🌱I believe the Legislature passes better policy when we listen to the direct experiences of those we represent.
This week I testified in support of SB 421, establishing the Youth Advisory Council, which gives students a direct voice in policy!
📹WATCH: https://t.co/aO4Bsfn9Hf
We must learn from this, see linked back story, decades of underinvesting & deferred maintenance in the Blackest US city. Under-employed aging cities could wither all over, add in climate migration...
"The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi's largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on Monday. Thousands of Jackson residents already have no or little water pressure."
https://t.co/Vx9XL0JfBW
“It can’t just be wonks only,” @AsteadWesley tells @charlottetklein of his new NYT midterms podcast. “I don’t want this to be a thing where we talk in shorthand and only people who speak a certain political language are getting where we’re going.” https://t.co/WWvHWZFN12