Legislative Priorities

Education – Closing the Opportunity Gap

• Support legislation that will close the opportunity gap
• Support statewide measures that reduce disproportionate suspensions/expulsions
• Encourage the recruitment, training and hiring of African American teachers
• Support the statewide program for comprehensive dropout prevention, intervention and retrieval
• Support programs to encourage middle and high school students to pursue higher education

Healthcare

• Encourage programs that will address the disparity gap in health care for African Americans
• Support culturally competent and culturally appropriate service delivery to African Americans, as well as the use of culturally competent literature
• Support programs and medical services for the elderly and low income

Economic Development

• Support the efforts of the diversity subcabinet to increase procurement opportunities for African American businesses
• Support legislation that would provide a stable funding source for existing and new transportation and infrastructure in addition to encouraging more local transit funding options

Criminal Justice

• Support Programs with funding for intervention and job readiness
• Support Ban the Box Legislation
• Support Racial Impact Statements legislation