Kayse Jama

Kayse Jama earned a B.A. in sociology from Marylhurst University. Jama's career experience includes working as a nonprofit executive director, policy advisor, and community organizer.[6]

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As a former refugee, I believe in the promise of America, land of equal opportunity. Yet, the wealth gap continues to widen. Parents work three jobs and still can't make ends meet. Student debt is skyrocketing. Medical bills bankrupt hardworking families and the housing crisis is leaving more of them homeless. Neighbors suffer the livability impacts of drug addiction, a public health epidemic.

These issues are man-made. They are not permanent, and they can be solved with effective leadership and collective action.

Through co-founding Unite Oregon, Fair Shot for All, and the Oregon Health Equity Alliance, I have worked with others to develop and push for solutions, including:

- Health care for all children

- Paid sick days

- Tuition equity

- Increasing the minimum wage

- Banning law enforcement profiling

Often the leadership for these initiatives has come from the community, not from Salem, and the Senate has repeatedly blocked progressive legislation. The reality is that lobbyists and corporate donors have more influence over our elected leaders than constituents. I will never take corporate PAC money.

I'LL WORK WITH YOU TO:

- Invest in education

- Ensure health care as a human right

- Solve the housing crisis

- Champion economic justice policies that benefit all

- Win paid family leave and affordable child care

- Reform our criminal justice system

- Address climate change

- End corporate welfare

It’s time for us to make our voices heard in Salem and fight for the future we deserve. Not me, WE.[7]

—Kayse Jama[6]