Amara Enyia

Amara Enyia ran for election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. She lost in the general election on February 26, 2019.

Enyia completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Enyia responded to Ballotpedia's unique candidate survey for 2019 Chicago candidates. The survey questions were developed with input from more than 100 Chicagoans in the months preceding the 2019 election. Here is one selected response:

"There should be no conversations about addressing the pension crisis without a solid revenue strategy built in through diversifying and growing the city’s economy. There should also be no conversation about pensions without addressing existing waste due to our relationship with private financial institutions, the exorbitant cost of corruption, and refusal to reform the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program."

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Enyia was a 2015 candidate for Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. She withdrew from the race on December 10, 2014.^[1]

Elections

2019

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago

Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)	73.7	386,039
	Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan)	26.3	137,765

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 523,804
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General election

General election for Mayor of Chicago

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 26, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)	17.5	97,667
✔	Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan)	16.0	89,343
	Bill Daley (Nonpartisan)	14.8	82,294
	Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan)	10.6	59,072
	Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan)	9.0	50,373
	Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan)	8.0	44,589
	Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan)	7.2	40,099
	Gery Chico (Nonpartisan)	6.2	34,521
	Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan)	5.4	30,236
	Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan)	2.7	14,784
	La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan)	1.0	5,606
	Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan)	0.8	4,302
	John Kozlar (Nonpartisan)	0.4	2,349
	Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan)	0.3	1,523
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	86

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 556,844
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Catherine Brown D'Tycoon (Nonpartisan)
Dorothy Brown (Nonpartisan)
Ja'Mal Green (Nonpartisan)
Conrien Hykes Clark (Nonpartisan)
Sandra Mallory (Nonpartisan)
Richard Mayers (Nonpartisan)
Roger Washington (Nonpartisan)

2015

See also: Chicago, Illinois municipal elections, 2015

The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for mayor on February 24, 2015. A runoff took place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014.^[2] In the general election for mayor, incumbent Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia advanced past Willie Wilson, Robert W. "Bob" Fioretti and William "Dock" Walls, III.^[3] Emanuel defeated Garcia in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.^[4] Amara Enyia, Frederick Collins and Gerald Sconyers withdrew from the race.^[5] Fenton C. Patterson and Robert Shaw were removed from the ballot.^[6]^[7]

Mayor of Chicago, Runoff Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rahm Emanuel Incumbent	56.2%	332,171
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia	43.8%	258,562
Total Votes		590,733
Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015

Mayor of Chicago, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rahm Emanuel Incumbent	45.6%	218,217
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia	33.5%	160,414
Willie Wilson	10.7%	50,960
Robert W. "Bob" Fioretti	7.4%	35,363
William "Dock" Walls, III	2.8%	13,250
Total Votes		478,204
Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official general election results," accessed July 9, 2015

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey

Amara Enyia completed Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Enyia's responses.

Low-income families do not have the same choices, options, or alternatives when it comes to public school. How can this be addressed?

There are 2 fundamental issues: 1) the lack of value applied to Black and Brown students based on their race, ethnicity and socioeconomic background; and 2) A charter school system that created a profit motive that supersedes educational quality. I worked with and experienced Chicago schools closings on the west side where we were promised that we could put a plan together, and then after a year of collaborative planning w/community members, students, and parents, we were told our school was going to be closed. That experience was endemic to the destabilization, disinvestment and dysfunction of CPS. It’s not about achievement or performance. It’s about the lack of value applied to Black and Brown children in Chicago. Also, CPS is not in the business of education. There’s a profit motive that undergirds our educational system. We have seen this motive in the proliferation of charter schools. Prima facie, any child should be able to walk into any school and get a good education. There is no secret to what works because we know what is happening in quality schools. However, a profit motive demands allegiance to school profit rather than student performance. We went on a “privatizing education” binge and the emphasis shifted from providing the best education to making sure we could make certain numbers in order to receive more money. This education privatization strategy cannibalized neighborhood schools due to a student based budgeting model that pits schools against each other. And whoever has the biggest marketing budget wins the students and the resources. We must abandon the student-based budgeting model.

