Laphonza Butler Quotes

Laphonza Butler

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 11, 1979

Congress should support expanding broadband deployment, including tailored approaches to meet the unique challenges facing rural communities.

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History tells us that we must keep fighting in order to see progress, so we must continue. And electing Democratic pro-choice Black women to the Senate is one way we do that.

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For generations, Black women have been at the very center of social change. Our fingerprints can be found on every movement from abolition, to suffrage, to civil rights to the modern-day fight for Black lives.

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We must shape a restorative justice system that does not seek to criminalize whole communities, but instead creates opportunities for prevention and integration. Most importantly, this system must be grounded in the fundamental premise that all people are innocent until proven guilty and that all of us deserve a fair second chance.

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SEIU 2015 is committed to a social justice agenda that is not just about resisting in this moment, but aimed at charting a real course toward a just and equitable future. Our members believe in using their collective voices in challenging and eliminating injustices which impact their families, neighbors and communities.

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EMILY's List works every day to make sure that Democratic pro-choice women are not left behind.

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Electing Democratic pro-choice women in the executive offices at the state level is incredibly important to ensuring that we can protect and expand the rights of women and the general electorate all around.

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The foundation of my political socialization, like everyone, probably started at home, where my mom taught me nothing and everything about politics.

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I want to be an instrument to help lead the full story of EMILY's List and its relationship to Black women, and to really throw the doors of EMILY's List open to all women.

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We think that every Republican running for office has to make their intentions known to voters about where they stand on a woman's right to make her own health care decisions and Roe v. Wade.

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What daughter doesn't want to continue her mother's journey?

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My life has always been an example for women and girls and their economic empowerment and I want to continue that.

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I only know how to be a Black woman. I don't know anything else, and so I don't know how to lead any other way.

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We can't be for representation and inclusion, without representation and inclusion.

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With the Trump Administration proposing deep cuts in Medicaid that would take a toll on nursing home services, it will be absolutely vital to ensure that California positions itself to protect quality care for people.

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Our state is known for standing on the right side of history and for our bold leadership on policies that strengthen California families.

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California gets things done when it counts, and nothing counts more than our seniors and people with disabilities.

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I have the honor of working alongside over 325,000 caregivers of SEIU Local 2015. Every day I am amazed by their tenacious spirit despite the many challenges they face on a daily basis.

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We will all be challenged with finding the leader within each of us so that we can fight to protect the victories we've won and the communities who will need our protection.

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Working families have continuously fought for better wages, inclusion, a voice on the job, against threats to budget cuts, and a place at the table to ensure our future generations and communities have the representation they need to thrive.

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