We’ve wrapped up early voting! And now we’re getting ready for election day! There is definitely still time to donate! Every poll worker cost $165 from 7 pm to 8 pm. And they are worth their weight in gold! If you can help contribute to the cost of a poll worker, let’s do it! Please donate here: For early voting …
Continue readingWe need strong women who will champion women’s rights in public office. Today’s US Supreme Court decision is our mandate to build a pipeline of women for public office, at every level. I’m one of the public servants you can help put in office. Will you please consider donating to my campaign today? There are a myriad of protections we need to put in …
Continue readingWe are rocking and rolling in our campaign talking with voters everyday and getting our mailers out! Check out our most recent mailer below! Even with the intense campaigning, we took time out this past Sunday, June 12, to celebrate Loving Day! On June 12, 1967, the US Supreme Court struck down all laws banning interracial marriage. The Loving decision also paved the way …
Continue readingI hope you enjoyed a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend! I’ll never forget coming home with little Elaine for the first time and thinking, “That’s it? No instructions?!” But over the course of the next couple of weeks, Josh and I slowly figured out what a powerful guide mother’s (and dad’s) intuition can be. Five years into mommyhood, I still think a …
Continue readingPlease take a look at what is by far the hottest thing I’ve ever built with the coolest artist-designers, engineers and fabricators in the USA. But guess what—they are all from Baltimore! We just built The Beacon—Last Mile Park’s first permanent artistic lighting installation in a working-class neighborhood in Baltimore. To paraphrase Cory Booker, absolutely nothing can steal my joy today…. …
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Without a doubt, my highlight for Women’s History Month was the shining brilliance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s face as she listened to Cory Booker extol her virtues and the virtues of Black women everywhere. As I listened, I cried too. I cried for joy and also surprisingly relief. I felt gratifying relief in having her value—and our value—be seen and …
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This year we’ve lost a record number of lives to gun violence. In some cases, teenagers pulled the trigger. Having mentored at-risk youth all my adult life, I know that we lost those teens in elementary school—not when they pulled the trigger. Our Schools So while the violence spiraled, I fought hard to get funding for and to keep open elementary …
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For the past month, I’ve been helping to lead a fight to stop elementary schools from closing in Black neighborhoods. This fight strikes at the very core of why I am running for office. There is just no way that every resident will be safer, healthier or wealthier if we pull elementary schools out of our neighborhoods. The recreation centers …
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Josh, Elaine and I had met the grandmother who was killed this week. We remember how warmly she would welcome us to church. Josh remembered her bright smile. It’s been a violent week in Baltimore. Since Monday, we lost a 69-year old grandmother to stabbing, a five-year old girl to abuse, and a 13-year old girl to gun violence. Three …
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Biden visited Baltimore’s ports this week to tout a $1.2 trillion investment in infrastructure. According to earlier analytics, that investment should create over 1,000,000 jobs. And many of those jobs will be in the trades. But guess what—many contractors in our region can’t find enough trades people! I have two projects under construction right now in Baltimore. And several of …
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Our volunteers and I say thank you to everyone who has served or is serving in the United States Armed Forces. Thank you for representing our country. We celebrate and honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of the country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for all the values we hold dear. I had an incredible breakfast meeting this …
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I was a foster mom to a fifteen-year old girl for a year and half. Before joining my family, my foster daughter was not really going to school. Her attendance rate was about 50%. And, as far as I could tell, she had never had higher than a D on her report cards. But we worked together consistently—on her classwork and …
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We’ve been door-knocking up a storm, and we need your help…. How we win our race is through door-knocking. And that’s what we’re doing…like there is no tomorrow. But of course we need your help. If you live in the city, you can join us on any Saturday or Sunday at 10 am to help us engage the District. If you don’t …
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David Simon (creator of The Wire) recently penned a tribute to Michael K. Williams (“Omar” from The Wire). Simon once explained to Williams that The Wire was to help show that drug culture is not a racial pathology, it’s about economics and the collapse of the working class — Black and white both. David Simon, “The Question Michael K. Williams …
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As the unofficial start to fall has passed, we can reflect together on the events that happened 20 years ago from today. In the photo above, Police Officer Moira Smith rescues an injured man. She went back to help others and sacrificed her own life. One of my best friends from high school lost her mom when the plane crashed …
Continue readingNotwithstanding the many inspiring leaders I know and incredible initiatives I’ve seen (and led) in our great city, I struggled this summer with my own disillusionment over the so-called “way things are done” in Baltimore. But conformity is not an option. Corruption is a key barrier to opportunity and one’s sense of freedom and security—whether it comes from within the …
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Yesterday was an especially moving and heart-full moment when my husband and I sent Elaine to the first day of her last year of preschool. What a journey. Even as I type, my eyes fill just thinking about how much our four-and-a-half-year-old has grown up during the pandemic. As I send Elaine back to school with great pride and joy, …
Continue readingThis past July was Baltimore’s most historic month in nearly a century, but it passed quietly without much fanfare. In July 2021, families with children between the ages of zero and 18 began receiving advance, monthly child tax credit payments. I asked a grocery store clerk what she would do with her extra money from the child tax credit. She …
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It takes courage and vision to value the black working poor. But it’s worth doing. The working poor contribute to consumer spending, which is about 70% all US economic activity. They spend money in ways that create demand for jobs. Many working poor also create demand for services like public transit, which needs ever more users. But above all, valuing and investing in the black working poor is humane.