How would you address inequality within and between schools?

As mayor, I would forge a more equitable school district and boost achievement of black and brown students by increasing the authority of the CPS' Office of Equity to monitor and oversee budget, resource, and programmatic investments and decisions. The Office of Equity would use achievement data to make data-informed decisions for district and school improvements, and implement Racial Equity Impact Assessments (REIA) to ensure that CPS policies are fair and equitable across the city. I would also empower Local School Councils (LSCs) and increase support for LSC infrastructure since they have governing powers to approve school based academic plans, approve the alignment of budgetary resources to the plans, engage in the annual evaluation of contract principal’s professional practices, and select or renew contract principals.

How can public schools better support their teachers and work more productively with the teachers’ union, parents, and the community?

Similar to what CPS has done with administrators to create an Independent School Principal designation, relieving high-performing administrators of red-tape and mandates, we need to offer a similar incentive to teachers. We need to develop teacher leaders, and pay them accordingly. Schools are starved of leadership and rely far too much on the principal and assistant principal, when you have capable teachers willing to help lead, but deserve the recognition and compensation.

What do you believe are the greatest needs of kids in school today? How would you prioritize these needs and address them?

One of the greatest needs for CPS children is the presence of restorative justice practices in schools, committing to a push for more licensed social workers and behavioral health professionals with the support to manage caseloads. Another priority is to invest in public neighborhood schools. The current system is stratified, causing widespread racial disparities between schools and neighborhoods. Our administration will work directly with groups like Raise Your Hand, Generation All, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, to invest in neighborhood schools so that every child has equitable learning opportunities no matter their zip code.

What are your proposals for supporting children before and after school? What would be your ideal afterschool programs?

I would support a private sector collaboration with community based organizations, Chicago Public Schools the Chicago Park District and local residents to create a citywide safe haven model of after-school programming for youth to engage in academic, cultural , social and/or recreational enrichment.

Do you believe that there is corruption in Chicago politics, such as pay-to-play practices when the city awards bids? If so, how would you address it?

Yes. The jurisdiction of the city’s inspector general should be expanded, with maximum autonomy and independence, to cover aldermanic offices and all city agencies and city council committees in a way that maximizes accountability and transparency. Good governance requires that requires that all groups, with particular attention to the most marginalized, have direct and representative access to the systems of government. It requires that citizens are provided, in user-friendly and easily accessible formats, the means and processes by which decisions are made. It further demands that institutions respond to their stakeholders within a reasonable time frame.

How would you make the city’s policies more responsive to community input instead of donors or special interests?

Because of the exorbitant cost of running for office, elected officials are often more beholden to donors than to citizens. The influence of corporate and special interest money has cast a shadow of corruption across the American democracy landscape. Citizens should have an equal voice in elections. But today’s rules allow a few wealthy voices to amplify over the masses, resulting in a voter suppression scheme disguised as free-speech. The Supreme Court’s decisions related to campaign spending and contributions have granted the affluent an unfair advantage in elections. As our campaign does not accept corporate PAC money, I support getting big money out of politics by requiring the reporting of original sources of all personal and corporate campaign donations. I would support city contractors being prohibited from making political contributions. I would also support a constitutional amendment overturning Citizen United. We also support a multi-year ban on lobbying after holding public office

How would you handle the “recurrence of unaddressed racially discriminatory conduct by officers” identified in the U.S. Justice Department’s investigative report of the Chicago PD published in 2017?

While the consent decree is not as robust as our campaign would like, it is essential for our success as a city. Our institutions must operate with the highest levels of integrity and fairness, and the reports issued by the Department of Justice and the Police Accountability Taskforce expose what many communities have already known: a toxic culture of abuse, corruption, and racism that has persisted for too long in the City of Chicago. Our administration would begin immediately by working with community activists, civil rights attorneys, and CPD leadership to implement a radically different code of conduct for the CPD. The contract with the police union would be renegotiated to allow for an easier dismissal of officers with too many complaints on their records. And the standards for the use of force would be re-evaluated to decrease the likelihood of deadly encounters between unarmed civilians and police officers.

