Security And Opportunity for all Hardworking Families:

• Raising the minimum wage.
• Fighting for equal pay for equal work
• Expanding job training initiatives to assure that all those wanting to work can find jobs in Ohio’s rapidly changing economy.
• Developing comprehensive programs that promote minority and immigrant small business initiatives.

Invest in Creating Education Options Across the Lifespan:

• Strengthening and expanding early childhood education opportunities.
• Fostering strong literacy initiatives focused on the mastery of reading at a young age.
• Expanding access to funding that supports STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer, and Mathematics) programs and activities.
• Encouraging educational institutions to create, expand, and sustain opportunities for youth in the skilled trades.

Promote Fair Treatment of All Ohioans:

• Promoting proven community policing initiatives.
• Advocating for nondiscrimination protections for members of the LGBTQIA community in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
• Providing timely, high quality, integrated, and person-directed services and supports for individuals with a mental illness and/or addiction to help lead them on a path to recovery.
• Pushing for the “housing first” approach to homelessness, which involves moving long-term homeless individuals into supportive housing.