Charlane Oliver

Charlane Oliver lives in Bordeaux, Tennessee. Oliver earned a B.S. in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University in 2005 and an M.P.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2008. Her career experience includes owning OEM Consulting Group LLC, co-founding and working as the co-executive director of The Equity Alliance, and working as a public relations strategist.[1][2]

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Charlane Oliver is a Servant Leader, Community Organizer, Wife, and Working Mother. The Tennessean's 2020 People of the Year award recipient, Charlane, has a 20-year history of community engagement, trusted leadership, and deeply rooted compassion for all people's needs, especially those often overlooked and undervalued. Her campaign's slogan, "It's our time," is an inclusive motto that invites everyone into the political process. The slogans champion the need of people across every race, ethnicity, age, sex, or religious creed. Charlane believes all people have a place in a movement that aims to bring hope and change to the everyday person. Charlane is the co-Founder and co-Executive Director of The Equity Alliance, a statewide 501(c)(3) nonpartisan and non-profit organization and unrelenting force that advocates for equitable opportunities and systems that improve the quality of life for Black and other communities of color.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

In unprecedented times throughout our nation and state, Charlane will provide extraordinary leadership that center's the humanity of people, and she will always fight for the marginalized and overlooked in society.As Nashville grows, Charlane will make sure to stop the preemptive government overreach of the state's supermajority. She will champion Economic Justice by addressing the gentrification that hurts small businesses and pushing Nashvillians out of their native city. She believes all desiring to work and live in her district should benefit equally in the prosperity.Charlane will promote the total funding of all public school education by the State of Tennessee. Charlane wants all teachers and essential staff to get much-deserved pay raises to live in Nashville. Charlane will oppose the Govern Bill Lee's voucher scheme, which enriches charter and private schools with public money, without public say.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public policies that make our communities safer and more equitable are Charlane's top priorities. She will never stop organizing, advocating, and fighting for policies to protect us rather than incite hate, unites us, and bring us closer to living the American Dream. Voter Right Protection and Restoration, Education, Economic Justice, Healthcare Expansion, Criminal Justice Reform, Relative Caregiver Assistance, and Protecting Aging Citizens are all public policy concerns that drive Charlane into this work of Public Service.