What sort of proposals would help reduce police shootings and fatalities?

I fully support using civilian oversight to ensure transparency and accountability for police practices. Participation, the primary driver of good governance, requires that all groups, with particular attention to the most marginalized, have direct and representative access to the systems of government. Citizens are competent in knowing what they need for a respectable quality of life. Civilian participation in public safety oversight manifests itself in the various forms, including but not limited to, funding and expanding community block clubs and providing more infrastructure for CAPs. I was part of several efforts citywide connected to the United States Department of Justice‘s report, where they sought community input on what should happen and an understanding of the conditions related to police reforms. The consent decree is necessary as we have proven time and time again and evidenced by the $1.7B penalties related to police misconduct cases that we cannot rely on the police department on its own to implement the reforms that communities have been demanding for decades. So it was necessary to have another layer of accountability to oversee. It’s also why it’s important that we continue to push back when the president and the attorney general say that we don’t need one. The police training apparatus needs to be renovated. The biggest issues are the type, consistency, and frequency of the training received. If you’re trained one time, two years later that training may not be relevant. There are also gaps in the types of training the officers receive. We found that there was a lack of training specific to encountering mental health episodes. These are a sample of the myriad of gaps that need to be addressed.

What ideas do you have to reduce the availability of illegal or unregistered guns in Chicago?

Sentencing length – both anecdotally, and according to research- does little to deter gun possession and gun violence. Efforts to curb illegal gun possession would garner more significant impact if they focused on licensing gun shops and addressing loopholes that create easy access to guns. We also must direct efforts toward identifying where the illegal guns that flood communities are coming from. Gun access precedes gun possession. Laws that focus on sentencing without focusing on illegal access, entry points, and the flows of guns will not be effective in curbing their availability. Comprehensive community based approaches are more effective than limited interventions. The over-arching question should center on how the City of Chicago will counter gun violence through actual investments in communities that address economic distress, housing instability, lack of access to healthcare, and lack of quality education. These interventions could be spurred by specific allocations of resources to the entities on the frontline doing this work. Scaling up working models must be a priority.

How will you help to rebuild trust in the police department and to encourage the community to work with police?

Communities don't trust units of government that disrespect them. It starts with law enforcement affirming the dignity of communities by holding themselves accountable for legal and moral missteps. Garnering trust would also require hiring members from the communities impacted.

How would you address criminal justice issues such as prison reform and the reintegration of formerly incarcerated persons into city life?

Our campaign supports a restorative justice model of civic engagement with those who have had contact with the criminal justice system. We are a campaign that believes in second chances; a campaign that believes human beings are better than their worst mistake; and a campaign that supports education, employment, and entrepreneurial on-ramps to self-sufficiency for all citizens, of which the formerly incarcerated are no exception.

How would you address the displacement of people of color and long-term residents from their neighborhoods?

"A shrinking population is due in part to poor public policy at the overall city level. Disinvestment has been public policy in marginalized communities of color. Therefore, our administration’s first order of business must be to examine demographic trends that will show where we are losing population, as well as where significant investments need to be made. Second, the city must adopt a true community engagement strategy that seeks input from community members on the status of their communities and options that are available to them. In the past, these processes have been fraught with attempts to manipulate communities through misinformation or no information, processes that lacked integrity either because they took place behind closed doors or outcomes were decided prior to actually engaging the community. Residents want honest, upfront information that can help them make the best neighborhood decisions. The next mayor must engage in a thorough, bottom-up strategy that arms communities with the information about investment options. Third, it's time for our city to adopt an equity framework, especially as it relates to capital and programmatic expenditures. An equity framework would actually mandate that more resources are allocated to communities that need them most. Equity seeks to ensure that residents have access to safe neighborhoods, thriving economies, great schools, and diversity. An equity framework would also declare that all communities should be high quality - not just those that happen to be located in affluent neighborhoods. Adopting this framework would actually make Chicago a more attractive option for many families who see moving out of the city as the only way to avoid the potential of not having the aforementioned options for their households."

