When I was 18 I came out to my family and my community. It showed me how the world can view someone as an 'other'. Living through this experience inspired me to become an activist and push forward to those who come after me can be empowered.
Now, I have accomplished a variety of things as an activist; I got the California Democratic party to adopt the Green New Deal Resolution, ran the largest phonebank in the state, helped flipped Virginia Blue, trained over 300 organizers in a day, registered new voters at citizen swearing-in ceremonies, helped start a democratic club, canvassed across the country for Democratic candidates, and worked to push progressive values nationally.
As such, I feel I am qualified to help make the DCCC more functional and successful in 2020. Right now we need to be capacity building for the November election. Our party should immediately move to open an office, provide training for phone bank captains, and work with groups like Sister District, Swing Left, and Indivisible to see where they need support then strive to provide it.
We also need to start taking drastic measures to address the homeless and housing crisis our city is facing. When my family and I were displaced after our home burned down, we were able to pull through because of community support. Right our community is struggling. The city and DCCC need to reprioritize by including those that are not currently represented at the table and figure out new and innovative ways to lower the cost of affordable housing.
These goals will be a challenge, but with so much at stake in 2020, I have the know-how and experience needed to help see them through. I hope to help rebuild our party, our community, and our city.