• 🏠 Affordable housing that stays affordable

• 💵 Wages you can live on, not just survive on

• 💊 Lower costs for medicine, heat, and food

• 🛠️ Jobs and career paths that don't require a mountain of debt

• 🔥 Building an economy that lifts everyone up, not just the wealthy few

🌊 Clean water you can trust
Because safe drinking water isn’t optional — it’s a basic human right.

🏖️ Protecting our coastlines and communities
Because rising seas and reckless development threaten everything we love about Virginia Beach.

🌳 Preserving green spaces for future generations
Because parks, trees, and natural beauty shouldn’t be bulldozed for quick profits.

⚡ Investing in clean energy and good jobs
Because the future belongs to workers who build, install, and power the next generation — not fossil fuel CEOs.

🛡️ Holding polluters accountable — no more free passes
Because corporations shouldn’t be allowed to poison our air, land, or water and leave working families to pay the price.

🏫 Fully funding public schools — no excuses
Because every child deserves a great education, no matter their zip code.

🍎 Respecting teachers and paying them what they’re worth
Because you can’t build strong schools while underpaying the people who make them work.

📚 Keeping politics out of our classrooms
Because our kids deserve honest history, real science, and the freedom to think for themselves — not culture war distractions.

🎓 Investing in career training, college pathways, and apprenticeships
Because every student deserves the tools to succeed — whether they choose college, trades, or military service.

🛡️ Making schools safe, welcoming places for every student
Because no child should feel unsafe, silenced, or unsupported when they walk through the school doors.

I👩‍⚕️ Protecting the right to make personal medical decisions
Because politicians have no place in exam rooms or private lives.

🚫 Blocking abortion bans and extremist attacks on healthcare
Because no one should have to beg for permission to control their own body.

🏥 Expanding access to affordable reproductive healthcare
Because birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care, and abortion services are basic healthcare — not political bargaining chips.

⚖️ Defending bodily autonomy and privacy rights at every level
Because freedom means nothing if you can’t make the most personal choices for yourself.

🛡️ Standing with women, doctors, and families — not political extremists
Because the people making the decisions should be you, your family, and your doctor — not politicians chasing headlines.