How would you care for the most vulnerable Chicagoans?

"My candidacy is about imagining a city where equity is a matter of policy, where integrity is not a figment of our imagination, and where we can actually trust the leadership that is responsive and amplifies the voices of its people. This is the crux of our platform. That is the foundation of all of the work that I do. We must do this now because we have a school system where address, income and race determine the quality of education received; Where, if you have two hours to transport your children to a good school, you’re good; But if you live in a community that has been disinvested? Good luck. Where we talk about an economy that’s inclusive, yet we resist innovate economic strategies that move communities forward. What does it mean to have a growth economy, if someone can’t get a job? What does it mean to talk about fiscal solvency in the city, if people can’t even afford to stay in their homes? They’re priced out, pushed out and displaced because of gentrification, and a development attitude that favors profit over people. Imagine a city committed to all people being able to participate and thrive. The foundation of my candidacy is based on the premise of imagining a city that actually reflects our values; Where we can talk about what a cooperative economy looks like: How do “worker cooperatives” diversify our economic environment? How does it build wealth that can keep people in their homes and communities? Where we talk about entrepreneurs being able to open up their businesses with resources that don’t have to rely on redlining from traditional banks. What does it look like to have a public bank in the City of Chicago, whose only responsibility is to make sure the city’s economy is strong instead of generating profits for shareholders? What does it look like having an education system that does not use school boundaries to perpetuate segregation? What does like to have a school system that isn’t the ”Hunger Games”, where as soon as your child is born, parents are trying to get them into a selective enrollment school by the time they’re two years old? What does it look like for teachers being able to teach, and actually enjoy the art of teaching as opposed to oppressive policies that drain their joy and passion? We are at a unique point at this city’s history; where we have the ability to determine the future of the city for the next 2 generations. As a city, we have a chance to move away from a status quo that has not worked for far too many. This is our moment to determine if we have the boldness to move forward, led by a collaboration of ALL 77 communities where equity is a non-negotiable matter of policy, where integrity is not a figment of our imagination, and where we can actually trust the leadership that is responsive and amplifies the voices of its people."

How would you ensure that development benefits residents in their neighborhoods and not solely the developers and other interests?

"Our campaign supports the following provisions that prioritize housing for incumbent residents over developer profit: • Increasing the affordable housing percentage mandate for developers • Increasing affordable housing stock for family size units • Eliminating the developer “opt out for a fee” provision • Eliminating aldermanic prerogative specific to affordable housing placement; affordable housing should be citywide, not ward-specific • Increasing and expanding the real estate transfer tax to include economic development uses • Lifting the rent control ban • Instituting a collaborative holistic model that tethers homelessness mitigation, substance abuse counselling, mental health services and veterans’ services to housing"

How would you distribute revenue fairly between neighborhoods?

"Our campaign supports the following revenue-generating mechanisms: 1. A public bank. 2. Expanding the small business sector. 3. Neighborhood investment (parks, schools, employment) in a way that minimizes population loss: as population declines, the city’s sales and property tax base decreases. 4. Minimizing police misconduct payouts and using the resources to invest in other initiatives. 5. Minimizing expenses paid to private financial institutions and recirculate those resources to fund infrastructure, expand the small business sector, and expand access to home loans. 6. Collective ownership in the form of worker-owned and land trust cooperatives that increase resident income."

How do you propose to resolve the city’s underfunded pension plan for city employees?

There should be no conversations about addressing the pension crisis without a solid revenue strategy built in through diversifying and growing the city’s economy. There should also be no conversation about pensions without addressing existing waste due to our relationship with private financial institutions, the exorbitant cost of corruption, and refusal to reform the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program.

