Nichelle M. Henderson
President/CEO, A Need of Our Own
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President/CEO, A Need of Our Own
Supports Universal Basic Income for families, favors a billionaire tax on wealthy residents, and would expand workforce development programs.
Calls for stable school funding to reduce class sizes and fully staff campuses, while shifting from high-stakes testing toward enriching curriculum. Also promotes dual enrollment and career pathway programs.
Plans to expand labor union workforce partnerships.
Proposes expanding school-based mental health services, supports food and counseling wraparound services, and advocates for community schools cross-agency coordination.
Supports a billionaire tax for school funding, advocates for state and federal education funding, and supports reducing waste in school budgets.
Supports arts and music instructional time and calls for arts libraries and hands-on learning.
Supports a single-payer Medicare for All system and would expand school-based mental health services.
Plans to expand labor union workforce programs.
Pledges to protect medically accurate sex education and opposes denying reproductive healthcare information to students.
Opposes book bans in schools, defends inclusive curricula against school board censorship, and calls for confronting outing LGBTQ+ students.
Calls for divestment from the U.S. war machine and favors redirecting funds from military endeavors.
Supports addressing toxic school facilities and calls for CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels.
Supports divestment from ongoing genocides.
Supports keeping ICE agents off school campuses and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Support comes from a respected advocacy organization focused on political engagement and representation for Black women. With only one public endorsement listed here, the support points to confidence from community-based civic advocates rather than a broad coalition of endorsers.
