As an AAPI myself, I will fight to stop Asian Hate and increase hate crime laws against the AAPI community.
• I would like to better define what hate crimes are to the state, and take a closer look at what is considered a hate crime.
• Ensure homeless individuals are protected under hate crime laws
• I will bring legislation that protects all marginalized people from hate crimes & discrimination.
• I will fight to have mental health and surgical procedures for the LGBTQA community be covered by insurance.
• Ensure proper pronouns and identities are being represented on legal documents.
• Ensure the LGBTQA youth is not being bulied in the school system, this goes with having more awareness, training, and counselors in schools.
• Build on the gender neutral restroom law by increasing inclusivity.

 

Voting Rights

 

• Ensure voting ballots are translated into all languages to make sure everyone can vote in a language they understand.
• Expand early voting hours and locations.
• Fight proposals that require ID to vote.
• Fight proposals to reduce mail in voting.