What’s your opinion on tax increment financing (a program that funds development using any additional property tax revenue that results from an increase in appraised property values)? What, if any, changes would you make to the use of TIF?

According to state law, TIF funding is supposed to be used to spur economic development in blighted areas. Without that funding catalyzing economic development in blighted areas would be much more difficult. Unfortunately, TIF dollars are being used in areas that are not blighted. Funding is also deceptively “ported” from one TIF district to the next for a project that is able to take advantage of those dollars. We must be insistent with utilizing TIFs for blighted communities only. There also needs to be more transparency about how TIF dollars are being used and how decisions are being made about where funds are being allocated. Furthermore, residents must have a voice in the decision making process. As is stands TIF dollars are too often going to areas that don’t necessarily need it and not often enough to the communities that do. So equity in policy requires addressing the issue of transparency. It means creating accountability for how TIF dollars are used in the city’s wards. These are institutional pillars that need to be changed in the TIF process. And if these changes are implemented TIFs could be a tool that challenged communities can use to spur economic development.

How would you assess the city's finances, and if your proposals would require new spending, how would you pay for them?

"Utilizing legalized marijuana as a revenue source should not take place without addressing how marijuana was used to pipeline individuals into the criminal justice system. Now that it’s legal, what will be done for those populations that have been harmed? I support creating a pathway for individuals harmed by its status when it was illegal, so they can participate in the business now that it is. We also need to revisit economic barriers that preclude most people from industry participation. To the extent the marijuana tax revenue strategy is employed, proceeds would be steered toward entrepreneurial enrichment, violence prevention enrichment programming, as well as other neighborhood reinvestment initiatives for which the city is badly in need of revenue. A significant number of Chicago residents, particularly low income workers, commute to work in the suburbs because they can’t find jobs in the city. A Chicago commuter tax would cause suburb municipalities to respond with their own commuter tax. The tax would have a disparate impact on those harmed by the city’s failure to create a vibrant economy for all its residents. Enacting a commuter tax must take into consideration that suburban commuters contribute to Chicago’s economy as well. I fully support increasing the amount and expanding the use the real estate transfer tax to include economic development uses and instituting a collaborative holistic model that tethers homelessness mitigation, substance abuse counselling, mental health services and veteran’s services to this revenue source. We should also explore the levying a municipal sales tax on consumer services, as a majority of the city’s economy is derived from the sale of services. I support a LaSalle Street Tax on financial transactions. By implementing a per contract traded fee based on time held (a contract held for a shorter period would pay a lower rate), we would generate much needed revenue while not suppressing trading volume on our exchanges. This fee can range anywhere from $0.10 to $2.00 per contract - depending on the how long the contract was held. This would be a negligible amount for the traders while acting as a sizeable revenue stream for the city. I oppose a head tax. Our campaign does not stand by another increase in a tax that, at the end of the day, hurts every day Chicagoans. We believe in spurring economic growth and incentivizing more hires rather than having employers cut back on personnel as a tax avoidance strategy. I fully support increasing and expanding the provisions of a real estate transfer tax. We support expanding the use of the real estate transfer tax on sales of larger real estate assets. Such a tax can generate much needed revenue to fund economic development initiatives and to institute a collaborative holistic model that tethers homelessness mitigation, substance abuse counseling, mental health services and veterans’ services. I oppose levying a payroll tax on non-Chicagoans. Suburban commuters contribute a great amount to our economy, and we think it is in the best interest of the city to provide a welcoming and vibrant economy for those contributing their fair share. I oppose fine, fee, and forfeiture revenue generation mechanisms (tickets), on the backs of those least able to afford it, without amnesties, and progressive reforms based on ability to pay instead of a flat rate that has a regressive impact on low income populations. I am also opposed to this mechanism without an equity distribution analysis on how, where and to whom tickets are distributed. I support the following revenue-generating mechanisms: 1. A public bank. 2. Expanding the small business sector. 3. Neighborhood investment (parks, schools, employment) in a way that minimizes population loss: as population declines, the city’s sales and property tax base decreases. 4. Minimizing police misconduct payouts and using the resources to invest in other initiatives. 5. Minimizing expenses paid to private financial institutions and recirculate those resources to fund infrastructure, expand the small business sector, and expand access to home loans. 6. Collective ownership in the form of worker-owned and land trust cooperatives that increase resident income."