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This month, our campaign contacted over 1,000 people! Join us!
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That we have food deserts has been a policy choice. Operators like Good Food Markets need funding for the full costs of a build-out and for the first one-to-two years of operational costs. A 10-year credit for personal property taxes is not enough.
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We had a small wedding to officially get married and a large celebration with both of our families on Loving Day. As a proud interracial family, June 12 means so much to us. And as a proud ally with my LGBTQIA+ family, it means so much more.
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And then two weeks ago, my husband was assaulted and robbed as he walked down a busy street at 9:30 am.
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To honor the military personnel who have died in their performance of military duties, our campaign commits to care for their brethren who remain and may still be in distress.
Continue readingMy mom is amazing. For Women’s History Month and in celebration of Black History all year, I celebrate my mom, China Long. Her drive and resilience have most inspired my commitment to public service and my current run for Delegate to the Maryland Legislature. My mom is one of eight children from a coal miner’s holler in West Virginia. She …
Continue readingWe love hitting the streets talking to residents—and feeding treats to cute little doggies! We are listening to you—and turning your ideas and concerns into our action agenda. Just take a look…and then check out what you’ve told us on our Issues page.
Continue readingI pray that you are blessed beyond measure in the new year. And I pray that you’ll have hope, that becomes faith, that becomes inspired action for the dreams you hold most dear in 2021. The challenges of 2020 have made me even more grateful for my family, all of whom are living inspiration and joy to me. This year …
Continue readingHappy Inauguration Day! Baltimore City’s new leadership was sworn into office today. I’m more hopeful than ever that the city will move forward—and that Maryland will move forward. Last week, we took a step in the right direction on crime. With $600,000 in initial funding, Baltimore City re-committed to Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) . Using GVRS as a way to end homicides …
Continue readingHappy Thanksgiving! This November we continue reaching out to voters, very safely of course, and sharing our message more broadly. Last Wednesday (Nov. 18), I was a panelist for a Johns Hopkins lecture called, “ Living for the City, Women’s Health in 21st Century Baltimore” . In case you missed it, together we must: Draft a bold plan to support women during recession. The data says, Baltimore …
Continue readingElection week has taught us that every race matters. And every vote matters. Here’s the great news—I’m running for Delegate to the Maryland legislature. And my campaign website is now LIVE ! This is my first newsletter to keep you up to speed on the latest and greatest on the campaign trail. As of today, there are 606 days remaining until primary day on June 28, …
Continue readingWe had a terrific afternoon at Eutaw Marshburn Elementary School distributing Halloween treats to the kids! Much thanks to Promise Heights and my own church, Brown Memorial Presbyterian, who arrived on point with a beautiful display of goodies, healthy cookbooks and resources for parents, and a balloon artist! I hope you and yours enjoy as much as possible a spooky …
Continue readingI am so humbled to be named one of the Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch! There are so many residents, partners, mentors, and cheerleaders without whom this honor would not be possible. I thank you. This work we are doing is so hard and can feel impossible on many days. To have others say, we see the effort, is …
Continue readingOver the last three months I have been listening at dozens of community meetings. I’ve been listening at your doorsteps. And I’ve been listening in our telephone conversations and zoom chats. We want better schools, better health care, more activities for children and youth, and more amenities in our neighborhoods. We don’t want Baltimore’s beauty hidden under the wrong narratives. …
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