Would you be in favor of freezing property taxes, at least for low-income households, so that people can stay where they are living?

Discussions about property tax levies cannot be had without addressing and eliminating the corruption at the Assessor’s office. For too long, we have let revenue go uncollected by granting discounts to wealthy and politically connected corporations while employing draconian and racist provisions that unfairly assessed home values in black and brown neighborhoods. Eliminating these loopholes and discriminatory policies would result in the collection of much needed revenue that has gone uncollected for far too long.

How would you increase access to quality food and urgent care in all parts of the city?

Food deserts and general food inequity have serious negative implications for low-income communities, and our campaign recognizes that this issue must be promptly addressed. For too long, Chicago’s economy has been dictated by private investment, driven by profit margins and shareholders. We have seen this most recently with the closing of the Target in South Shore. Such closures underscore the importance of supporting local businesses and building robust commercial corridors that serve the broad range of community needs. A Public Bank for the City of Chicago would spur local economic growth through small business loans and investments in areas typically passed over by private banks.

How will you address public health concerns such as contaminated drinking water, rat infestation, and lead poisoning?

"The issue of lead in Chicago's water is an infrastructure issue that largely has not been addressed because of the costs attendant with upgrading service lines. Addressing lead involves: 1. Acknowledging that lead pipes are indeed a citywide infrastructure issue and the city must develop a comprehensive plan to address it that involves targeting those areas of the city where lead levels are highest. This should include areas where populations are most vulnerable, including daycares and schools, parks, and communities where high levels of lead have already been detected (both in pain and in water). 2. Immediately creating a tax rebate/incentive program for homeowners/landlords who do decide to take on the costs associated with upgrading lines. These are costly endeavors that should be balanced with a reduction in property taxes as credit for taking on that cost. 3. Creating a fund utilizing federal and state resources that can support homeowners who opt to take on costs associated with upgrading lines but are unable to pay the entire cost upfront. This fund should be supplemented with local resources and would prioritize lower income neighborhoods (where lead levels in pipe and homes tend to be higher). Moreover, incentives should be created for landlords who opt to change connector lines on the buildings they own. Establishing a public bank for Chicago would allow Chicago to fund its own infrastructure projects, thereby lowering the cost of these projects to the city as a whole. Having a long-term, sustainable mechanism for funding infrastructure ensures that the city can address environmental and public health concerns in a timely fashion without placing the burden entirely on homeowners and jeopardizing the health and well-being of our communities."

How would you make Chicago a cleaner city with less waste and pollution?

An increase in transparency by holding accessible public hearings across Chicago neighborhoods would increase community awareness and enhance opportunities for residents to participate in environmental and climate change decision-making.

What would be your first steps for improving the transit system in terms of affordability, accessibility, and safety?

"1. Establish a progressive fee scale 2. Ensure that all CTA train and bus tops are ADA accessible 3. Increase the number of designated bus lanes for the all of the city's main thoroughfares."

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Campaign website

The following themes were found on Enyia's 2019 campaign website.

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EDUCATION

Education is one of the most important social and civil rights issues in the nation. Numerous reports of our failing schools, children lacking the fundamental skills to compete in an ever-changing global society and the lack of financial and administrative support are central issues that impede our children’s success. Ensuring high quality education and providing effective support programs in under-resourced communities will lead to better career options and a higher quality of life for all. Our education platform will fill these gaps and give our youth a fighting chance.